Middle Eastern broadcaster MBC is expanding its video streaming service to take on Netflix in the region. According to Financial Times, the Dubai-based MBC is also hiring former Hulu executive Johannes Larcher for its digital and video service, Shahid, as it plans to create new Arabic...
AMC Theatres announced Wednesday (December 26) that six months to the day since it rolled out its AMC Stubs A-List subscription service it has surpassed more than 600,000 members. In a press release, AMC Theatres said the service, which provides members with access to up...
Netflix customers spent more than ever before in November on its mobile apps, according to a report by TechCrunch. The data, which came from data app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, showed that Netflix made about $86.6 million in consumer spending worldwide, across both its Android...
MoviePass, the struggling movie theater subscription service owned by Helios & Matheson Analytics, saw its subscribers decline by a big rate during the third quarter. The Wall Street Journal, citing a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made Thursday (November 15), reported MoviePass’ parent said in the...
Netflix, the leading streaming content service company, is gearing up to test a cheaper version of its service in select markets in an effort to increase sales. Bloomberg, citing Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings, reported that while Netflix hasn’t committed to lowering its prices, Hastings...
Spotify’s paid members now number 87 million — a 40 percent year-over-year (YoY) increase from 2017. The music-streaming service announced in its third quarter results on Thursday (Nov. 1), revealing an increase of 4 million paid users in Q3 and an additional 25 million paid customers...
U.S. consumers spent around $329 million in the top 10 subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) apps across the App Store and Google Play in Q3 — an increase of 15 percent from Q1. According to Sensor Tower, the new data also represented growth of 43 percent over...
New data shows that live-streaming TV services now account for more than three-quarters of all plays and viewing hours in the U.S. Conviva’s State of the Streaming TV Industry Report for Q3 2018 revealed that there was a 52 percent boost in plays and 63...
Barbara Underwood, the New York Attorney General, has launched an investigation into Helios and Matheson, the MoviePass parent company. CNBC, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported the New York AG’s office is looking to see if Helios and Matheson misled investors about its financials;...
