Amazon expands Fire TV reach in deals with TV providers, automakers

Amazon today announced a new Fire TV Edition expansion that will open its streaming device and smart TV platform to more verticals including automobiles.

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Roku grows smart TV program with TCL, Hisense and new global OEM partners

Roku is touting the continued growth of its Roku TV licensing program with new models on the way from smart TV partners including TCL, Hisense, InFocus, Polaroid and Walmart’s ATVIO.

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Industry Voices—Ring: A streaming product hunt at CES 2020

Consider this your executive cheat sheet for navigating CES 2020 from the Ring Digital perspective.

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Streaming Video Consumer Spending to Jump 29% in 2020 to $24 Billion, CTA Forecasts

The streaming wars are set to unleash a river of cash. With major media companies entering the market, American consumer spending on subscription-video services will increase 29% in 2020, hitting a…

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후다닥 뉴스(10.11)

1. Netflix, 3분기 실적발표를 앞두고 월가의 전망 잇달아 - UBS는 Netflix가 3분기 가입자 실적 예상한 수치 관련, 미국 가입자는 유사한 수준이겠으나 글로벌 가입자는 예상에 미치지 못할것으로 전망 . Netflix..

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$70 Million+ in Revenue Lost Annually to Piracy, According to New Research - Cord Cutters News

Synamedia, the world’s largest independent video software provider, released the results of several anti-piracy studies today. The studies looked at everything from password sharing to the illegal sale of passwords. Here’s what they found. Synamedia found

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AT&T on target for virtualizing 75% of its network by 2020

AT&T is still on target for having 75% of its network virtualized by the end of this year. After virtualizing more than 55% of its network functions in 2018, AT&T's goal was to hit 65% by the end of last year, which it did, according to a blog post by Scot

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Quibi signs partnership with T-Mobile

Quibi, an upcoming mobile-first streaming service, has found a logical distribution partner in T-Mobile, which has plans for a mobile video platform service.

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AT&T TV Now Price Hike Coming Next Month, Base Package to Cost $65

AT&T is instituting a substantial price hike for its live TV streaming service AT&T TV Now: Customers who have subscribed to the service’s basic “Plus” package will see th…

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Netflix is Monitoring Password Sharing & Is Looking At Consumer-Friendly Ways to Push Back Against The Practice - Cord Cutters N

Earlier today, Netflix released its 3rd quarter earnings statement. Now during the 3rd quarter 2019 earnings interview, Netflix executives said they are monitoring password sharing and are looking at consumer-friendly ways to push back at the edges of pass

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AT&T’s Xandr acquires TV ad data platform clypd

Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising and analytics business, has acquired clypd, a TV advertising data platform for broadcast and cable TV networks.

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Deeper Dive—The streaming wars will have to wait

NEW YORK – For months now a narrative has been building: one that pits Netflix against a rising tide of new SVOD giants. But then Netflix had a good third quarter and upended the story.

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Netflix’s Q3 international sub growth could be weaker than expected – analyst

Netflix investors are anxiously awaiting the company’s third-quarter earnings report next week, and hoping for a return to domestic subscriber growth. But international could end up being the issue.

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Most Netflix subscribers won't leave for Disney's or Apple's services, survey finds

Piper Jaffray remains unfazed by the recent drop in Netflix shares, sticking by its optimistic forecast.

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Teens in the US are spending more time on YouTube than on Netflix for the first time

Piper Jaffray found teens spend 2% more of their daily streaming time on YouTube than Netflix, likely due to YouTube's wider content range.

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Disney+, HBO Max will help push U.S. SVOD spending to $22B in 2020

New streaming services like Disney+, HBO Max, Apple TV+ and Peacock – along with stalwarts like Netflix and Hulu – will cause a big jump in U.S. SVOD spending next year.

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AT&T approached by Apollo about DirecTV-Dish spinoff deal – report

AT&T has reportedly been approached by private equity firm Apollo about a potential deal to spin off DirecTV and combine it with Dish Network.

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AT&T is Reportedly Considering Selling DIRECTV's Satellite Service - Cord Cutters News

UPDATE: CNBC is now disputing this story. You can read more here. Today The Wall Street Journal reported that AT&T is entertaining the possibility of selling its DIRECTV satellite service. According to the report, AT&T is “exploring parting ways with DIREC

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3 Reasons HBO Max Might Cost the Same as HBO Now | The Motley Fool

AT&T is considering a $14.99 price point for its forthcoming streaming service.

