Sling TV Lost 198,000 Subs in the First Three Months of 2025
Satellite TV operator Echostar Corp.’s pioneering vMVPD distributor Sling TV lost 198,000 subscribers in the first fiscal quarter, ended March 31. That was up 47% from a loss of 138,000 subs in the previous-year period. Sling, which pioneered the online TV platform market in 2015 when it was the first service to offer standalone streaming … Continue reading “Sling TV Lost 198,000 Subs in the First Three Months of 2025”
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Season two of HBO’s “The Last of Us” on Max remained No. 1 on Samba TV’s list of top streaming programs for the week of April 28 to May 4. Based on the popular video game series of the same name, the series depicts a post-apocalyptic world 20 years into a pandemic caused by a … 
Apple TV+ has announced a new eight-episode drama “The Wanted Man,” starring SAG and Golden Globe Award winner Hugh Laurie (“House,” “The Night Manager”). “The Wanted Man” charts the rise and fall of Felix Carmichael (Laurie), the elusive and powerful head of notorious British crime syndicate The Capital. Untouchable for 20 years, Carmichael is finally … 
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Comcast has officially named its SpinCo media assets “Versant” as the new corporate name when the media giant’s former cable assets become a separate publicly-traded company later this year. Versant assets include USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel, in addition to digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and SportsEngine, among others, … 
President Trump May 5 appeared to backpedal on his proposed 100% tariff on foreign-made movies, saying he would be discussing the issue with Hollywood studios. “I’m not looking to hurt the industry, I want to help the industry,” Trump told reporters at the White House. The president said he would talk with media CEOs to … 
Marvel Studios’ newest antihero movie franchise, Thunderbolts*, got off to a solid start, generating an estimated $76 million in North American ticket sales through May 4. The $200 million production budget release, which stars Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Geraldine Viswanathan and David Harbour, had been projected to reach $79 … 
Paramount Home Entertainment’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 remained No. 1 on the Circana VideoScan chart, which tracks combined DVD and Blu-ray Disc unit sales, and the dedicated Blu-ray Disc sales chart the week ended April 26. The latest sequel based on the Sega video game series finds Sonic and friends clashing with Shadow the Hedgehog, … 
Fubo May 2 disclosed it lost 40,000 subscribers in the first quarter (ended March 31), to end the period with 1.47 million subs. The sports-themed vMVPD, which is being acquired by Disney, reported revenue increased 3.5% to $407.9 million, from $394.1 million in the previous-year period. The company posted net income from continuing operations of … 