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Roku Leads In Subscriber Battle With Apple, Amazon
Friday, December 13, 2019 - 4:09pm | 573Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) is in the lead ahead of rival streaming players Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), according to the latest research from eMarketer. Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast and Amazon Fire all aim to simplify the viewer transition from...
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What You Need To Know About Dish Network's Dispute With HBO
Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 8:46am | 496As part of an ongoing dispute between DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ: DISH) and AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), AT&T made an "unprecedented move" to pull HBO and Cinemax content from Dish and Sling TV subscribers. What Happened Dish said AT&T, the new parent company of HBO and its sister...
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Netflix Renews 'Fuller House,' Greenlights Steven Soderbergh Western 'Godless'
Friday, March 4, 2016 - 10:28am | 232It's been a busy week for Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), as investors are continuing to see the streamer's multi-billion development pipeline in play. The company announced Wednesday it had renewed its new comedy "Fuller House" for a second season slated for 2017. "Fuller House's" renewal is the...
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Cable-Free HBO Go Could Be A 'Monumental' Success
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 3:42pm | 818Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX) surprised investors Wednesday morning when the company announced that HBO Go, the online counterpart to HBO, would be available without a cable subscription in 2015. The monthly or annual fee has not been announced, but analysts expect a price between $9.99 and $15....
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Netflix Could Lose 'House Of Cards' And 'Orange Is The New Black' In 2015
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 4:02pm | 940Could Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) survive without its two most critically acclaimed dramas? The short answer is "yes" -- but it could be more difficult for the firm to achieve its long-term goal of becoming HBO faster than HBO can become Netflix. Given that risk, why would Netflix give up either...
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Google Pays $1 for a $39 Million Fiber-Optic System
Friday, April 19, 2013 - 8:38am | 647Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) went to the dollar store this week. however, instead of buying cheap knickknacks from Dollar Tree (NASDAQ: DLTR), Google went shopping for a municipal fiber-optic system in Provo, Utah, that cost $39 million to build. According to the Associated Press, the deal is "widely...
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Deutsche Bank Comments On HBO Go Launch (TWX, DTV)
Thursday, April 21, 2011 - 8:56am | 166Deutsche Bank is commenting on the launch of HBO Go, the company's TV Everywhere effort. “First, this should clearly increase the perceived value of HBO's service, adding both anytime and anywhere access, but also making its entire original content library available, all for free,” Deutsche Bank...