Author: Jess Barnes
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Scener Now Allows Up to A Million Viewers to Stream Content Together
Today Scener and Agora Inc. announced a partnership with Agora’s real-time engagement platform powering Scener’s new Watch Party feature, enabling millions of viewers to simultaneously stream content together over live video chat. Up to one million participants can now simultaneously enjoy streaming content from Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu, Vimeo or Funimation in…
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What’s Coming to Peacock in August 2020
This month, Peacock is adding some well-known titles like E.T. and The Graduate, along with new original series. Here’s what Peacock has in store for August. Available August 1 The Big LebowskiThe Bourne IdentityBrokeback MountainDeer HunterDolphin TaleE.T.The GraduateLittle FockersPsych 2: Lassie Come HomeSnakes on a Plane Available August 6 Hitmen (Series Premiere) Available August 13 Five Bedrooms (Series…
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Roku Now Has 43 Million Active Accounts
In today’s quarter 2 earnings report, Roku announced that its active account growth accelerated by 41% year over year. There are now 43 million active Roku accounts. Roku said the growth was driven by “strong sales of both players and Roku TV models throughout the quarter.” Roku player unit sales were up 28% year over…
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How to Watch the PGA Championship Without Cable
Featured Image: ESPN/PGA of America The PGA Championship takes place this week at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. World No. 1 Justin Thomas and defending champion Brooks Koepka are the current favorites in the tournament, and fans will tune in to see Tiger Woods return Thursday morning. Here’s how to watch the tournament, beginning Thursday,…
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Peacock Will Stream All 8 Harry Potter Movies in 2020 and 2021
NBCUniversal’s Peacock announced today that all eight Harry Potter movies will be available to stream over the next six months and into 2021. The news comes after HBO Max launched with the film series and soon after announced that the movies would be leaving the service. “The Harry Potterfranchise is beloved by people of all ages…
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New Free Movies on The Roku Channel This Month
From dramas to comedies to a vampire saga, The Roku Channel is bringing Roku users a slate of new movies in August, all for free. Action Movies Twilight: The Complete Saga – Stream all Twilight movies in the collection, including Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn…
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Philo Reaches 750,000 Subscribers, Showing 300% Growth Year Over Year
Philo’s subscriber count continues to grow, now reaching 750,000 subscribers, up 300% year over year. On Wednesday, Discovery CEO David Zaslov shared during the company’s quarterly earnings call that Philo has been a valuable partner for Discovery which carries Discovery networks including The Discovery Channel, HTGV, and OWN. With its growth over the past year,…
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Discovery Gets Closer to Launch of Its New Streaming Service
In today’s quarterly earnings call, Discovery CEO David Zaslav shared more information about the company’s upcoming streaming service. When discussing plans for the service, Zaslav compared it to “a new SUV” compared to “sportscars” like Netflix and other top streaming services. When competing with other services, Discovery plans to differentiate itself by being “useful every day”…
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‘Mulan’ Will Go Straight to Disney+ for a Premium Price
In today’s quarter 3 earnings call, Disney announced that Mulan will be going straight to Disney+ on September 4, along with premiering in theaters that have opened by that time. While the film will be available on the streaming platform, it won’t be included in the monthly subscription cost. It will be available on-demand for…
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Disney+ Reaches 57.5 Million Subscribers, Hulu Hits 32.1 Million, ESPN+ Grows to 8.5 Million
In today’s quarter 3 earnings call, Disney reported subscriber numbers for its three streaming services. Disney+ has reached 57.5 million, Hulu came in at 32.1 million with 3.4 million subscribing to Hulu with Live, and ESPN+ reached 8.5 million subscribers to close out the quarter. “Despite the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, we’ve continued to…