Category: News
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Charter Lost 138,000 Video Customers in Q1 2021
In its Q1 2021 earnings report Friday morning, Charter reported a loss of 138,000 pay TV customers. That number includes 156,000 residential customers and 18,000 business customers. As of March 31, 2021, Charter had 15.5 million residential video customers. The company saw growth in its broadband business, though that growth has slowed down in 2021.…
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Disney+ Will Celebrate May the 4th with Star Wars Fan Art
To celebrate May the 4th, otherwise known as Star Wars Day, Disney+ is featuring fan art for Star Wars movies and series. The first fan art to be featured on Disney+ went up on the streaming service today. On the Disney+ landing page, you’ll find artwork showing the duality of good vs evil, featuring characters…
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YouTube TV Has Been Dropped from Roku
Following failed negotiations with Google to keep YouTube TV on Roku, Roku let YouTube TV customers know Friday morning that the app has been removed from the Roku Channel Store. The decision follows statements from both Roku and Google, in which Roku claims Google wanted to skew search results in its favor and change the…
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What’s New on Discovery+ in May 2021
Discovery+ has a brand new programming slate this month with new titles like Queen of Meth and Onision: In Real Life – Sarah Speaks, both True Crime titles that are not to be missed. The streaming service is also getting new content from the 90 Day franchise, actress Julianna Margulies’ Super Soul conversation with Oprah,…
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Watch Notre Dame Football and More On Peacock’s Weekend Sports Line Up for April 30, 2021
This weekend is the 91st Blue-Gold Game at Notre Dame Stadium, and you can stream it for free exclusively on Peacock. The game is this Saturday, May 1 at 12:30 PM EST., along with Premier League Everton v. Aston Villa at 3PM, and more. NOTRE DAME FOOTBALLSaturday, 5/112:30pm – Notre Dame Blue-Gold Game PREMIER LEAGUEFriday, 4/303:00pm –…
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‘Mortal Kombat’ Had HBO Max’s Best Opening Weekend So Far
Coming off the success of Godzilla vs. Kong, HBO Max had another great opening weekend with WarnerBros’ Mortal Kombat with nearly 3.8 million US households streaming the hugely popular computer game adaptation over the weekend. Peak viewership happened on Friday with 1.7 million households watching, according to an analysis by Samba TV. Up until now, Godzilla vs.…
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Reelgood: Amazon Prime Video and HBO Max Have Added the Most New Content So Far This Year
New data from Reelgood’s Q1 2021 SVOD Catalog Insights ranks the top 10 streaming services against each other in different categories, and Amazon Prime Video came out on top as the streaming service that added the most movies in the first quarter of 2021. This comes as no surprise since the results were the same…
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Sling TV Adds Baseball and Hockey DraftKings Channels
Sling TV is expanding its sports betting channel lineup today with the addition of baseball and hockey channels. Sling launched the DraftKings Basketball channel last week, allowing fans to check on game scores and betting odds in real time. Today, DraftKings Baseball and DraftKings Hockey are joining the basketball channel. The channel additions are a…
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Peacock Reaches 42 Million Sign Ups
In Comcast’s Q1 earnings report Thursday, the company shared new subscriber numbers for Peacock. Peacock has 42 million sign ups to date across the US, up from 33 million sign ups reported for Q4 2020. In Comcast’s earnings call, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell said that about a third of those 33 million signups are monthly…
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Comcast Lost 491,000 Pay TV Customers in Q1 2021
In Comcast’s Q1 earnings report released Thursday morning, the company reported a 491,000 video customer loss. That number includes 404,000 residential customers and 87,000 business customers. The company added 461,000 broadband customers for the quarter. While customer numbers were down, cable revenue was up for the quarter, due to increasing rates. Video revenue reached $5.623…