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ESPN Eliminates Positions as Disney Shifts Focus to Streaming
Cable television has been struggling for some time now, and the 2020 pandemic only accelerated the decline it seems. And now, it’s the worldwide leader in sports that’s suffering. ESPN announced this week the elimination of 500 positions across the company, a reduction of about 10% of current staff, according to a report shared by…
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Weekend Wrap-Up: Roku Earnings, T-Mobile Troubles, Spectrum Price Hikes, and More
Welcome to November 2020. There is, shall we say, a lot going on right now beyond the entertainment world, but there was still plenty of cord cutting and streaming news to talk about this week. We’ve got more third quarter earnings to talk about from Roku and others and more streaming app support for next-gen…
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‘An Arthur Thanksgiving’ And More Coming to PBS Kids Prime Video Channel in November 2020
This month, new volumes of PBS Kids series are heading to the Prime Video Channel, as well as a special holiday movie, Arthur: An Arthur Thanksgiving. You can watch all of these and more on the PBS Kids Prime Video Channel. The subscription rate for the PBS Kids Prime Video Channel is $4.99/month with an…
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‘Tenet’ Will be Available to Stream in December
WarnerBros Pictures has announced its would-be blockbuster film Tenet is being released on digital and DVD on Dec.15. The Christopher Nolan sci-fi epic finally made it to theaters Sept. 3 after multiple delays on the release due to Covid 19. The film will be available in hard copy form ranging from $29 to $45 on…
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T-Mobile Responds to Concerns Over TVision Content Distribution
Yesterday, Discovery CEO David Zaslav commented during the company’s Q3 earnings call that he was “very surprised” to see Discovery channels on T-Mobile’s low cost streaming plan, Vibe, but not the more expensive Live packages. NBC and ViacomCBS quickly joined Discovery in sharing their issues with the way T-Mobile has chosen to distribute content. By…
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ViacomCBS Will Shut Down Some Smaller Streaming Services Ahead of Paramount+ Launch
While ViacomCBS used its Q3 earnings call to talk about the success of its current streaming apps, including CBS All Access and Pluto TV, and excitement for the rebranded Paramount+ app, the company also shared that not all of its streaming assets will live on after Paramount+ launches. ViacomCBS shared that it will be shutting…
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Amazon is Giving Away 12 Fire TV Edition Smart TVs Today
Amazon is hosting a one-day giveaway in honor of Alexa’s 6th birthday today, November 6. Today only, Amazon will give away 12 Fire TV Edition Smart TVs with an Alexa Voice Remote during its Twitter sweepstakes. The entry details will be posted every hour from 6 am pst to 6 pm PST on the @AmazonFireTV…
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Sling TV Reaches 2.46 Million Subscribers in Q3 2020, Dish TV Down 87,000 for the Quarter
Sling TV saw an increase in subscribers for Q3, Dish announced in its quarterly earnings report today. The streaming service added 203,000 subscribers, bringing the total count to 2.46 million. While Sling TV saw an uptick for the quarter, total subscriber numbers are still down year over year. In Q3 2019, the service reported 2.69…
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Netflix is Testing a Linear Channel in France
Netflix is testing a linear channel with scheduled programming for the first time, in France. The channel began rolling out in select areas on November 5, via the Netflix website, and will expand to more of France over the coming months. The channel is called Direct, according to a report from Variety, and features French,…
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Pluto TV Reaches 28.4 Million Monthly Active Users in the US
In its quarterly earnings release today, ViacomCBS announced that its free streaming service, Pluto TV, has reached 28.4 domestic million monthly active users. That number is up 57% year over year. The ad supported streaming service also more than doubled it advertising revenue in Q3. Globally, Pluto TV continues to grow as well. Pluto YV…
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ViacomCBS ‘On Track’ to Launch Paramount+ in Early 2021, Shows Streaming Growth
ViacomCBS today reported its third quarter results, sharing that its streaming and digital video revenue was up 56% year over year, reaching $636 million in Q3. After completing a merger in December 2019, the company focused on its streaming services – Pluto TV, CBS All Access, and Showtime – now commenting that the “the combined…
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Here’s What’s New on Disney+ November 2020
November on Disney+ brings more than the ongoing episodes of The Mandalorian every Friday. While that might be the biggest not-to-miss series on the platform right now, there are lots of other great options when it comes to family entertainment. Now that it’s November, you can expect to see the holiday movies start piling up,…
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NBC and ViacomCBS Join Discovery in Expressing Concern Over T-Mobile Content Distribution
Earlier today, Discovery CEO David Zaslav mentioned during the company’s Q3 earnings call that he took issue with the way T-Mobile designed the channel lineups for its new streaming services. Zaslav was “very surprised” to see Discovery owned channels on the Vibe plan but missing from the TVision Live plans. ViacomCBS followed suit, saying that…
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Roku Reaches 46 Million Active Accounts
In its Q3 earnings report, Roku has announced that it added 2.9 million active accounts for the quarter, reaching 46 million active accounts total, a 43% increase year over year. Roku device sales also increased year over year by 57% with sales more than doubling in Canada and the UK. “Q3 was the strongest quarter…
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Tegna Will Bring its Live Local News to Fire TV with Launch of New Apps
Today Tegna announced apps for its OTT streaming stations are headed for Amazon Fire TV. The apps are set to hit the devices sometime in 2020. Tegna also announced an update for its Roku apps finished rolling out today, giving viewers an enhanced experience. Tegna’s OTT station apps give viewers free, ad-supported access to live…