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Comcast makes Xfinity Flex free for its broadband-only subscribers

When Comcast earlier this year launched its new Xfinity Flex product, it carried a $5-per-month cost for broadband-only subscribers. Now the company is giving it away for free.

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후다닥 뉴스(8.27)

- AT&T는 자사 IPTV 서비스인 U-Verse를 버리고 위성방송 서비스인 DirecTV로 신규가입자를 모집하는 정책을 사용해 왔으나, 현실은 미국 유료방송 사업자 중 가장 심각한 순감을 보이고 있음 - 이를 타개하기 위..

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카카오페이지, 일 거래액 10억원 돌파 ‘역대 최고’

카카오페이지(대표 이진수)가 일 거래액 10억 원을 돌파하며 사상 최대 실적을 달성했다.카카오페이지는 추석 연휴의 마지막날이었던 15일의 일 거래액이 10.1억 원을 기록했다고 18일 밝혔다. 종전 최고 실적은 설 연휴(2월 6일)에 기록한 9억 3천만 원으로, 이전 ...

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AT&T TV: An Unskinny Streaming Bundle That Looks a Lot Like Traditional Pay TV

AT&T this week launched AT&T TV, a new subscription streaming television service that uses an Android-based internet set-top, in 10 markets. But the way it’s priced and packaged looks…

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AT&T changes DirecTV Now to AT&T TV Now

AT&T is changing the name of DirecTV Now to AT&T TV Now in a move to put more distance between its streaming TV services and its freefalling satellite TV service.

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AT&T’s CEO of Communications, John Donovan, to retire in October – TechCrunch

John Donovan, CEO of AT&T Communications, announced today his plans to retire effective October 1, 2019. Donovan has for the past two years led AT&T’s largest business unit, which services 100 million mobile, broadband and pay-TV customers in the U.S., as

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Winter is coming for HBO NOW subscriber growth – TechCrunch

Fan reaction to Game of Thrones’ final season may be mixed, but the show has been undeniably good for HBO’s network — and for its over-the-top streaming service, HBO NOW. The Season 8 premiere drew in 11.8 million live viewers and 17.4 million viewers acro

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Coca-Cola Will Revive New Coke in Alliance With Netflix, ‘Stranger Things’

A rush of TV watchers to streaming video has prompted Coca-Cola to test an interesting pour. Coca-Cola will bring New Coke back to market for a brief time, all part of a partnership with Netflix, w…

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'콘텐츠 왕국' 넷플릭스, 게임쇼 E3 첫 등판…게임까지 넘본다

(서울=뉴스1) 박병진 기자 | 온라인동영상서비스(OTT) 시장 최강자 넷플릭스가 게임 시장까지 노리고 있다. '콘텐츠 왕국'인 넷플릭스가 자체 지식재산권(IP)을 활용해 게임까지 넘보는 것이다.18일 업계에 따르면 넷플릭스는 오는 6월 미국 로스엔젤레스에서 열리는 국제 게임 전...

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CJ ENM, VOD 콘텐츠 6월 17일부터 전면 유료화

CJ ENM이 무료로 제공하던 VOD 콘텐츠를 유료로 개편한다,​무료로 생각하기 쉬운 콘텐츠에 대한 소비자 인식을 전환하고, 안정적인 수익원 확보를 통한 양질의 콘텐츠 제작 환경을 구축하겠다는 취지다.&...

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[TF포커스] 지상파도 졌다...`봄밤`·`배가본드` 등 줄줄이 넷플릭스 行 - 스타투데이

지상파 3사, 넷플릭스와 방영권 계약 체결

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[칸리포트]미중 무역분쟁 불똥 튄 영화제…넷플릭스 등 OTT 성장도 발목

칸 필름마켓(마르셰 뒤 필름)이 미중 무역분쟁에 OTT시장의 성장으로 이중고를 치르면서 썰렁한 분위기 속에서 열리고 있다.올해로 칸 필름마켓을 15년째 찾고 있는 국내 A수입사 대표는 20일 프랑스 칸 현지에서 기자와 만나 “중국 바이어들이 마켓에서 손을 떼고 있...

