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A Month of Plusses (Digital TV Europe)

Both Apple and Disney’s premium streamers have been out in the wild for a little over a month. While it is far too soon to pass any judgements about their long-term viability, it... More

Disney Plus Reaches 28.6M Subscribers, Hulu Hits 30.4M (Variety)

Disney Plus has amassed 28.6 million subscribers after just three months in business. Walt Disney chief exec Bob Iger disclosed the figure on the company’s earnings call followin... More

Ampere: Solo TV Viewing on the Rise (Digital TV Europe)

According to a new study from Ampere Analysis, a greater number of consumers are now identifying as ‘solo viewers’. Many of these viewers no longer find watching TV with other ... More

Verizon Media Highlights Black History Month Initiatives (MediaPost)

Verizon Media is rolling out a range of programming for Black History Month across its various brands. Guru Gowrappan, CEO of Verizon Media stated the company wants to be a "truste... More

Technicolor, The Mill, MPC Cover Super Bowl LIV With Winning Commercials (MESA)

Technicolor, The Mill and MPC worked on many of this year’s exciting Super Bowl ads that aired as the San Francisco 49ers faced off against the Kansas City Chiefs. The AdMeter re... More

Verizon Media DSP Launches Inventory Storefront (MediaPost)

Verizon Media wants to make its programmatic offerings safer and easier for advertisers through its new DSP inventory storefront. The storefront seeks to connect advertisers with o... More

Ampere: VOD Driving Solo Viewing (Broadband TV News)

New research from Ampere Analysis has found an increasing number of consumers no longer find watching TV with other members of their household particularly of interest. The researc... More

Super Bowl LIV Viewership Hits 102M on TV, Streaming Platforms (FB)

Super Bowl LIV drew 102 million viewers on Fox and streaming platforms Sunday, notching the big game’s first uptick in linear viewership in five years. The Super Bowl scored an a... More

Shows on the Rise: ‘Ragnarok’ Comes Out on Top (TV Time)

A new Netflix series rises to No. 1! Fantasy-drama, Ragnarok, earns top placement with its January 31st release; entering with a rise ratio of 100%. The end of the month also bring... More

YouTube Tops 20M Paying Subscribers, YouTube TV Has Over 2M Customers (Variety)

YouTube Music and YouTube Premium together have more than 20 million paying subscribers, and YouTube TV — Google’s over-the-top subscription TV service — has more than 2 mill... More

Analyst: Apple TV+ Take Rate ‘Surprisingly Low’ (IBD)

Less than 10% of Apple customers eligible for 12-month free trials of the company's Apple TV+ streaming video service have taken the offer, a Wall Street analyst said. Bernstein an... More

Mobile Premier League, Prime Focus Technologies Partner for Content Creation (MESA)

PFT Brands, the branding arm of entertainment supply chain software specialist Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), has been tapped by India-based mobile eSports platform Mobile Premier... More

Arsenal Football Club Transforms Live Video Backhaul With AWS (MESA)

Since its founding in 1886, UK-based Football Club Arsenal has garnered an estimated fanbase of more than 100 million worldwide, and today, social media and digital video play a cr... More

Quibi’s Giant Bets (Monday Note)

Quibi is the boldest venture Hollywood has seen in its recent history. It involves multiple breakthroughs in every area: narrative, production and the business model. Here is a bre... More

Will AT&T’s HBO Max Gamble Pay Off? (Digital TV Europe)

AT&T’s WarnerMedia is not necessarily putting all of its eggs in the HBO Max basket, but it is certainly putting a lot of them there. One billion, two hundred million eggs, to be... More

Disney Plus Expected to Reveal More Than 25M Subscribers (Variety)

Disney has Wall Streeters and the industry eagerly awaiting the company’s quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, which will include the first official subscriber numbers for... More

Ampere: Streaming Adapter Market Becomes Competitive Battleground (Rapid TV News)

Research from Ampere Analysis has revealed the unique nature of the streaming adapter market with leading players around globe each with wildly different strategic imperatives batt... More

Fox Taps Verizon Media to Stream Super Bowl in UHD HDR for First Time (DTE)

Verizon’s Media’s streaming workflow and delivery technology will support the streaming of the Super Bowl on the Fox Sports app, the Fox Now and the Yahoo Sports mobile app to ... More

The Streaming Wars Move to Madison Avenue (Forbes)

With tens of billions of dollars being invested in original and licensed content, programs will be heavily promoted to differentiate from their competitors.... More

5 Media, Entertainment Tech Trends to Watch Out for in 2020 (PFT Blog)

2019 was truly action-packed for the Media & Entertainment industry! The wheels of consolidation gained major momentum with several mega-mergers taking place. With all these change... More

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