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Fubo reduced its second quarter loss as revenue per subscriber increased. Fubo’s second quarter loss shrunk to $49.9 million, or 17 cents a share, from $116.1 million, or 63 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue rose 41% to $312.7 million. Fubo said it had 1.167 million North American subscribers, up 23% from a year ago, but down from 1.285 million at the end of the first quarter. Average revenue per subscriber rose 13% to $81.62, cutting its domestic loss to $41 million.

AMC Networks reported its second-quarter 2023 earnings Friday, revealing it had lost 500,000 more subscribers across its portfolio of niche streamers and was down 17% in U.S. ad sales for the April 1-June 30 period.

The sports-media giant talks to potential strategic partners, as it lays plans to stream its channel and scopes out a role in local broadcasting.

The Pac-12 conference is considering an offer from Apple for streaming rights that would kick in when its current TV contract ends. But it may be too little, too late.

Barbie will be available to stream on the platform later this year, Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said Thursday. “Barbie is really important for us,” Zaslav said on the company’s 2Q earnings call. “When it goes on Max, it will have a good impact in the fall.”

The streamers’ U.K. revenues increased by more than 20% last year despite subscriber numbers remaining at a virtual standstill, according to Ofcom’s latest Media Nations report. The combined turnover of the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ hit nearly £3.3 billion ($4.2 billion) in the nation, rising by 21.5% on the prior year and having now doubled over the past three years.

Not much has changed on Days of Our Lives following an investigation into misconduct allegations against co-executive producer/director Albert Alarr and a toxic work environment he and his team allegedly fostered, with Alarr still in charge at the venerable daytime drama. Now the DoOL cast are taking things into their own hands, with a petition that calls for a new leader on the show, which streams on Peacock. It has been signed by more than 25 cast members to date.

Combined U.S. subscriptions to the ad-supported tiers of major streaming services surpassed 100 million as of June, according to new data from Ampere Analysis. Hulu, Peacock and Paramount+ represent the bulk of ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) subscriptions, but uptake for the new ad tiers of Netflix and Disney+ are showing strong growth.

We need to explore greener, more efficient alternatives to cloud storage for video streaming, whose global emissions are rising dramatically.

Max subscribers can now find popular OWN series like Love & Marriage, Ready to Love, Put A Ring On It and Belle Collective along with library content on a new OWN hub.

There will be more options for watchingBig Brother live feeds for the show’s upcoming season. Pluto TV, Paramount Global’s free streaming outlet, will be home to the show’s live feeds for Season 25, while sibling Paramount+ will mark its third year airing the live feed in one dedicated stream, ad-free, for all subscribers. Both will be available following the Aug. 2 West Coast premiere of the hit series.

Since its debut in 2006 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and CBS, The CW primarily served as an outlet for its parents’ studios. That’s all changing now that Nexstar has purchased a majority stake in the broadcaster, putting its streaming strategies up in the air.

Why regulating streaming services like traditional pay TV providers would stifle inclusion efforts.

Samsung Electronics said it added the FIFA Plus channel to Samsung TV Plus, its free, ad-supported streaming service. The FIFA Plus channel is being added as the Women’s World Cup is being played in Australia and New Zealand. The channel features a collection of original programming and highlights from men’s and women’s soccer.

Discovery Channel’s 35th annual presentation led by actor Jason Momoa dominated primetime across linear and streaming.

She had been SVP of content partnerships, acquisitions and scheduling. In her new role, she will expand her portfolio, assuming responsibility for the overall Hulu business.

Roku beat Wall Street expectations for the second quarter of 2023 after reporting a smaller than expected net loss of $107.6 million, or 76 cents per share. Analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research were expecting a loss of $1.28 per share.

The streamer asks for patience as it tries to jump-start its $6.99 a month ad tier.

Damning want ad surfaces just days after Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos pledges his commitment to end talent union strikes.

The veteran producer has spearheaded production for the rapidly growing streaming division of Hearst Television.

Days of Our Lives vet Lisa Rinna is reacting to a scathing report alleging workplace misconduct at the hands of longtime co-executive producer/director Albert Alarr. Alarr was the subject of a nine-week internal investigation amid complaints that he had been “abusive” to staffers, making them “feel uncomfortable and humiliated.”

Max is getting into the NFL Sunday Ticket huddle. Google’s YouTube TV will offer a special bundle combining Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max with the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market football package.

Executives with sports-centric streaming service Fubo met with officials at the FCC last week to express concern over a proposal to reclassify streaming cable TV replacements in a way that would require them to fundamentally change certain aspects of their business. Specifically, the proposal concerns whether to group virtual MVPD streaming services like Fubo as multichannel video programming distributors, or MVPDs, in the same ilk as traditional cable and satellite TV services like Comcast’s Xfinity, Charter’s Spectrum, Dish and DirecTV.

The cable company acquired the network, once billed as “CNBC for millennials,” in 2019 for $200 million.