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March 10, 2021 Top Stories

Disney+ Tops 100 Million Paid Subs

March 10, 2021

Disney+ has now topped the 100-million paid subscriber mark, Bob Chapek revealed at a virtual annual shareholders meeting.

March 3, 2021 Top Stories

Mike Sneesby Takes CEO Post at Nine

March 3, 2021

Stan Entertainment CEO Mike Sneesby has been tapped to succeed Hugh Marks at the helm of Nine Entertainment, effective April 1.

March 3, 2021 Top Stories

North American OTT Revenues to Reach $94 Billion in 2026

March 3, 2021

A Digital TV Research report projects that North American OTT TV episode and movie revenues will almost double from $49 billion last year to $94 billion in 2026.

February 26, 2021 Top Stories

AT&T, TPG Capital in DIRECTV Deal

February 26, 2021

AT&T Inc. and TPG Capital are establishing a new standalone company that will own and operate DIRECTV, AT&T TV and U-verse video services.

February 25, 2021 Top Stories

ViacomCBS Posts Q4 Gains

February 25, 2021

Revenues at ViacomCBS rose by 3 percent in the fourth quarter to $6.9 billion, delivering net earnings from continuing operations of $783 million.

February 23, 2021 Analysis, Top Stories

North American Cord-Cutting Slows

February 23, 2021

The rate of cord-cutting in the U.S. and Canada has slowed, according to Digital TV Research, which projects that the number of pay-TV subs in North America will fall to 74 million in 2026.

February 18, 2021 Analysis, Top Stories

WARC Data Charts Broadcast TV Ad Losses

February 18, 2021

Broadcast television advertising spend fell by $34 billion in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic as brands shifted their investments to AVOD services, according to WARC.

February 12, 2021 Top Stories

Disney+ Tops 94 Million Subs

February 12, 2021

Announcing its first-quarter results, The Walt Disney Company revealed that the Disney+ subscriber count had reached 94.9 million by the beginning of January.

February 9, 2021 Analysis, Top Stories

AVOD Drives OTT Consumption Gains

February 9, 2021

The number of AVOD users in the U.S. is now close to 200 million every month, according to Omdia, which also found that the number of different OTT services accessed per user is up to 7.2.

February 5, 2021 Top Stories

Lionsgate Reports Streaming Gains

February 5, 2021

Lionsgate's global streaming subscriber base in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 rose to 14.6 million, reflecting 52 percent of its total media networks customer base.

Mansha Daswani