Sling TV


US legacy pay TV services ‘to lose 26% of subs by 2030’

US pay TV providers will lose 26% of their legacy subscriber base by 2030 amid growing competition from virtual pay TV providers, according to The Diffusion Group (TDG). The research and advisory firm said it expects legacy multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) to experience “considerable subscriber losses” in the coming years. TDG tips legacy pay […]

Verizon buying rights for OTT streaming TV service

US telco Verizon is the process of securing rights to launch its own OTT TV streaming service, according to press reports. According to Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, the US service provider plans to launch a service with live TV channels this summer that will be separate from its existing Go90 on-demand service and its FiOS […]

Hulu CEO lifts lid on new live-streaming service

Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins has revealed fresh details about its forthcoming live streaming TV service, including more clarity on its pricing, launch date and content line-up. Speaking at Citi’s Internet, Media and Telecommunications Conference in Las Vegas yesterday, Hopkins said that the US service will go live in the “next few months” priced at under […]

AT&T launches OTT service DirecTV Now

AT&T will launch its much-anticipated OTT TV service DirecTV Now tomorrow, along with two other streaming options – FreeVIEW and Fullscreen. DirecTV Now, which like rival service Sling TV from Dish Network is intended to appeal to cord-cutters, will offer four packages with a starting price of US$35 for 60 channels, branded as ‘Live a […]

AT&T launches OTT service DirecTV Now

AT&T will launch its much-anticipated OTT TV service DirecTV Now tomorrow, along with two other streaming options – FreeVIEW and Fullscreen. DirecTV Now, which like rival service Sling TV from Dish Network is intended to appeal to cord-cutters, will offer four packages with a starting price of US$35 for 60 channels, branded as ‘Live a […]

Parks: Netflix retains OTT top-spot in the US

The top five most popular US over-the-top services by subscribers remained consistent over the past year with Netflix in the lead, followed by Amazon Video, according to Parks Associates. The new research places Hulu third, followed by Major League Baseball’s MLB.TV service in fourth and WWE Network in fifth place. The rest of the top […]

Pay TV firms lose 665,000 subs in Q2

IPTV providers’ losses – particularly those of AT&T – meant that the top eleven US pay TV operator lost 665,000 net subscribers in the second quarter, compared with a loss of 545,000 for the same period last year, according to figures compiled by Leichtman Research. The top telecom providers lost about 500,000 video subscribers in […]

TV business needs ‘total overhaul’ to combat Netflix

Traditional content creators and channels need to totally overhaul their businesses if they want to effectively combat Netflix and the other disrupters in the market, according to new research. Credit ratings agency Moody’s says the era of pay TV being the “most stable, predictable and highest-margin segments of the US media industry is rapidly eroding”. […]

ZEE expands US presence with Dish deal

Indian media giant Zee Entertainment Enterprises has expanded its reach in the US through a “landmark” deal with pay TV service Dish. The agreement sees ZEE, which is currently making a concerted international push having hired several new executives, launching 27 new channels on the linear Dish platform and its OTT service, Sling TV, including […]

Sling TV adds $10 Cinemax

Cinemax has been added to Dish’s Sling TV streaming service. The HBO sister channel is available as an a la carte offering for US$10 a month, marking the first time the channel has been offered in this way. “What’s particularly cool about this announcement is it marks the first time Cinemax is available to cord […]