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Disney Streaming Subscribers up 33% From Last Year
Disney Streaming Subscribers up 33% From Last Year
May 11, 2022  |  Streaming

Walt Disney has reported better subscription numbers for Disney+ than forecasted for the recent quarter, a report from The Wall Street Journal said Wednesday (May...

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Netflix Pushes Up Debut of Ad-Supported Tier to Year’s End
Netflix Pushes Up Debut of Ad-Supported Tier to Year’s End
May 10, 2022  |  Streaming

Netflix might introduce a lower-priced service with ads by the end of 2022, The New York Times reported Tuesday (May 10). This would represent a...

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Apple May Revamp Services to Focus on Streaming, Ads
Apple May Revamp Services to Focus on Streaming, Ads
May 10, 2022  |  Apple

Apple will be restructuring its services to get more into streaming and advertising, a Seeking Alpha report said Tuesday (May 10). The company is moving...

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Pinterest’s TV Studio App Broadens Live Commerce Efforts
Pinterest’s TV Studio App Broadens Live Commerce Efforts
May 05, 2022  |  Commerce

Pinterest has launched a Pinterest TV Studio app, a separate platform from its online shopping portal that helps creators livestream videos using multiple cameras, improved...

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Consumers 51% More Engaged in Video Streaming, Social Media Browsing Than Shopping Online
Consumers 51% More Engaged in Video Streaming, Social Media Browsing Than Shopping Online
May 05, 2022  |  Connected Economy

When benchmarking the progress of the world’s digital transformation, one of the ways PYMNTS categorizes online activities is by those that are “transactional” activities and...

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Netflix Shareholders Sue, Claim Streaming Company Downplayed Slowing Subscriptions
Netflix Shareholders Sue, Claim Streaming Company Downplayed Slowing Subscriptions
May 05, 2022  |  Streaming

Netflix has been hit with a lawsuit from shareholders which says the streaming giant misled investors about its ability to retain subscribers, Reuters reported Wednesday...

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EU Telcos Want Big Tech and Streamers to Invest in Their Networks
EU Telcos Want Big Tech and Streamers to Invest in Their Networks
May 02, 2022  |  Big Tech

Big Tech and video streaming companies should foot at least some of the almost $30 billion they are costing European telecommunications groups for their dominance...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Goes After India’s 1B Movie Watchers
Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Goes After India’s 1B Movie Watchers
April 28, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Amazon brings Prime movie and TV rentals to India in an effort to tap into a hugely popular streaming market....

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Amazon Pairs Fire Cube, Starkey Hearing Aids
Amazon Pairs Fire Cube, Starkey Hearing Aids
April 28, 2022  |  Amazon Technology

Amazon has teamed up with hearing aid maker Starkey to help users of its Fire TV Cube streaming device better hear their programming. As CNET...

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