Category: News
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YouTube Saw Significant Growth During the Pandemic With Video Streaming on the Rise
Streaming consumption has soared throughout the last year as a result of Covid-19, and YouTube isn’t excluded from that rise in viewing time. A new report from Pew Research Center says the app grew more than any other social media app by users in the U.S. during the pandemic. YouTube’s usage by adults in the…
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‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ is the Top Movie on Fandango’s TVOD Services This Past Week
Disney+’s Raya and the Last Dragon was the most popular transactional video on demand title on both Vudu and FandangoNOW, beating out Wonder Woman 1984 which came in at second place. High up on both lists of movies viewers rented or bought are also crime-thriller The Little Things and the new Daisy Ridley/Tom Holland sci-fi…
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About 25% of Viewers Who Watched March Madness on Linear TV in 2019 Switched to Streaming it This Year
This year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament was one for the books. The Baylor Bears took home the championship beating Gonzaga with a final score of 86-70. With March Madness 2020 getting canceled over the pandemic, live sports-starved fans were eager to watch this year’s games go down, as evidenced by the high viewership turnout, and…
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T-Mobile Launches Its Home Internet Service Nationwide
T-Mobile announced today that it has launched its 5G home internet service nationwide. In a press release, the company said that 30 million homes are now eligible for the service. T-Mobile’s internet service includes average speeds of 100 Mbps, has no data caps, skips equipment rentals, and is available for $60/month with no contracts. The…
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Marquee Sports Network is Now Live on fuboTV
After announcing a deal to bring the regional sports network back to fuboTV one week ago, Marquee Sports Network is now available to fuboTV subscribers in the Chicago area. With fuboTV, Cubs fans now have access to all Marquee programming including Cubs games, pregame and postgame shows, exclusive content, original programming and much more. The…
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Viewers Streamed a Record 12.2 Billion Minutes in 2020
Most of 2020 was arguably spent on the couch in sweatpants, and that’s evident by the significant rise in the amount of streaming the industry saw. The total number of global streaming service subscriptions surpassed 1.1 billion at the end of last year, with the average household subscribing to 4 streaming services to keep themselves…
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‘Godzilla VS Kong’ and ‘The Little Things’ Had the Best Opening Weekends for SVOD in Q1
With the pandemic still ongoing, cinephiles have been trading in their trips to the movies for a night in streaming new releases on demand. Many new films are available shortly after their theater release which makes it more appealing to wait just a little while instead of risk going out to the theater. In fact,…
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New tvOS Beta Code Mentions of 120Hz Refresh Rate Could Point to Next-Gen Apple TV
Recent beta versions of Apple’s tvOS software mention features that could be integrated into a next-generation Apple TV model, a device we’ve been tracking for well over a year now. 9to5Mac reported on references to “120Hz” and “supports 120Hz” in the tvOS 14.5 beta, and points out current Apple TV models don’t support refresh rates…
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Netflix Lost More Than 30% Market Share to Competitors in 2020
A new report from Ampere shows that Netflix lost 31% of its U.S. market share last year. While the streamer still remains a powerhouse, 2020 saw the entrance of newcomers Peacock and HBO Max which led to Netflix seeing a big chunk of its subscribers slip away. The Wrap reports that Netflix holds 20% of…
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T-Mobile Customers Can Save $10 on YouTube TV and Philo Starting Today
At the end of March, T-Mobile announced that it will be shutting down its TVision streaming service. To help customers continue streaming, the company has partnered with YouTube TV and Philo, giving T-Mobile customers exclusive offers to try the services out and subscribe with discounted prices. Those exclusive offers are active starting today and can…