Many US cable television subscribers remain with their providers due to barriers such as restrictive contracts, limited provider availability by location, and the complexity of switching, which is why subscribers stay despite lower satisfaction levels than live TV streaming, according to the J.D. Power 2025 US Television Service Provider Satisfaction Study. Specifically, Cable TV customers […]

Tubi, Fox Corporation’s AVoD service, has announced the launch of Productubity, a new Chrome extension designed to help users stream smarter, and sneakier, while on the clock. Productubity lets streamers toggle from Tubi to a fictitious work screen with a single click, to keep the content on screen from being detected by their boss and […]

The start of a new school year and the return of American college football collided in August to disrupt summer TV trends, signaled by gains for broadcast and cable for the first time since April, according to Nielsen’s monthly The Gauge report – a snapshot of total TV and streaming consumption in the US. Broadcast […]

Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has announced that its HBO Max streaming service HBO Max will launch direct-to-consumer in new markets across Asia Pacific on October 15th, including Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Macau, Mongolia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. HBO Max is the home of a variety entertainment brands, including Harry Potter, the DC Universe, Cartoon Network, […]

Prime Video has unveiled new broadcast enhancements for football fans watching the UEFA Champions League (UCL) on Prime Video this season, with the League Phase kicking-off on September 16th. Central to this is Prime Vision, a new alternate feed to incubate and test new broadcast innovations that aim to bring fans closer to Europe’s most […]

In a career-defining performance, Terence Crawford defeated Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez by unanimous decision after 12 rounds on September 14th, to win the undisputed Super Middleweight Championship, in an event streamed globally on Netflix, The main fight scored an estimated average minute audience (AMA) of 36.6 million live+SD viewers from opening to closing bell, reports VideoAmp […]

CosmoBlue Media, the media entertainment company, has announced the launch of CosmoGO’s TVoD service in Canada transforming what was formerly known as Cineplex Store. The new platform delivers the latest movies and series to customers, available to watch anytime, anywhere, across all devices. “CosmoGO marks the beginning of a bold new chapter for Canadian audiences,” […]

Disney+ is set to kick off he 2025/26 UEFA Women’s Champions League season by streaming the League Phase draw live on September 19th. As part of their existing subscription, fans across Europe can watch as the fixtures of the teams going head-to-head in the League Phase are officially revealed. Streaming live at 11am (BST), the […]

Today’s consumers typically use four or more streaming services. For providers, reducing churn is now the top priority – and engagement has become a stronger indicator of brand health than subscriber counts. Since 2013, Hub’s annual Decoding the Default survey has measured which platforms US consumers consider their ‘home base’ for TV – ie, the […]

Research from Omdia presented at IBC 2025 in Amsterdam reveals a fundamental shift in the streaming media landscape, with major platforms moving from fierce competition to strategic collaboration in what Maria Rúa Aguete Head of M&E at Omdia called Streaming Love – a new era of partnerships between previously competitive giants. “The ‘Streaming Wars’ narrative […]