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In a major boon to Los Angeles area cord cutters, Spectrum SportsNet and the Los Angeles Lakers today announced the launch of what’s being called Spectrum SportsNet+, a direct-to-consumer streaming subscription service that will deliver a 24/7 feed of Spectrum SportsNet programming, including live Lakers…

Sensical, the kids streaming service run by Common Sense Networks, has launched on Prime Video Channels. The $4-a-month subscription offering gives Common Sense, the for-profit arm of Common Sense Media led by former Sony and Crackle streaming exec Eric Berger, a presence in SVOD, AVOD, mobile and…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount is restructuring its streaming operations. Deadline understands that the company is combining its product and tech teams leading to the departure of Rob Gelick, who was Chief Product Officer and "played a critical role" of the company's streaming…

UPDATED with closing price. Netflix shares came roaring out of the gate Thursday and never wavered amid a wave of Wall Street enthusiasm about its latest quarterly earnings report. The stock closed at $401.77, up 16%, on nearly five times normal trading volume. The dramatic upswing, the biggest…

Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos expects streaming data to become “much more transparent” in the near term, conforming with metrics for movies, TV and music. Speaking on the company’s third-quarter earnings interview, Sarandos said the industry is “heading toward a world where streaming data will be much…

Netflix beat Wall Street expectations for earnings per share and subscriber growth in the third quarter, cheering investors (if not consumers) with news that a new round of price hikes is on the way. The company matched the Street estimate for revenue in the period ending September 30, with $8.54…

NBC Sports Next, a subsidiary of NBC Sports focused on golf as well as youth and amateur sports, has launched a new streaming outlet called SportsEngine Play. The service is billed by the company as the first of its kind, providing a range of live and on demand video of youth and amateur sporting…

Africa is one of the fastest growing continents on the planet so it's no wonder that global streamers have viewed the vast territory as the last frontier of growth in recent years. A young population coupled with a growing middle class and increasing internet connectivity (albeit the latter very slowly)…

When ITV switched on its new streaming service ITVX in December 2022, the initial promise was to deliver 10,000 hours of free content, including originals such as Damian Lewis drama A Spy Among Friends, which the commercial broadcaster hope would establish the platform as "the UK's freshest streaming…

Crunchyroll and GSN, each a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment, have joined forces to launch a new 24/7 anime streaming channel. Starting today, viewers can find the new Crunchyroll channel on Amazon Freevee, LG Channels, the Roku Channel and Vizio WatchFree+. An announcement of the venture…

The Arena Group, which controls media brands like Sports Illustrated, Parade and TheStreet, has teamed with FAST channel developer AcTVe to launch five channels tied to action sports magazines in its stable. Powder Mag, Surfer Magazine, Transworld Skateboarding, Bike Mag and Snowboarder will provide…

Warner Bros. Discovery has implemented the first price hike for Discovery+ since the streaming service launched in the U.S. in January 2021. Starting today, the ad-free tier in the U.S. will rise to $8.99 a month from $6.99. The tier with advertising is holding steady at $4.99. In Canada, the ad-free…