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Fox News, ABC News grab highest ratings with 2024 Election Night coverage. MSNBC scored a major win, with its overall Election Night viewership topping CNN for the first time in TV history. Vizio platform revenue climbs to $197 million during Q3. Broadcasters, telecoms get major win with apparent Trump victory.
Amazon to shut down Freevee, move content to Prime Video
19 hours ago · The logo of Amazon’s free streaming service Freevee. (Logo: Amazon/Graphic by The Desk) Amazon is moving forward with a plan to consolidate its free, ad-supported streaming TV platform Freevee into its flagship service Prime Video, according to a report published on Tuesday.. The report, from financial news outlet Bloomberg, cited unnamed sources and affirmed a handful of people that were ...
Samsung TV Plus launches in Southeast Asia - thedesk.net
2 days ago · [email protected]. November 11, 2024. Share: (Courtesy image) The free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) platform Samsung TV Plus officially debuted in Southeast Asia this month. The FAST platform is available on Samsung smart TVs, smartphones, tablets and smart monitors in Singapore and the Philippines, and will debut in Thailand later ...
Roku, Amazon and Samsung are most-dominant CTV platforms
2 days ago · An excerpt from the survey — “Battle of the Platforms: Assessing Connected TV Ecosystems” — was released ahead of the company’s Future of Video conference, which is taking place in Southern California later this month. The survey found Roku, Amazon’s Fire TV and Samsung’s Tizen operating system to be the most-dominant CTV ...
Dish Network sheds subscribers, but Sling TV grows during Q3
21 hours ago · Echostar Corporation’s pay television business continued to see a net decline in customers during its third financial quarter (Q3) of the year, weighed mostly by subscriber losses at its traditional satellite-based service Dish Network, the company revealed on Tuesday. Echostar ended Q3 with 180,000 fewer Dish customers compared to Q2, with ...
Chris Wallace leaves CNN to build independent media company
1 day ago · Chris Wallace. (Courtesy photo) Veteran journalist Chris Wallace is departing Warner Bros Discovery -owned CNN to pursue the development of his own media empire, he confirmed in a news interview on Monday. Speaking with the Daily Beast, Wallace said the time was right to bring his brand of journalism to different platforms, at a time when news ...
Sling TV takes top honor from U.S. News & World Report
Oct 9, 2024 · Dish Network’s streaming service Sling TV has been named the “Best Live TV Streaming Service” of 2024 by U.S. News & World Report. The service topped its competition, including Fubo, YouTube TV, Hulu with Live TV and DirecTV Stream, earning a 4 out of 5 rating for its affordability, content offerings and viewing experience.
The Editor's Desk: New weekly video series debuts in October
Oct 4, 2024 · The short-form show will debut new episodes every Tuesday, starting October 8, with distribution across The Desk‘s social media profiles and e-mail newsletters.Episodes will also be available to view each week through Microsoft Start (formerly Microsoft News), and an audio version of the show will debut on popular podcast platforms in the coming weeks.
Study: Most prefer single streaming ecosystem
Oct 21, 2024 · The survey, previewed last week by Parks Associates ahead of a workshop scheduled for mid-November, finds around one-third of consumers are planning to buy a new smart TV within the next six months. Around 53 percent of those surveyed said they find it easier to manage the streaming apps they want from a single ecosystem, such as Roku, Amazon ...
YouTube TV clarifies features, limitations for NFL Sunday Ticket
From now until June 6, YouTube TV subscribers can save $100 by pre-ordering the NFL Sunday Ticket, which brings the cost of the package down to $250 for the season (or $290 if subscribers pre-order NFL Sunday Ticket with RedZone). After June 6, the price of NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV goes up to $350 for the season (or $390 if subscribers ...
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