Tag: Streaming
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More than 20% of Millennials Have Never had a Cable TV Subscription
The digital landscape continues to change when it comes to how we access entertainment. What once seemed normal like grabbing the remote and flipping through TV channels to find something to watch, is steadily becoming a thing of the past. So much so that newer generations see traditional TV-viewing as obsolete. A recent survey by…
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Litton Entertainment Launches Dedicated Jack Hanna Channel
Litton Entertainment has announced the launch of a new, free streaming channel dedicated to Jack Hanna content. The ad-supported channel will be centered on the beloved zoologist’s adventures and exploits as one of TV’s most popular personalities. The channel is now live on VIZIO SmartCast in the US and is set to launch on Samsung…
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Almost Half of Consumers have Added at Least One TV Subscription Service Since Last Year
The Covid pandemic has brought about a lot of changes, and one of those is how much time people are spending in front of their TVs. The increased viewing time has only grown as time under the pandemic progresses, with the vast majority of people admitting to watching more than they did in a pre-Covid…
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Viewers Take Comfort in Classic Comedy According to 2020 Viewing Trends
We’ve officially crossed the one-year mark since lockdown when life as we knew it suddenly changed. We’ve also been through different stages of quarantine that seem like a lifetime ago, and whether you jumped on the banana bread-making train, tie-dye sweatsuits phase, or Tiger King frenzy, there’s one thing we all can admit to doing:…
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Streaming Subscriptions Pass 1 Billion, Up 26% From 2019
The year 2020 may leave a bitter taste in your mouth, but one thing that thrived during the pandemic is online streaming. The total number of global streaming service subscriptions surpassed 1.1 billion globally at the end of 2020 according to the Motion Picture Association’s annual THEME report. With more viewers choosing to cut the…
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Streamers are Retaining Subscribers by Leveraging Movie Premieres
The shift to blockbuster movies receiving home premieres has likely made a permanent change in the streaming industry. Although more theaters may reopen later this year and in the years to come, streaming services and movies alike have mutually benefitted from this straight-to-streaming arrangement 2020 threw at us. But mostly, streaming services have the most…
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Almost 30% of Viewers Would Sign Up for a Streaming Service Just to Watch Old Reruns
There’s nothing quite like kicking back to rewatch an old favorite TV show. Whether it’s Friends, The Office, Seinfeld, or something more obscure, viewers always seem to keep going back to their tried and true favorites. That’s why with all the new shiny streaming services out there, content really is key when it comes to…
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Live Sports is a Big Reason Why People Hold on to Pay TV
Although cord-cutting is on the rise, many people are hanging on to their old pay-TV subscriptions for one thing: Live Sports. New data from Parks and Associates shows that 55% of pay-TV households consider Live Sports an important factor in the decision to keep their pay-TV service up and running. Over half of pay-TV households…
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Survey: Nearly One Third of Adults are More Likely to Sign Up for HBO Max Thanks to WarnerBros Releases
Content is always a big draw when it comes to deciding which streaming service to use, and HBO Max has sweetened its appeal with this year’s WarnerBros plan to release every major film on the platform at the same time it hits theaters. In fact, almost one-third of respondents in a new survey by FinanceBuzz…
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AARP’s “Movies for Grownups Awards” Set to Air on PBS
Everyone knows springtime is Awards Season, with big hitters like the Golden Globes, Oscars, BAFTA, Critics Choice Awards, Sundance Film Festival, just to name a few. But have you heard of the Movies for Grownups Awards? Some of you might be today-years-old when you found out these are actually a thing, bit AARP has been…