Telecommunications
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‘The Marksman’ Continues Pandemic Box Office Ride as Studios Further Delay Theatrical Releases
Open Road Films’ The Marksman maintained its second consecutive weekend atop the pandemic domestic box office, taking in an estimated $2 million across more than 2,000 screens. The Liam Neeson drama dropped about 35% from its $4 million debut over the previous Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. While the usual list of Universal/Focus Features titles … Continue reading “‘The Marksman’ Continues Pandemic Box Office Ride as Studios Further Delay Theatrical Releases”
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Nielsen: Disney’s ‘Soul’ Tops Weekly Streaming Chart
The debut of Disney/Pixar’s Soul on Christmas made the animated movie No. 1 on Nielsen’s weekly Top 10 streaming chart Dec. 21 – 27, 2020. The movie generated 1.67 billion minutes streamed on televisions, topping Netflix’s final week exclusively streaming “The Office,” with 1.43 billion minutes across 192 episodes. Netflix’s original series, “Bridergton,” tracked 1.2 … Continue reading “Nielsen: Disney’s ‘Soul’ Tops Weekly Streaming Chart”
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Comcast’s Sky Inks Movie Distribution Deal With StudioCanal
Sky, the Comcast-owned European satellite TV distributor, and StudioCanal, the world’s No. 3 movie library, Jan. 18 announced a partnership to afford Sky’s 24 million subscribers access to hundreds of hours of movies on Sky Q and separately on Now TV. Under the deal, StudioCanal’s titles scheduled for release this month will be brought to … Continue reading “Comcast’s Sky Inks Movie Distribution Deal With StudioCanal”
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AT&T Dropping ‘Now’ Online TV Service
AT&T has quietly dropped offering new subscriptions to AT&T Now TV, the erstwhile DirecTV Now online television service aimed at replacing traditional pay-TV and competing with Sling TV, Philo TV, YouTube TV and Hulu with Live TV, among others. AT&T Now TV has been replaced by AT&T TV, which offers consumers three programming options priced … Continue reading “AT&T Dropping ‘Now’ Online TV Service”
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Charter Spectrum Gets Access to Peacock Streaming Service
NBCUniversal and Charter Communications Jan. 7 announced a multiyear distribution agreement for NBCUniversal’s portfolio of broadcast, entertainment, Hispanic, news and sports content in Charter’s Spectrum homes and businesses across 41 states. As part of the carriage agreement, Charter will offer its pay-TV subscribers direct access to Peacock Premium, with the ad-supported $4.99 SVOD option available … Continue reading “Charter Spectrum Gets Access to Peacock Streaming Service”
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Redbox Owner in Talks to Buy AT&T’s DirecTV Business
Apollo Global Management, the investment group that acquired Redbox in 2016 for $1.6 billion, reportedly is in the running to acquire AT&T’s satellite operator DirecTV. Apollo, along with Churchill Capital Corp. IV, have submitted separate bids around $15 billion for control of the El Segundo, Calif.-based DirecTV, which AT&T acquired in 2015 for $66 billion, … Continue reading “Redbox Owner in Talks to Buy AT&T’s DirecTV Business”
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1.53 Million Homes Added Broadband in Q3 — The Most in 11 Years
As pay-TV operators continue to hemorrhage video subscribers to cord-cutting and over-the-top alternatives, a silver lining has emerged: high-speed Internet. Linear TV providers have become broadband gatekeepers enabling households to access the World Wide Web while offering a fiscal lifeline to an industry in flux. New data from Leichtman Research Group found that the largest … Continue reading “1.53 Million Homes Added Broadband in Q3 — The Most in 11 Years”
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Major Pay-TV Providers Stanch Q3 Sub Bleeding
Ongoing pay-TV subscriber defections cooled a bit in the third quarter, ended Sept. 30, according to new data from Leichtman Research Group. The firm found that the largest pay-TV providers in the U.S. — representing about 95% of the market — lost about 120,000 net video subscribers in 3Q, compared with a pro forma net … Continue reading “Major Pay-TV Providers Stanch Q3 Sub Bleeding”
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U.S. Pay-TV Operators Cut Q3 Sub Loss by 50%
The bleeding continues for pay-TV operators in the U.S. — but at a reduced rate. New data from informitv contends the top 10 domestic pay-TV operators lost a combined 860,000 subscribers in the third-quarter (ended Sept. 30). The sector lost 1.67 million subs during the previous-year period. Through nine months of the fiscal year, pay-TV … Continue reading “U.S. Pay-TV Operators Cut Q3 Sub Loss by 50%”
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Sling TV Q3 Sub Growth Cools; Dish TV Sub Loss Increases
Dish Network Nov. 6 said it added 203,000 Sling TV subscribers during the three months ended Sept. 30, down 5.2% from the addition of 214,000 subs during the same period in 2019. This decrease in sub additions was primarily related to lower Sling TV activations, increased competition, including competition from other SVOD and live-linear OTT … Continue reading “Sling TV Q3 Sub Growth Cools; Dish TV Sub Loss Increases”
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Discovery CEO Disputes T-Mobile’s Online TV Service Distribution
David Zaslav, CEO of Discovery, Nov. 5 reiterated his concern about T-Mobile’s recently launched online TV platform, TVision, and its distribution of Discovery Channel, Food Network, HGTV and TLC. The entry-level service offers 30 channels, including AMC Networks, Animal Planet; BBC America; BBC World News; BET; BET Her; CMT, and Comedy Central, among others. Speaking on a fiscal … Continue reading “Discovery CEO Disputes T-Mobile’s Online TV Service Distribution”
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Charter Sees More Gain in Spectrum Video Subs
In the ongoing drain of pay-TV subscribers in the linear TV market, Charter Communications has been an anomaly. The company’s Spectrum pay-TV brand has gained or retained subscribers, even as consumers migrate to over-the-top video. That didn’t change in the third quarter (ended Sept. 30). Charter said it added 67,000 Spectrum TV subscribers in the … Continue reading “Charter Sees More Gain in Spectrum Video Subs”