Author: Jess Barnes

  • Roku Reaches 46 Million Active Accounts

    Roku Reaches 46 Million Active Accounts

    In its Q3 earnings report, Roku has announced that it added 2.9 million active accounts for the quarter, reaching 46 million active accounts total, a 43% increase year over year. Roku device sales also increased year over year by 57% with sales more than doubling in Canada and the UK. “Q3 was the strongest quarter…

  • Peacock Will Stream Winter Olympics Sports Coverage

    Peacock Will Stream Winter Olympics Sports Coverage

    Peacock announced today that NBC Sports Gold’s “Snow Pass” will be moving to Peacock Premium this month. The programming will complement coverage of the sports on NBC, NBCSN, and Olympic Channel. On Peacock, you’ll find live and on-demand coverage of seven winter sports including alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, Nordic combined, ski jumping,…

  • Discovery Will Announce Its Upcoming Streaming Service in December

    Discovery Will Announce Its Upcoming Streaming Service in December

    We’ve been hearing about Discovery’s plan to launch a streaming service that would feature content from across its portfolio of brands since November 2019. Now, Discovery CEO David Zaslav says we’ll finally get an update on the service next month. During today’s Q3 earnings call, Zaslav said “The whole company has been focused on this,…

  • Discovery Says T-Mobile Shouldn’t Be Including Its Channels on Low-Cost Plan

    Discovery Says T-Mobile Shouldn’t Be Including Its Channels on Low-Cost Plan

    T-Mobile’s TVision streaming app launched just a few days ago, but there’s already tension surrounding the app. Discovery is taking issue with how T-Mobile packaged its channels for the app’s plan. In today’s Q3 earnings call, Discovery CEO David Zaslav commented on Discovery-owned channels showing up in the low cost Vibe plan, saying the company…

  • Sinclair Reported $4.18 Billion Operating Loss in Q3 2020

    Sinclair Reported $4.18 Billion Operating Loss in Q3 2020

    Sinclair Broadcast Group reported today an operating loss of $4.18 billion in its Q3 financial results announcement. Sinclair took a major hit from the loss of distribution deals for its regional sports networks, which included both Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV dropping the channels. The company also cited COVID-19 and “shifting consumer behaviors”…

  • TiVo is Launching Content Discovery Software

    TiVo is Launching Content Discovery Software

    TiVo announced today the introduction of Deep Discovery, API based software which will help users find the content they’ll want to watch. Elisa, a Finnish company specializing in telecommunications and digital services, has extended its partnership with TiVo to deploy Deep Discovery on its video service, Elisa Viihde. “In a content landscape with more options…

  • How to Watch the 2020 Presidential Election Returns Without Cable

    How to Watch the 2020 Presidential Election Returns Without Cable

    Millions of Americans have voted early and millions more are making their way to the polls today to cast their vote for President Donald Trump or Former Vice President Joe Biden. While the winner likely won’t be declared tonight, many will be watching as the results begin to come in. Here’s how you can watch…

  • AT&T’s DirecTV Sale Will Include Minority Stake in AT&T TV Now and U-Verse

    AT&T’s DirecTV Sale Will Include Minority Stake in AT&T TV Now and U-Verse

    In August, we reported on AT&T’s renewed interest in selling DirecTV in an effort to offload debt. The company had reportedly already been actively discussing a sale with Private equity investors at that time. Now, sources have provided additional information, saying that the deal would include a “significant minority stake” in DirecTV, AT&T Now, and…

  • Hulu Will Allow Users to Try the Watch Party Feature on Election Night

    Hulu Will Allow Users to Try the Watch Party Feature on Election Night

    Hulu is helping viewers stay connected during Election Night by enabling its Watch Party feature during tonight’s coverage. Hulu is teaming up with ABC News Live to test the feature with on-demand only subscribers. Subscribers will be able to connect with each other via real time chat while watching the election returns come in. Hulu’s…

  • Pluto TV Gets Exclusive Rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! Series

    Pluto TV Gets Exclusive Rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! Series

    Cinedigm announced today that Pluto TV will have exclusive rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, the sixth anime series in the fan-favorite global franchise based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! collectible trading card game. The series will bypass broadcast and go straight to streaming on Pluto TV, reflecting the shift from traditional TV to streaming. Yu-Gi-Oh! series have aired…