Netflix agrees to acquire WBD's studios and streaming business in an $82.7B cash-and-stock deal, including debt, to close after WBD splits in two in Q3 2026
Netflix announced this week that it had reached … Axios : Netflix to buy Warner Bros. for nearly $83 billion Alex Pigman / Taipei Times : Warner Bros acquisition by Netflix sparks backlash Victory Emm...
Comcast says NBCUniversal's Peacock has 54M total signups since its April 2020 launch, with 20M MAUs in Q2, as it plans a European expansion via Sky
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CBS All Access and Showtime have 11M subscribers; Pluto TV had 22.4M MAUs in Q4 2019, up 75% YoY; revenue from all three hit $1.6 billion in 2019
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Upcoming short-form video streaming service Quibi details new features including Turnstyle, which lets videos play well in both portrait and landscape modes
after raising $1.4 billion before launch TechCrunch : Quibi's Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman offer a deeper look at the new streaming service Fortune : I'm a Millennial, and I Don't Understand Wha...
Disney+ will be available starting November 12 for $6.99 a month or $69.99 per year
Disney taking a bold step here and dramatically underpricing Netflix. That's going to be very good news for consumers. Expect some positive media coverage, Disney. Cynthia Littleton / @variety_cynthia...
MGM's pay TV channel Epix launches Epix Now, a $5.99/month streaming service, available on iOS, Apple TV and Android, says it is coming to Roku and Fire TV soon
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HBO will pull its shows from Amazon's streaming service in mid-2018, when its current agreement ends, as it focuses on growing HBO Now's subscriber base
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FCC officially approves Charter's acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, with conditions FCC chairman outlined last month
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Cablevision acquired by European telecom company Altice for $17.7B including debt
Update Liana B. Baker / Reuters : Cablevision to be bought by Altice for $17.7 billion, including debt - source Cynthia Littleton / Variety : Cablevision to Be Sold to France's Altice for $17.7 Billio...
Lifetime launches SVOD service, drawing on archive of movies, will charge $3.99 a month
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