Bundling Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu is Disney’s Secret Weapon
Disney+ has been held up as a “Netflix-killer” by many media pundits. But it’s by bundling Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu that Disney will drive...
Bad News for Netflix as Competitors’ Streaming Walls Go Up
Netflix’s catalog of third-party content will shrink even more in 2019. Production studios are not renewing their license deals with Netflix, preferring to move...
These Companies Think Free-with-Ads is Streaming’s Future
With so many subscription video on demand (SVOD) services competing for consumers’ wallets, media industry heavyweights are betting that “free” is a better strategy....
DirecTV Now’s New Pricing Explained – It’s About the Satellites
DirecTV Now was once on a trajectory to becoming America’s largest over-the-top streaming service. Now subscribers are jumping ship in reaction to higher prices...
Cable’s Hopeless Fight to Stem Subscriber Losses
Cable and satellite TV providers are losing millions of subscribers every year as their customers decide to switch to streaming TV services. In response,...
New Streaming Services for 2019 and 2020: The 6 Biggest Launches
Poor Netflix. Everyone in the media business seems to be going after the streaming company by launching their own service. Last year, we saw...
AT&T WatchTV Versus Philo: Skinny Bundles One Year Later
Philo and AT&T WatchTV have set the bar for low-priced live TV streaming services. Yet, despite their similarities, the two skinny-bundle services are driven...
How Subscription Fatigue Will Create A New Cable Company
Consumers got what they wanted when streaming video let them cut the cord. Unfortunately, greater choice has a downside. The proliferation of subscription streaming...
No, Netflix and iQIYI Are Nothing Alike – Here’s Why
Western investors and media like to call iQIYI the “Netflix of China”. Beyond being streaming video providers, however, Netflix and iQIYI (pronounced “ee-chee-yee”) are...
Announcing Flixed 2.0 and Cord-Cutter Express
Since starting Flixed, we've been surprised at how quickly the cord-cutting landscape has developed. There are now over a hundred streaming services in the U.S...
