Author: Kayla Wassell
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Amazon’s Prime Video Viewership Numbers Show Strong Yearly Growth
Amazon Prime Video recently announced the company will be adding an ad-supported tier. Insider Intelligence has released some statistics on Amazon Prime Video viewership and compared that with time spent watching content. “Amazon introducing ads into Prime Video is just the latest step in their increasing embrace of streaming advertising. The Fire TV interface makes…
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The Cost of Streaming Services May Go Up As TV Ad Revenue Are Tanking & Predicted to Continue To Fall Amidst Writers Strike
GroupM is the world’s leading media investment company and has released some discouraging reports for television ad revenue predictions. Amidst a struggling economy and an entertainment industry nearly halted until the writers’ strike comes to an end, the group forecasts 2023 isn’t shaping up to be a profitable year for TV ad revenue streams, especially…
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Disney Reportedly Wants WWE TV Rights
The negotiation window for Comcast and Fox over WWE media rights has come and gone without the networks reaching a deal. This leaves the WWE open to accepting a new contract with other networks during its upcoming sale to Endeavor, which has yet to be finalized. One interested party is The Walt Disney Corporation. Although…
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The Average Cable TV Bill Cost is Skyrocketing
Cord cutting is causing quite a stir as cable providers scramble to make up rapidly decreasing revenue as customers switch to streaming services. Part of this decline was spurred on by the 2020 pandemic, but consumers have steadily been replacing cable with streaming ever since. One reason for this mass exodus from cable is monthly…
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NewsNation Expands “Morning in America” to 4 Hours & Brings on New Co-Anchor
NewsNation is extending its Morning in America programming to four hours following the cancellation of Morning Express earlier this year. The morning news show brought on Markie Martin to co-host with news anchor Adrienne Bankert. Markie Martin previously was a correspondent based out of Dallas for the network. Today was her first episode on Morning…
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YouTube Music is Reportedly Coming to Apple TV & More
YouTube Music features a “tailored” listening experience for users featuring thousands of hours of songs, music videos, and live performances. The dulcet streaming service is already available on Android versions 4.4 or newer and iOS, as well as Android TV, Google TV, and ChromeOS. Now, YouTube Music is rumored to have plans to expand to…
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Bally Sports Reveals Its Streaming Service Has Surprisingly Few Subscribers Nine Months After Launch
Bally Sports is facing some difficulties getting subscriber numbers up to Diamond Sports Group’s expectations. The streaming sports service recently backed out of a billion-dollar contract with Major League Baseball, filing for bankruptcy earlier this month in a Texas court. Since then, Diamond Sports Group revealed that Bally Sports Plus has only 203,000 subscribers since…
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T-Mobile Is Making Changes To Its Customer Credit Policies That Could Make It Easier For You To Get Better Deals
T-Mobile is changing up its customer credit policies, eliminating “credit classes” and switching to “Credit Limits” to form a more tailored fit for each postpaid account. Previously, T-Mobile did a credit check for new postpaid accounts when a new member signs up for service. The credit check would dictate a credit limit per customer and…
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Smart TV Industry Facing Alleged Chip Patent Scandal That Could Impact New TVs
Realtek Semiconductor Corp filed a lawsuit in California alleging MediaTek conspired with another company via a “secret litigation bounty” to discredit RealTek. The lawsuit claims that MediaTek used deceptive practices to monopolize the creation of chips installed in smart TVs and other devices. “MediaTek conspired with Future Link, paying it a secret ‘bounty’ to file…
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Primetime ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Viewership Continues to Drop
Linear broadcast television primetime is starting to head into past-time territory. For the 2022 to 2023 season, primetime viewership impressions decreased by 3 percent, only netting 1.2 trillion in total advertisement impressions. Overall shares declined from 25.4 percent to 25 percent from September 5th, 2022 through May 29th, 2023. As stated by MediaPost analyzing 860.3…