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HBO Max And Discovery+ Will Combine Forces. Should They?
The pros and cons of Warner Bros. Discovery combing HBO Max and Discovery+ under a single roof…
HBO’s ‘Winning Time’ Is Less About Sports And More About Following Its Sunday Night Formula
Winning Time is about sports, for sure. But it’s more about HBO doing what it usually does successfully.
Churn, Baby, Churn: Streaming Services Gird For A Challenging 2022
Major streaming services could face a hurricane of cancellations and churn rates past 30 percent, a new report suggests. They better figure out some new tactics less dependent on their legacy operations.
HBO Max Puts Some Wins On The Board, ViacomCBS and Comcast Launch New Service In Europe
The six-episode Mike White series The White Lotus ended this week, but not before creating the sort of buzz that many had assumed was no longer possible around a TV show. It wasn’t Game Of Thrones level—that series had almost a decade to build up to the final season—but it was at the level of HBO’s previous buzzed-about limited series, Mare of Easttown.
Netflix Is Losing Its Lustre
A look at some of the red flags on the red N’s horizon, all of which sort of flow from each other like some TV-centric set of matryoshka dolls.
Niche Streamers Seeing Double The Growth Of The Bigs As Netflix, Hulu Market Share Drops
Between the pandemic and an influx of major new services, the number of U.S. subscription accounts has boomed, up 30 percent annually over the past two years, but niche subscription video services have done even better, more than doubling that estimable track record, according to a research note from analytics consultancy Antenna Inc..
Apple Has Lots To Say At WWDC, But Nothing About TV+, Its Most Expensive 'Hobby'
Apple continues to say little at big presentations about its TV+ "hobby," while competitors are preparing the kind of intensive programming that attracts and keeps subscribers around.
MGM Deal Could be Amazon's Strongest Streaming Move Yet
Amazon's latest move pushes the streaming wars toward a battle of big-dollar acquisitions.
AT&T Decides It's Not A Media Company; Hilarity Ensues
Lees than three years after spending $85 million to buy what's now WarnerMedia, AT&T has changed its mind in a stunning about-face. We have a LOT of questions.
By the Numbers: Discovery & WarnerMedia Combine for Huge Reach on TV, Social Video
Just how big would a Discovery/WarnerMedia company be? A look at the combined footprint on social video and TV.
NHL TV Rights with Disney, Turner Emphasize Streaming Future (While Keeping One Foot in Linear)
The NHL secures a 3x increase in TV rights. And while the focus is on linear, streaming is what could be the biggest benefit of these deals by the end of it.
Disney's Full Return to Movie Theaters Will Meet New, Lasting Challenges
When Black Widow comes to theaters and streaming in July, it'll meet an entirely new environment that challenges Disney's "event" emphasis for theatrical releases.
What's the Point of Awards Season When What's 'New' Doesn't Matter Anymore?
Award season is highlighting the fact that everyone's just watching what they want at this point, whether that's live or on-demand.
HBO Max, Disney+ Bet On Premium Puts Pressure On Competition
Early data on the consumer appeal of new premium content initiatives at Disney+ and HBO Max suggest their competitors will have to come up with a lot more money to continue to compete, and with more than just high-profile movies.