Monthly Archives: July 2019

Dish Network has hired Kannan Alagappan, who previously served as chief technology officer and head of technology for Australian telco Telstra, as its new CTO. Source link …Read More

A common trope maintains that the words “Apple” and “less expensive” don’t belong in the same sentence. But the company could benefit from putting a cheaper Apple TV out into the world. Source link …Read More

CBS and AT&T were unable to reach a new carriage agreement, and on late Saturday CBS channels went dark DirecTV and U-verse services, a blackout CBS warned could “last a long time.” Source link …Read More

DirecTV Now and Sling TV have already seen their subscriber growth stall or reverse in recent quarters, and now the virtual MVPD space in general could be facing a slowdown. Source link …Read More

After announcing a deal to integrate the Amazon Prime Video app earlier this year, Virgin Media said that service is now available to millions of its TV subscribers in the U.K. Source link …Read More

Disney+, Disney’s subscription streaming service launching November 12, will play a big role in the studio’s plans for Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Source link …Read More

Netflix came up short of its own forecast for subscriber additions during the second quarter but the streaming company notched growth in revenue and operating income. Source link …Read More

AT&T is still testing its Android TV-based set-top box for its upcoming streaming TV service but Netflix says there’s already a deal to integrate the Netflix app. Source link …Read More

According to its survey, the current most popular shows on Netflix are “Orange is the New Black” (about 7% of respondents) and “Stranger Things” (about 6% of respondents.) Source link …Read More

STIRR – Sinclair’s free, ad-supported streaming service anchored its local broadcast television stations – has hit one million downloads since launching earlier this year. Source link …Read More