Networks, streamers band together to oppose FCC changes
The Preserve Viewer Choice Coalition pits major broadcast network owners against local affiliate groups in the fight over the streaming television industry’s future.
Hulu is a subscription-based streaming television service operated by the Walt Disney Company. The service offers on-demand movies and TV shows from various content providers, including Disney, Fox Corporation and NBC Universal. The service costs $6 a month with advertisements or $12 a month without.
Hulu also offers live television through a bundled Hulu with Live TV service. The cable-like service costs $65 a month and contains linear feeds of channels programed by AMC Networks, NBC Universal, Disney, Fox Corporation, ViacomCBS and AT&T WarnerMedia.
The Preserve Viewer Choice Coalition pits major broadcast network owners against local affiliate groups in the fight over the streaming television industry’s future.
Hulu will start offering four new channels operated by Sinclair, Inc., the companies announced on Wednesday.
Around half of adult participants surveyed by Ampere Analysis reported watching no broadcast TV during the week.
Fox becomes the first network to end support for its TV Everywhere app in the era of cord-cutting.
The 2023 NBA Draft telecast on ABC and ESPN grabbed nearly 5 million combined viewers, not including streaming.
The free streaming service captured 1.1 percent of the domestic television audience in May.
The two sides are likely to bring their issue before an arbitrator next year as Disney looks to buy Comcast’s 33 percent stake in the streamer.
The deal could be valued as high as $27.5 billion, with Disney acquiring full control of the streamer.
Disney will offer a version of its Disney Plus service that incorporates content from Hulu later this year
The Walt Disney Company brought in fewer streaming subscribers during its second financial quarter of the year.