Case study: Philo earned new subscribers after accepting Cash App
Philo converted free trial users to paying subscribers after integrating Stripe and accepting alternative payment forms like Cash App, according to a new case study published this week.
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Nielsen begins grouping WBD, Paramount streaming apps in “The Gauge” reports
As it did with Disney in January, Nielsen is now evaluating streaming platforms owned by WBD and Paramount as a single unit in its monthly “The Gauge” reports.
Fubo begins offering personalized alerts during NBA playoffs
Fubo is testing the deployment of personalized sports notifications to better engage subscribers during the NBA Playoffs, and could roll the feature out more broadly during football and baseball season.
Group linked to law firm challenges sale of Sinclair TV stations
A group called Frequency Forward has filed a petition with the FCC challenging Sinclair’s planned divestiture of certain local TV assets to a former Bally Sports executive.
Special Coverage: Media Earnings
Netflix logs $10.5 billion in global revenue during Q1
Q1 revenue was 12.5 percent higher when compared to last year, and 3 percent higher on a sequential basis; Netflix is forecasting further revenue and subscriber growth in Q2.
Radio & Television
Dish executives Gary Schanman, Ajinkya Joglekar leave company
Echostar’s pay TV businesses have struggled to compete against aggressive pricing from peer services.
Sports Desk
Fubo begins offering personalized alerts during NBA playoffs
Fubo is testing the deployment of personalized sports notifications to better engage subscribers during the NBA Playoffs, and could roll the feature out more broadly during football and baseball season.
Advertising Industry
Roku forges performant advertising pact with Adobe
Roku is teaming up with Adobe to deliver more-personalized and performant advertising opportunities.
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March Madness games on CBS: Stream on Paramount Plus with Showtime
March Madness games on TNT Sports: Stream on Max
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Headlines from Europe & UK
Everyone TV adds more streaming channels to Freely
Everyone TV, the media consortium backed by the United Kingdom’s four main public service broadcasters (PSBs), has added more channels to its free streaming service Freely TV.
NAB Show attracts 55,000 registered attendees
More than half of those registered attended NAB Show for the first time; one in four flew from another country to participate.
2024 Summer Games & Road to #LA28
NBC, IOC agree to expanded Olympics deal through 2036
Comcast’s NBC Universal will continue to offer Olympic events through at least 2036, the company announced on Thursday.
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