Curated Video
Netflix Raises Prices as NBCUniversal Enters the Streaming Wars
As NBCUniversal, Disney, and WarnerMedia prepare to launch streaming services, Netflix is raising subscription prices to ensure it has the budget to tighten its stronghold and expand its reach in the content wars. Netflix announced on...
Curated Video
Rosambien, President Kanye, and #MeToo: The Top Entertainment Stories of 2018
With just a few days left in the year, Cheddar decided to take a look at the best and worst of what 2018 had to offer in entertainment.
Curated Video
Next Year's Box Office May Top 2018's Huge Year for Movies
After a disappointing 2017, 2018 was a record-breaking year for the U.S. box office, as moviegoers shelled out more than $11.38 billion to see films like "Avengers: Infinity War," "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom," and "Mission...
Curated Video
Netflix's 'Friends' Deal Highlights Licensing Tangles for the Future of Streaming
Care to watch the original "Star Wars" trilogy? Don't assume Disney's forthcoming streaming service Disney+ will have it. And while AT&T owns "Friends," it won't be streaming it exclusively on its own OTT platform when it launches in...
Curated Video
Amazon Reportedly Sniffing Around Fox's Regional Sports Networks
Amazon is said to be looking to expand its foothold in live programming, with an eye on the 22 regional sports networks that 21st Century Fox is spinning off before it is acquired by Disney.
Curated Video
Amazon's Bid for Regional Sports Networks is Part of Plan to Boost Prime Members
Amazon is reportedly looking to expand its foothold in live programming, with an eye on the 22 regional sports networks that Disney ($DIS) must spin off as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox. For Amazon, it would be the...
Curated Video
Amazon's Bid for Regional Sports Networks is Plan to Boost Prime Members
Amazon is reportedly looking to expand its foothold in live programming, with an eye on the 22 regional sports networks that Disney must spin off as part of its acquisition of 21st Century Fox. For Amazon, it would be the extension of a...
Curated Video
Watch: New York exhibition celebrates Mickey Mouse turning 90
A Disney exhibition in New York is celebrating the life of Mickey Mouse, as the animated character turns 90 this month. Contemporary artists were commissioned to re-imagine the classic character with Mickey Mouse installations. The...
Curated Video
Disney Earnings: Investors Hope for Update on Streaming Service
Elaine Low, reporter for Investor's Business Daily, told Cheddar that analysts are expecting 22 percent revenue growth touting Marvel's blockbuster success. But what about its forthcoming streaming platform?
Curated Video
Disney Earnings Preview: What to Watch
Disney's new streaming service and its acquisition of Fox assets will be the main fixation when the entertainment giant reports earnings and revenue after market close on Thursday.
Curated Video
Disney Shares Jump After Record Profit
Disney announced earnings for its latest quarter on Thursday, posting better than expected earnings and revenue as the company gets ready to launch its own streaming service to compete with Netflix and Amazon. Disney is also focused on...
Curated Video
Need 2 Know: California Shooting Victims, Election Recounts
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know.
Curated Video
Disney +: When Brand Names Pick Bland Names
Disney unveiled the name of its streaming service, Disney +, and some we're less than impressed. Rich Greenfield, analyst at BTIG, said that may be just fine for Disney.
Curated Video
Streaming Competition Makes Netflix 'Nervous,' Says Analyst
Alan Wolk, co-founder and lead analyst for TV{REV}, told Cheddar on Monday that Netflix is doubling down on content investment because its status as streaming king is being threatened by new services from WarnerMedia, Disney, Apple, and...
Curated Video
Streaming Competition Is Making Netflix 'Nervous,' Says Analyst
A lead TV analyst suspects Netflix may be battling a case of nerves as the streaming giant turns to the debt markets for the third time in a year. "I think it's a reaction to the fact that Warner is coming into the picture, \[and\]...
Curated Video
HBO CEO Richard Plepler: We Will Invest a Lot More in Content
AT&T announced on Wednesday that it will launch a streaming video service next year, with offerings from its newly acquired HBO, Turner, and Warner Bros units. Richard Plepler, CEO of HBO, said the company is committed to investing in...
Curated Video
BTIG's Rich Greenfield: Traditional Media Are 'Pimples' Compared to Apple & Amazon
With a seemingly endless number of sources for original content, media is fighting a "war for consumer time," said Rich Greenfield, media and tech analyst for BTIG. He said legacy media companies need to get a lot larger in order to...
Curated Video
The New Battle in Media Is For Your Time
With a seemingly endless number of sources for original content, media is fighting a "war for consumer time," said Rich Greenfield, media and tech analyst for BTIG. He said legacy media companies need to get a lot larger in order to...
Curated Video
BTIG's Rich Greenfield: The New Battle in Media Is For Your Time
With a seemingly endless number of sources for original content, media is fighting a "war for consumer time," said Rich Greenfield, media and tech analyst for BTIG. He said legacy media companies need to get a lot larger in order to...
Curated Video
Is Comcast 'Doubling Down on the Past' With Sky Bid?
Comcast's $38.8 billion winning bid for British satellite broadcaster Sky was a "shocking price" to pay for international expansion, said Rich Greenfield, media and tech analyst at BTIG.
Curated Video
Start-up NewTV Raises $1 Billion; Is Netflix in Trouble?
Jeffrey Katzenberg's mobile streaming app NewTV raised $1 billion from serious backers in media, including Disney, WarnerMedia, and Sony Pictures. MovieWeb Correspondent Julian Roman tells Cheddar that Netflix should be "scared" of the...
Curated Video
Katzenberg and Whitman's $1 Billion Challenge to Netflix
With big-money backing from nearly every major Hollywood studio, NewTV should scare the established streaming services, says Julian Roman, correspondent for MovieWeb. "It's going to be prime-quality entertainment from Hollywood's biggest...
Curated Video
Roku VP Wants to Be Top Free TV Destination
Roku is offering online and OTT viewers of its own channel fewer ads than linear TV, giving Roku users "Featured Free" content from partners including ABC, Fox, and the CW, says Rob Holmes, Roku's vice president of programming and...
Curated Video
Roku Offers New Online Channel
Roku is offering online and OTT viewers of its own channel fewer ads than linear TV, says Rob Holmes, Roku's vice president of programming and engagement. The platform will also have "Featured Free" content from partners including ABC,...