Author: Jess Barnes
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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick Lite is On Sale for 27% Off
One of Amazon’s newest streaming devices, the Fire TV Stick Lite, is on sale for $21.99, down from $29.99. The Fire TV Stick Lite is Amazon’s most affordable streaming device and brings you content in full HD. The device comes with an Alexa Voice Remote Lite. With 50% more power than the 2019 Fire TV…
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Peacock Reaches 33 Million Sign Ups
While Comcast lost cable viewers in Q4 2020, its streaming business has been booming. Comcast reported that Peacock has reached 33 million sign ups, up from 22 million signups reported in Q3. As always, when talking about Peacock numbers, it’s important to note that Peacock has a free tier along with its premium paid tier.…
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Comcast Lost 248,000 Video Customers in Q4 2020
In a news release ahead of its Q4 2020 earnings call today, Comcast reported a 248,000 net loss of video customers for the quarter. Comcast, like both Verizon and AT&T which reported earlier this week, showed net additions to its high speed internet customer base. Comcast added 538,000 internet customers for the quarter. When looking…
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AT&T Lost 617,000 ‘Premium TV’ Customers in Q4 2020
AT&T continues to see a premium TV customer loss, reporting that 617,000 net subscribers dropped their service in Q4 2020. That number includes DirecTV, U-Verse, and AT&T TV subscribers. The company ended 2020 with 17.2 million “total video connections” for the year, including DirecTV, U-Verse, AT&T TV, and AT&T TV Now subscribers. That number is…
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HBO Max Reaches 17.2 Million ‘Activations’
HBO Max is growing faster than expected, according to a Q4 2020 report shared by AT&T today. HBO Max activated subscriptions doubled in in the fourth quarter, reaching 17.2 million, with HBO and HBO Max combined at 41.5 million domestic subscribers. It looks like WarnerMedia’s plan to release movies on HBO Max concurrently with theater…
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Sling TV Raises Its Price by $5/Month for New Customers
Sling TV has increased the price of both its Sling Orange and Sling Blue packages by $5, bringing the price of each to $35/month. The combination of Sling Orange and Sling Blue will cost new customers $50/month, up from $45/month. With the price increase, Sling TV is upping the amount of Cloud DVR storage…
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Verizon Lost 72,000 Video Customers in Q4 2020
Today, Verizon reported a 72,000 customer loss for its Fios Video service. With the Q4 losses, Verizon Fios Video was down nearly 300,000 video customers in 2020. In a report shared by Verizon after its Q4 earnings call today, the company cited “the ongoing shift from traditional linear video to over-the-top offerings” for the loss.…
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Amazon’s IMDb TV is Now Available on Roku
IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, is now available on Roku devices in the US. With IMDb TV, Roku users will be able to watch originals from Amazon Studios, along with a large content library of shows and movies, all for free. “We are thrilled to provide customers a seamless and easy way to view…
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YouTube TV Adds QVC to Its Lineup
QVC has been added to the YouTube TV channel lineup. QVC’s programming includes such shows as “In the Kitchen with David,” which is watched in nearly 1 million homes per hour across America during each of its two editions per week. QVC is the only livestream shopping channel on the streaming service. “We’re excited for…
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2021 Cord Cutting Predictions: More Free Services, The Demise of a Streaming Device & More
2020 brought us new streaming services, upgraded devices, and NextGen TV launching in cities around the country. With the pandemic, cord cutting became even more popular with services announcing record growth and studies showing more time spent streaming shows and movies than ever before. Now that the first few weeks of 2021 are already in…