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유튜브 새옷 입고 돌아온 추억의 시트콤

[아무튼, 주말] 순풍·하이킥 유튜브로 부활 #1. "엄마 '지뚫킥(지붕 뚫고 하이킥)' 빵꾸똥꾸 넘 재밌어. '순풍' 미달이 이모가 스카이캐슬 우주 엄마 맞지?" 김모(43)씨는 초등학교 4학년 딸(10) 질문에

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AT&T U-verse and Verizon Fios Tops in Customer Satisfaction Again

Telco TV and wireline broadband services once again ranked highest in latest American Customer Satisfaction Index survey of telecom users

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AVOD could lead to consumers skipping MVPDs and vMVPDs alike

DENVER—The pay TV industry has seen traditional TV subscribers decline and virtual MVPD subscribers increase, but ad-supported streaming TV could throw a wrench in that balance.

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Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, & Amazon Dominate 78.8% of All Streaming - Cord Cutters News

Today at the Pay-TV show Comscore Gave a look at the current state of streaming in the United States. According to Comscore Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, and Amazon accounted for 78.8% of all streaming in the United States. All other streaming in the United Stat

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Amazon Fire TV now claims more than 34M active users

DENVER—Fire TV, Amazon’s device and platform ecosystem for streaming video, says it now has more than 34 million active users.

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AT&T Plans to Launch a "Thin" Streaming Version of DIRECTV This Year But Expect DIRECTV Losses to Continue - Cord Cutters News

Today AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said he expects DIRECTV’s rapid subscriber decline will continue in 2019. According to Randall, Stephenson AT&T plans to let lower revenue customers leave the service as their contracts expire. Mr. Stephenson did give us a

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AT&T Plans to Pull WarnerMedia Content From Places like Netflix, Amazon, & Hulu - Cord Cutters News

Today AT&T announced plans to pull back content currently licensed to places like Netflix in preparation for its new streaming service. This likely means popular shows will be leaving Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu as AT&T gets ready to launch a new streaming s

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HBO Pay-TV Customers Will Have Access to WarnerMedia SVOD Service, AT&T Chief Says

AT&T shed some new light on plans for the forthcoming WarnerMedia subscription-streaming service, with chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson explaining that HBO customers on pay-TV operators R…

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Sling TV chief calls AT&T carriage behavior ‘anti-competitive’

Sling TV doesn’t require any contract, commitment or equipment. And its President Warren Schlichting says the company has embraced the idea of restarts and pauses.

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WOW! will sell Philo directly to its internet subscribers

TV and broadband provider WOW! has a new deal in place to sell and market streaming TV service Philo directly to its internet subscribers.

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Kevin Mayer Discusses Disney+ At APOS | What's On Disney Plus

This week, Bali is hosting a special event called, APOS, which brings together many of the biggest names in media, including Disney, Netflix, Sony, HBO and others. During the event, Disney's Kevi

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Disney's Kevin Mayer Explains The Differentiation Between Disney+ & Hulu At APOS | What's On Disney Plus

There are many questions about what content will be coming Disney+, ever since the official reveal in November 2018, we've known there are 5 key core brands at the heart of the streaming service.

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AT&T loses another 83K DirecTV Now subs and 544K pay TV subs in Q1

Subscriber declines at AT&T’s virtual MVPD DirecTV Now slowed down in the first quarter, but the company still lost a net 83,000 streaming TV subscribers.

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DirecTV Now ‘sustainable’ at $50 price point, AT&T CEO says

DirecTV Now withstood another quarter of subscriber losses, but AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said, at current price levels, the product is reaching sustainable levels.

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Amazon Prime launches on Virgin Media set-tops in U.K. ahead of Premier League streams

Liberty Global today announced a deal to integrate Amazon Prime Video on Virgin Media Ultra HD V6 set-top boxes in the U.K. ahead of Amazon’s Premier League streaming deal kicking off.

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T-Mobile, Viacom set content distribution deal for mobile TV service

T-Mobile and Viacom on Wednesday announced a content distribution deal covering live channels and on-demand video for a mobile TV service T-Mobile will launch later this year.

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Spectrum’s $14.99 Streaming Service Is Now Live in Select Markets - Cord Cutters News

In February, Spectrum announced that they are launching a new live TV streaming service in late March for Spectrum Internet customers called Spectrum TV Essentials. This new service will cost $14.99 plus tax, and Spectrum says it will have no additional fe

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AT&T is Being Sued Over Misleading Investors About DIRECTV NOW - Cord Cutters News

Yesterday the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announced a class action lawsuit targeting AT&T over what it claims to be misleading investors over DIRECTV NOW. The issue seems to be a question about if AT&T knowingly mislead investors when it said that DIREC

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Viacom, AT&T Prepare for Battle

Programmer warns of looming blackout, while AT&T digs in its heels

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