The most remarkable aspect of the NFL’s new, 10-year media rights arrangement is how unremarkable it turned out to be. True, some games will end up on Peacock, Paramount+ and Tubi. And there was language in press releases about streaming video extras like “premiere VOD,” highlight compilations, condensed games and a special “NFL experience” on …
A subscription to Disney+ costs $6.99/mo., a new Hulu SVOD account costs $5.99, and ESPN+ clocks in at $5.99 . But according to new metrics released by Disney during its Q3 earnings report, the amount of monthly revenue tied to the three services is different: $4.52, $12.59, and $4.54, respectively, per subscriber. So what gives? …
The possibility that AT&T might sell the DirecTV satellite-TV service evokes questions not just about the identity of a buyer, but a deeper curiosity about what a new owner might expect to gain by operating a degrading, and arguably obsolete, video distribution platform. A New York Post report earlier this month said AT&T has invited …
Among the five largest U.S. companies, only one lacks a direct-to-consumer video service. That could change, and soon. Press reports naming Microsoft as a lead candidate to buy TikTok’s U.S. operations, possibly in a partnership with Walmart Inc., signal that Microsoft perceives it’s missing an important piece of the consumer business portfolio. Although Microsoft Corp.’s …
Comcast’s recent arrangement to make Sling TV available over Comcast’s Flex platform dovetails with a widening embrace of over-the-top video among multiple U.S. telecommunications providers. The willingness to light up the Sling TV app over Flex, a streaming video platform targeted to Internet subscribers, is the latest and most meaningful example of the migration among …
