Disney and Comcast are looking for a financial adviser they are both happy with to resolve a dispute over how to value the 33 per cent stake in streaming platform Hulu that the former will acquire from the latter, reports Reuters. The companies struck a deal for Hulu in 2023 but Comcast and Disney are […]
AdImpact, the advertising intelligence company analysed ad impressions for US streaming platform providers from Q1 2023 through Q1 2024 to understand the advertising marketplace for streaming platforms in advance of the 2024 Upfronts, providing marketers a view into the performance of potential streaming partners. The report found that Paramount+ had the highest amount of overall […]
Legal and true crime network, Law&Crime, has announced the Hulu premiere of its 8-part investigative series Cult Justice, a new show presenting first-hand accounts of survivors’ and prosecutors’ efforts to bring notorious cult leaders to justice, many speaking for the first time. Alongside the stories of individual survival and escape, each episode also features candid […]
FX’s 10-episode limited series Shōgun – an epic saga of war, passion, and power set in feudal Japan, based on James Clavell’s bestselling novel – garnered 9 million views globally for the premiere episode across Hulu and Disney+, based on six days of streaming, making it the #1 scripted General Entertainment series premiere globally. In the US, Shōgun is the #1 […]
Fox Weather, Fox News Media’s free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) weather service, has expanded distribution in the US to Hulu + Live TV and TCLtv+. Fox Weather president Sharri Berg commented: “As the fastest growing weather service, we are excited to further expand our platform, bringing Hulu + Live TV and TCLtv+ audiences FOX Weather’s […]
Data from Phenix reveals the streaming delays viewers in the US experienced during Super Bowl LVIII. Phenix measured the delays from the field-of-play to NFL+ mobile, CBS on YouTubeTV, CBS on Hulu+ Live TV, DirecTV Stream, CBS on fuboTV, Paramount+ and ViX / ViX+ clocking in at an average of over one minute across the […]
Disney+ has announced second season of the award-winning comedy Extraordinary will premiere on March 6th globally (excluding the US where it will stream on Hulu). Season 2 picks up where Season 2 left off, following Jen (Máiréad Tyers) on her powers journey as she enrols as a client at the power clinic. Jen soon discovers […]
The Kollective (6 x 60’) has begun production and today announces its cast. Produced by Submarine (Undone; Apollo 10 ½, Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World) and created by Leonardo Fasoli (Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero), Maddalena Ravagli (Gomorrah) and Submarine’s Femke Wolting, the series is commissioned by The European Alliance and will be distributed worldwide by A+E Media Group. Taking audiences around the world from Budapest […]
MediaRadar, advertising intelligence and sales enablement platform, analysed US ad spend from the top six OTT ad-supported streaming services: Discovery+, Hulu, Max, Paramount+, Peacock and Pluto TV. Data was from January 1st 2022 through October 31st 2023. Key findings include: Top Six Streaming Platforms Collect Over $1 Billion in Advertising From January through October 2023, […]
A combined Disney+ and Hulu service will have one-third of the 100 most Popular titles in the US based on data from Ampere Analysis. Ampere’s estimates show that a planned combined app that will bring the services together early in 2024 would have the greatest share of the top 100 most popular titles, putting it […]