Category: News
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Streaming Increases with Coronavirus, With a Jump During ‘Business Hours’
In recent weeks, we’ve seen the impact COVID-19 has had on streaming – and it’s been a big one. After estimating that Americans could stream up to 60% more during the outbreak, Nielsen reported that streaming actually nearly doubled with an 85% increase. And as a majority of people are working from home, not only…
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Quibi Hit 1.7 Million Users in Its First Week
Quibi is one week old today, and stats are in as to how well the app is doing. Quibi CEO Meg Whitman, told CNBC Quibi saw 1.7 million app downloads within the first week, with more than 3o0,000 of them on the first launch day. That might sound like a big number, and it’s even…
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Roku Estimates 39.8M Active Accounts, 49% Increase in Streaming for Q1
Roku announced today that is has withdrawn its 2020 financial outlook and is providing shareholders with an update on metrics from the beginning of the year, due to the uncertain financial climate. “While we believe that our offerings to consumers, content providers and advertisers will enable our Company to deliver value in these uncertain times,…
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What’s New on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime for the Week of April 13, 2020
Here’s everything coming to Netflix this week: Available April 14 Chris D’Elia: No Pain Available April 15 The Innocence Files Outer Banks Available April 16 Despicable Me Fary: Hexagone: Season 2 Fauda: Season 3 Hail, Caesar! Mauricio Meirelles: Levando o Caos Jem and the Holograms Available April 17 Betonrausch #blackAF Earth and Blood (La terre…
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Discovery Makes Family Friendly Content Free to Stream
Discovery, and its affiliate and distribution partners, is expanding its content offering, making select family friendly shows and specials free and without commercials on Discovery’s streaming GO apps and sites. The “Family Favorites” collection includes full seasons of series from Discovery’s collection of networks, including Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Animal Planet, Science Channel,…
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Bob Iger Steps Back into Disney Role Amid Coronavirus
In February, Disney made the surprise announcement that Bob Iger would be stepping down as CEO of Disney, to be replaced by Bob Chapek, formerly the head of Disney’s parks division. Now, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, Iger is “reasserting control” at Disney to lead the company through this chaotic time. In a story…
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Disney Concert Stream Moving Forward with New Date After Musicians Union Changes Stance
Update: Added new stream date: April 17th at 7pm ET A rebroadcast of a Disney on Broadway is back on track after a musicians union agreed to streaming rights today. The concert was meant to stream on April 13th, but Broadway Cares, the charity group organizing the event, announced a cancellation over the weekend. At…
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‘Trolls World Tour’ Was FandangoNOW’s Most Preordered Film Ever
Dreamworks animated movie Trolls World Tour skipped theatres and went straight to streaming last weekend, setting records with its successful home premiere. FandangoNOW reported its best weekend ever thanks to the new Trolls sequel. Trolls World Tour now ranks as FandangoNOW’s most preordered title of all time, best-selling film on its opening day, and best-selling film during its…
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Verizon Aiming to Release Remote Troubleshooting Tool
Update (04/13): Added info and demo video from Verizon’s official press release. Verizon is reportedly working on a new tool aimed at addressing customer support issues remotely instead of sending technicians inside a subscriber’s home. The goal is to help troubleshoot problems by sending photos and live video to a technician outside of the house,…
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Here are 7 New Shows Available on Quibi Today
It’s been one week since Quibi launched, and the app has already been seeing success. The app hit 300k downloads on day one alone. With new shows added every Monday and new episodes daily (Monday-Friday), there’s always something new to watch. Plus you can still take advantage of the 90-day free trial if you download…