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Disney’s bumper launch of Disney Plus in the last year has helped all three of the company’s streaming services — Hulu, Disney Plus and ESPN Plus — to rank in the top-five most popular US streaming-video subscriptions, according to estimates from researcher Parks Associates Wednesday.  Netflix and Amazon Prime Video continue to hold court as No. 1 …

Roku still doesn’t have HBO Max’s streaming app. Peacock streams free shows and movies but not on Amazon Fire TV. And T-Mobile just rolled out its own live-channel streaming service, TVision — but Roku users, again, are out of luck.  These gaps in app support used to be rare on streaming devices. This year, they’ve cropped up with nearly every …

HBO Max will launch its dedicated app on Amazon’s Fire TV devices, including its popular dongle often referred to as the “Firestick,” and Fire tablets on Tuesday. The change gives HBO Max’s customers an easier way to stream the service on Amazon products, and it’s the latest development that fills in some gaps in app support on the most popular streaming devices.  The …

Netflix is raising prices again in the US. As of Thursday, the standard plan, Netflix’s most popular one, began costing $1 more, or $14 a month. A premium package — which unlocks perks like 4K resolution, HDR image quality and the ability to stream on four devices at the same time, up from two — costs $2 more at $18 a month. …

Peacock, the streaming service that Comcast’s NBCUniversal launched nationwide in the US in mid-July, has signed up nearly 22 million accounts, Comcast said Thursday. That includes people who registered with Peacock when it rolled out just to Comcast pay TV customers in April as well as new members who’ve signed up since its national launch July 15.  By comparison, HBO Max — the premium cable …

HBO Max has hit 8.6 million accounts, HBO parent company AT&T said Thursday in its latest quarterly report.  By comparison, Disney Plus reported more than 10 million signups in little more than 24 hours after it launched in November. Disney Plus, which at $7 a month is less than half the cost of $15-a-month HBO Max, grew to 60.5 million subscribers by about eight months after its …

AT&T’s WarnerMedia Ride has made a few appearances in recent weeks but now the service is officially available on iOS and Android.  The new service allows for watching TV shows, documentaries and short clips from AT&T properties while connected to a car’s AT&T-provided in-vehicle Wi-Fi. Shows available to stream include full episodes of Rick and Morty, Looney Tunes cartoons and …

AT&T on Monday said it’s giving wireless customers more flexibility by letting them pick a different unlimited plan for each line on their account. The program, which AT&T is calling Unlimited Your Way, lets you select the unlimited plan you want — Starter, Extra or Elite — instead all lines having to use and pay for the same plan.  “We …

If you’ve been waiting to sign up for HBO Max, now’s your chance to get the streaming service at a discounted price. From Sept. 4 through Sept. 25, HBO Max will cost $11.99 a month for 12 months, instead of its usual price of $14.99 per month. “As we head into fall, we felt it was the perfect time to …

Apple has a deal for people interested in both CBS All Access and Showtime. Starting Monday, Apple TV Plus subscribers can sign up for a $9.99 a month bundle that includes both ViacomCBS-owned streaming services. (Editors’ note: CNET is also owned by ViacomCBS.) The deal includes a seven-day free trial and gets TV Plus subscribers access to Showtime, which usually …