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Netflix premium subs ‘considering downgrade’ after price hike
Few Netflix US viewers will cancel their subscription after the company’s price hike last week,…
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NHK World-Japan launches on Roku
Japanese public service broadcaster, NHK, has launched its English-language channel, NHK World-Japan, on the Roku…
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Sinclair Broadcast launches streaming service
US local broadcast giant Sinclair Broadcast Group is launching a streaming service that will take…
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ATSC president Richer to retire
Mark Richer, the long-time president of the US TV standards body the Advanced Television Systems…
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Comcast moves forward with blockchain-based advertising platform
US cable and entertainment giant Comcast’s cable advertising division has launched what it describes as…
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Hopster launches on DISH in US
Kids pre-school on-demand service Hopster has launched its new entertainment and learning service on DTH…
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Amazon ‘among bidders’ for Fox US sports networks
Amazon will be among the bidders for the 22 US regional sports networks to be…
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Discovery boosts GO app line-up in the US
Discovery has added HGTV, Food Network, Travel Channel, DIY Network and Cooking Channel to its suite of…
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Criterion Collection to launch standalone SVOD service
The Criterion Collection is due to launch its own standalone streaming service in spring 2019,…
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Roku starts shipping its wireless speaker in the US
Roku has started shipping its Roku TV Wireless Speakers product in the US in time…
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IAB: US digital ad revenues grew 23% in H1 2018
US digital advertising revenues grew 23% year-on-year in the first half of 2018 to reach…
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Leichtman: US pay TV use down to 78% of homes
The proportion of US TV households that subscribe to some form of pay TV service…
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DISH blames AT&T as HBO goes dark for first time
HBO has disappeared from US pay TV operator DISH Network’s platform after the pair failed…
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eMarketer: 2018 to be milestone year for digital video ads in the US
US video ad spend is tipped to grow nearly 30% to US$27.82 billion in 2018,…
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Discovery appoints digital products lead
Discovery has promoted Karen Leever to president of US digital products and marketing. In the…
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Parks: 91% of US OTT subscribers take Netflix, Hulu or Amazon
More than nine in ten US over-the-top video subscribers take at least one of the…
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Hopster debuts on US pay TV with Comcast
Kids OTT TV service Hopster has launched via the internet on US cable giant Comcast’s…
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Moonves steps down from CBS
Over the weekend CBS chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves stepped down from his role after…
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LRG: 69% of US homes subscribe to Netflix, Amazon or Hulu
Some 69% of all US households now take at least one subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service…
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GfK MRI: ‘Vast majority’ of US viewers not ready to cut the cord
The “vast majority of US consumers” are still not ready to give up on pay…
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US subscribers to OTT pay TV services climbs 119%
The number of US subscribers to over-the-top delivered pay TV services like Sling TV, DirecTV…
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Kagan: US operators lose 860,000 subscribers in Q2
The traditional cable, satellite and telco multichannel TV providers in the US lost 860,640 video…
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Chicken Soup heats up SVOD plan with Pivotshare acquisition
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the ‘positive content’ company backed by Ashton Kutcher’s A…
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US SVOD subscriptions tipped to reach 208m in 2023
The number of video-on-demand subscriptions in the US is due to climb from 132 million…
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Tribune Media sues Sinclair as US merger deal collapses
US broadcast group Tribune Media has terminated its planned US$3.9 billion (€3.4 billion) merger with…
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AT&T acquires Chernin’s stake in Otter Media
AT&T has acquired The Chernin Group’s controlling interest in Otter Media, the joint venture between…
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US DOJ outlines reasoning behind AT&T-Time Warner appeal
The US District Court’s greenlighting of AT&T’s merger with Time Warner merger was only possible…
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Telemundo chief Silberwasser to leave
Telemundo president, Luis Silberwasser, is to depart the company after four years with the US…
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US pay TV subscriber losses mount
The top 10 US pay TV providers recorded a total net loss of over 358,000…
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Troubled CBS beats analyst expectations
CBS has reported growth across the board for its second quarterly earnings, beating analyst expectations,…