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Peacock Reaches 42 Million Sign Ups
In Comcast’s Q1 earnings report Thursday, the company shared new subscriber numbers for Peacock. Peacock has 42 million sign ups to date across the US, up from 33 million sign ups reported for Q4 2020. In Comcast’s earnings call, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell said that about a third of those 33 million signups are monthly…
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Comcast Lost 491,000 Pay TV Customers in Q1 2021
In Comcast’s Q1 earnings report released Thursday morning, the company reported a 491,000 video customer loss. That number includes 404,000 residential customers and 87,000 business customers. The company added 461,000 broadband customers for the quarter. While customer numbers were down, cable revenue was up for the quarter, due to increasing rates. Video revenue reached $5.623…
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Sling TV Lost 100,000 Subscribers in Q1 2021, Dish Down 230,000 Video Customers
Dish Network reported its first quarter earnings Thursday morning, revealing that Dish lost 230,000 pay TV customers for the quarter and the Dish-owned streaming service Sling TV accounted for 100,000 of those losses. The other 130,000 were Dish TV customers. Sling TV ended the quarter with 2.37 million subscribers. Hulu with Live remains the number…
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Here’s Everything New on Peacock in May 2021
Peacock’s May lineup is full of exciting arrivals like new Originals Intergalactic and Girls5eva about a 1990s girl group getting a second shot at fame. If you’re looking for a throwback movie night, Peacock has all three movies in the Bourne trilogy and comedies like National Lampoon’s Vacation and Evan Almighty. You can also stream…
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HBO Max Ad-Supported Tier will Launch in June at $9.99/Month
Ahead of AT&T’s Investor Day event in March, HBO Max announced that it would launch an ad-supported tier in June. Now, CNBC reports that the new tier of the streaming service will cost $9.99/month. Currently, HBO Max only has an ad-free subscription option for $14.99/month. The ad supported tier will not include same day movie…
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Cinedigm Launches New Fantawild Streaming Channel
Cinedigm has launched a new streaming channel in partnership with Fantawild Animation, the top producer of children’s animation in Asia. The Fantawild channel will feature content from popular animated brands like Kung Fu Masters of the Zodiac and more, anchored by movies and series from the Boonie Bears franchise which is currently China’s top animated…
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Broadcasters Are Moving Forward in Their Case Against Locast
The case against Locast is moving forward as ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC have filed a letter to the US District Court of New York, outlining their claims against Locast and asking the court to reject Locast’s defense. The suit was initiated in July 2019, over a year after Locast launched as a service to…
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How to Watch the NFL Draft Round 1 on April 29 Without Cable
Image: NFL The first step to the 2021 NFL season is here as the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft is approaching. The future stars of the NFL will have their name called in front of the world as teams select from among the best college players in the country. This draft will be…
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Hulu Releases Trailer for Upcoming Series ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’
Hulu gave viewers a sneak peek at its upcoming suspenseful drama Nine Perfect Strangers during the Academy Awards Sunday night. The limited series is based on the latest book by Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty and stars Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Luke Evans, and more. There’s still no release date announced yet, but Hulu promises…
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Netflix Officially Launches ‘Play Something’ Button
After many, many tests, Netflix has finally made its shuffle feature official with the launch of the Play Something button. The button was designed to help Netflix users skip the browsing and go directly to a title that was chosen based on titles they’ve watched before and viewing preferences. When you click “Play Something” you’ll…
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Discovery Has Reached 15 Million Subscribers Across Its Streaming Portfolio
Discovery now has 15 million subscribers across its streaming services, including Discovery+, the company reported Wednesday. Discovery+ has surpassed 13 million paid subscribers as of the end of March. Discovery had 11 million streaming subscribers as of February when the company reported Q4 numbers. At that time, Discovery CEO David Zaslav shared that most of…
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Here’s What’s Coming to Amazon Prime Video in May 2021
Amazon Prime Video is refreshing its lineup of TV shows and movies for May with some great new additions. Some of the more highly anticipated releases come later this month with Amazon’s original series The Underground Railroad which follows Cora Randall’s desperate escape from a plantation to find the rumored underground railroad that will take…
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Roku’s Data Shows Younger Viewers Prefer Streaming the Oscars
Last weekend’s Academy Awards Show gave viewers a breath of fresh air and a return to semi-normalcy as Hollywood’s stars donned mask-less red carpet looks at the in-person event. Streaming Originals took home some major wins with Nomadland carrying off Best Picture in a competition against heavy hitters like Judas and the Black Messiah, Sound of…
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‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 4 Sparks Hulu’s First-Ever Aftershow
Hulu is debuting its first aftershow One Burning Question along with the Season 4 release of The Handmaid’s Tale. One Burning Question will premiere April 28, 2021 and explore questions, themes and characters from each new episode of The Handmaid’s Tale. The aftershow will be hosted by journalist Stacey Wilson Hunt, and will feature cast…
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NHL and Turner Enter 7 Year Deal to Bring Hockey to HBO Max, TBS, TNT
The NHL and Turner Sports announced today a 7 year agreement that will bring pro hockey to HBO Max, TBS, and TNT. The deal includes rights for the Stanley Cup playoff and final games which will air on TNT and TBS starting next season. “This agreement with the National Hockey League brings one of the…
