Streamers need to charge at least $15 a month, Kilar says
Former WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar said streaming services need to charge at least $15 a month and have 300 million customers to survive.
Hulu
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.
Alan Wolk: Can media companies thrive on streaming alone?
While media companies are pushing hard into the streaming arena, they’re still generating revenue from a dying industry: Cable and satellite.
Disney will restructure, continue hiring freeze, CEO says
Disney intends to keep in place a hiring freeze and will move forward with its corporate restructuring, CEO Bob Iger said at a town hall on Monday.
DirecTV Stream users sue Disney over ESPN fees
A federal lawsuit claims Disney’s insistence that ESPN be placed in base programming packages causes subscription rates to increase.
Hulu adding channels to Live TV service ahead of price increase
Disney is rolling out nearly a dozen new channels to its Hulu with Live TV service ahead of a December price increase.
ESPN Plus, Hulu spur subscriber growth at Disney
ESPN Plus was the fastest-growing streaming service owned by the Walt Disney Company this year, the company revealed in a quarterly earnings report on Tuesday.
Peacock now has 15 million paying subscribers, executive says
Comcast’s direct-to-consumer streaming service Peacock now has 15 million paying subscribers.
Hulu has most-annoying commercials, survey reveals
Disney’s general entertainment service Hulu has the most-annoying and most-repetitive ads of any streaming service, according to a survey.
Customers slightly more satisfied with ad-free options, survey reveals
A new survey revealed customers are happier with ad-free streaming services compared to ad-supported options — but only slightly.
Disney to increase cost of Disney Plus, Hulu in December
Disney says it will hike the price of its Disney Plus and Hulu services in December.
