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Tributes continue to pour in after the death this week of 101-year-old television pioneer Norman Lear. Amid the celebration of and reflection on his towering legacy, a present-day realization has dawned about Lear’s singular catalog, which includes shows like All in the Family, The Jeffersons and Maud…

Prime Video has supplanted Netflix as the No. 1 subscription streaming outlet in the U.S. in an annual ranking compiled by research firm Parks Associates. (See full chart below.) The company didn’t disclose its methodology for how it isolates the number of Prime Video subscribers, a metric long…

YouTube is getting into the third-party streaming subscription game, launching Primetime Channels, a hub where consumers can sign up for Showtime, Starz, Paramount+ and more than 30 other services. The initiative is starting in the U.S., the company confirmed in a blog post. Visitors to YouTube can…

Univision plans to launch a two-tier streaming service next year in the U.S. and Latin America, calling the premium offering a milestone for the Hispanic market. The new service will have more Spanish-language originals than any other streaming service, the company pledged. It is positioned to take access of the new…

The top media analyst at big credit ratings agency Moody's said the SVOD world is splitting into two tiers and that smaller players like Discovery, AMC Networks and Lionsgate are "probably going to  need to partner up in some fashion or be acquired … to achieve the girth necessary." If not, said Moody's Neil Begley…

Ratings agency S&P upgraded Netflix's corporate credit Tuesday, figuring the giant streamer will spend $3 billion less than anticipated this year on content production. It cited accelerated subscriber growth, improving margins, reduced cash flow deficits over the next two years and positive trends in SVOD. The agency…

UPDATED at 3pm PT with additional detail on individual churn patterns. The overall “churn” rate, reflecting how many customers cancel their subscriptions to streaming services, rose to 41% during the first quarter of 2020 from 35% in the same period of 2019. Research firm Parks Associates revealed the statistic…

Overall time spent streaming has more than doubled since March, when the U.S. and other countries largely shut down due to COVID-19. But growth has been slower for ad-supported players than for ad-free subscription ones, a pattern Barclays analyst Kannan Venkateshwar said Friday proves consumers are getting more…

Netflix controls 71% of the global SVOD market, but newer services like DC Universe have started to gain a bit of traction, according to Parrot Analytics’ 2018 Global Television Demand Report. The research firm compiled data by analyzing what it calls "demand expression platforms," a range of video streaming, social…

In an update today of its ranking of subscription OTT services in the U.S., Parks Associates said HBO Now and Starz have entered the top five, trailing only streaming giants Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. Showtime and CBS All Access are now Nos. 7 and 8 on the list, respectively, and the WWE Network has fallen out of the…

Fox News has unveiled several pricing tiers for its Fox Nation subscription streaming outlet, which will launch November 27. Basic options for subscribers are $6 a month or $65 a year, but Fox is also offering four tiers of “founding member” subscriptions. Those packages, which bundle merchandise such as a collectible…

Netflix animated series Disenchantment, which premiered August 17, has drawn a decidedly young and male crowd, with aggregated viewing topping that of the streaming platform’s Lost in Space. The viewing numbers (see full chart below) are from Nielsen’s SVOD Content Ratings tool, which captures only U.S…