Category: News
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ElectricNOW Channel Launches on Samsung TV Plus
Los Angeles based production and distribution company Electric Entertainment has partnered with Samsung to launch its free, ad supported channel ElectricNOW on Samsung Smart TVs and select mobile devices in the U.S. Starting today, ElectricNOW’s linear channel will be available to stream on Samsung TV Plus, featuring countless hours of genre entertainment. ElectricNOW is the…
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ViacomCBS Rebrands as Paramount Effective Today
ViacomCBS is officially changing its name to Paramount as of Feb. 16. The move is to promote greater recognition, and create a unified “umbrella brand” instead of giving the illusion of two companies, according to President and CEO Bob Bakish. “Paramount’s iconic peak represents a rich history for our company as pioneers in the Golden…
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‘Inventing Anna’ and ‘The Tinder Swindler’ are the Most Popular Titles on Netflix Right Now
Netflix’s documentary The Tinder Swindler spent its second week in a row as the top title on the streaming service. The scandalous story of Simon Leviev’s dating expoitations has garnered more than 64 million hours of viewership since it dropped on Feb, 2. The streamer’s coming of age teen flick Tall Girl is back with…
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Conviva: 36.3% of Super Bowl Big Screen Viewership was on Roku
More data surrounding the weekend’s Big Game keeps piling in, and much of it points toward how streaming is booming. Conviva released its Super Bowl 2022 report, and the findings show that more than 30% of viewers watched the event via connected TVs, followed closely by smart TVs at 33.5%. Of those, Roku proved to…
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Paramount+ Will Integrate Showtime Content, Starting This Summer
Paramount wants to make it easier to watch all of its content by combining Paramount+ and Showtime into one app. Subscribers will be able to sign up for Showtime within the Paramount+ app and easily watch content from both in the same app. The merged service will debut this summer and the services will still…
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Another ‘Yellowstone’ Spinoff is Coming to Paramount+
During the ViacomCBS Investor Day event today, Paramount+ announced that fans will be getting more of the hit series ‘1883’ along with the next chapter of the ‘Yellowstone’ origin story, ‘1932.’ Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, 1932 will follow a new generation of Duttons during the time of western expansion, Prohibition, and…
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Pluto TV Hits 64 Million Active Users, Paramount+ Reaches 32.8 Million Subscribers in Q4
Today, ViacomCBS shared its Q4 numbers, including subscriber numbers for its streaming services. In total, the company’s streaming services reached 56 million subscribers. Paramount+ added 7.3 million subscribers to reach 32.8 million by the end of the quarter. Highlights for Paramount+ for the quarter included Clifford The Big Red Dog, Mayor of Kingstown, 1883, South Park: Post Covid, live…
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fuboTV is Giving Subscribers a Free Preview of the News Plus Add-On
fuboTV is giving subscribers an opportunity to check out its News Plus add-on for free through February 27. With the add-on, subscribers will have access to more national and international news from eight channels. The add-on launched last month and is normally available to all fuboTV subscribers for $2.99 per month. Channels in the add-on…
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NFL: ‘Streaming is Extremely Important’ for Sunday Ticket & Future Media Deals
As the NFL looks to score a touchdown by securing a streaming deal for NFL Sunday Ticket, NFL Chief Media and Business Officer Brian Rolapp joined CNBC’s ‘TechCheck’ to discuss the league’s media deals and streaming future. During the interview, Rolapp stated that “streaming is extremely important“ and when the NFL secured their most recent…
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Report: 70.1% of Households Streaming the Super Bowl Were Cord Cutters Without A Bundled Pay-TV Service
Cord cutters came out in full force to watch this year’s Super Bowl, as a new study from iSpot.TV reports that 70.1% of those streaming the Super Bowl came from cord cutters or households without bundled pay-TV service. The second-by-second cross-platform measurement by iSpot.TV concluded that the Big Game was watched by 150 million people…