Disney Plus is raising its price by $1 to an $8-a-month subscription in the US starting Friday, with its annual subscription going up $10, to $80 a year. And Disney’s discounted bundle that packages Disney Plus, Hulu and ESPN Plus together will also go up by $1 in the US: People with the bundle that includes …
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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was Disney Plus‘ most watched series premiere yet, Disney’s Marvel said Monday. The ranking, based on viewing from the show’s premiere Friday through Sunday, didn’t include any hard numbers for the amount of watch-time spent on The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s first episode. After The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Disney Plus’ most watched opening weekends for …
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HBO Max will launch a cheaper, ad-supported tier of its US streaming service in June, adding commercials to its programming in exchange for a discount to its now $15-a-month subscription price. Parent company AT&T didn’t specify the price for the new HBO Max membership level, though it may clarify how much it costs during an investor presentation later Friday. But the ad-supported version of …
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Disney Plus has crossed 100 million subscribers, Disney CEO Bob Chapek said Tuesday. By comparison, that’s about half the number of subscribers to Netflix, the biggest subscription video service in the world, which had more than 200 million global subscribers at the end of the year. Seen another way, Netflix entered the streaming business 13 years ago and took about a decade to …
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AT&T has reached a deal to sell off a minority stake in its satellite TV arm for $7.8 billion, the carrier said Thursday. AT&T and private equity firm TPG will form a new company, called New DirectTV, in which AT&T will own a 70% stake and TPG 30%. The company will include the DirecTV, AT&T TV Now and U-Verse video services. …
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Paramount Plus, a new streaming service replacing CBS All Access next week, will cost $10 a month to stream ad free on a premium tier when it launches March 4, and it will add a cheaper, $5-a-month “base” tier in June that is supported by advertising. That cheaper tier marks a $1 discount to CBS All Access’ entry-level price, but this base …
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Paramount Plus, a new streaming service replacing CBS All Access next week, will stream some new movies from Paramount Pictures 35 to 45 days after they premiere in theaters, while other Paramount flicks will hit the online service much later. Paramount Plus’ release plans for these new theatrical films, though a big change from pre-pandemic norms, aren’t as aggressive as some …
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YouTube TV has added a new bundle, with streaming services HBO Max, Showtime and Starz now available for an extra $30 a month. Cable replacement YouTube TV already costs $65 a month for more than 85 channels of live TV. You can get the new Entertainment Plus bundle now by going into your settings and clicking on membership. The $30 bundle is …
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Disney Plus grew to 94.9 million subscribers as of Jan. 2, Disney said Thursday. That’s 8 million subscribers added since early November, and more than three times the number of subscribers that Disney Plus had a year earlier. By comparison, Netflix, the biggest subscription video service in the world, had more than 200 million global subscribers at the end of the year. Netflix …
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Peacock, the partly free streaming service that kicked off this year as the new home for streaming The Office, ended last year with 33 million signups, parent company Comcast said Thursday. That includes free users and accounts that pay either $5 or $10 a month to unlock Peacock’s full catalog. It also includes people who may not be using it …
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