Tag: subscriber retention

TVREV highlights that Apple TV+'s 43% price hike in Q4 2023 drove a 33% increase in UCAN revenue and significantly boosted ARPU, despite a rise in churn. The platform’s focus on premium original content, which ranks third in demand share,…

Disney CFO Hugh Johnston discussed the impact of Disney+’s strategy to integrate ESPN, live news, and blockbuster films, highlighting its success in reducing churn and boosting engagement. He pointed to recent hits like Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine…

Bango’s Super Bundling: Inside Secrets report identifies telcos as essential partners for media companies, with 66% of East Asian consumers, 55% in Latin America, and nearly half in Europe and the Americas preferring telcos to lead bundled subscription offerings. Leveraging…

Charter Communications will bundle ad-supported streaming services like Max, Disney+, and Paramount+ into select cable packages at no extra cost starting in early 2025. CEO Chris Winfrey outlined the phased rollout aimed at boosting subscriber retention and acquisition as traditional…

Streaming services like Disney+, Max, and Peacock are partnering with grocery and delivery companies, such as Kroger, DoorDash, and Instacart, to offer bundled subscriptions. These deals aim to reduce subscriber churn by aligning entertainment with essential services, following Amazon Prime’s…

The streaming industry faces rising subscriber churn as platforms raise prices and competition heats up. Despite adding 55.2 million subscribers in Q1 2024, 50.4 million cancellations occurred, reflecting market volatility. To combat this, streamers are turning to bundling, ad-supported tiers,…

Comcast's Peacock reported mixed earnings, with a loss of 500,000 subscribers in Q2 but a 38% year-over-year increase to 33 million subscribers. Revenue rose to $1 billion, and losses narrowed to $348 million from $651 million a year ago. Peacock's…

Paramount's upcoming CEO David Ellison plans to transform the company into a tech-media hybrid, focusing on enhancing Paramount+'s engagement metrics by leveraging technology from Oracle. Despite industry-wide challenges, Paramount+ particularly struggles with low user engagement, marked by significantly fewer video…

Ampere Analysis data shows that bundling streaming services reduces customer churn, with 42% of U.S. streaming subscribers regularly canceling and resubscribing. Disney+ resubscribers who opt for the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN+ bundle are 59% less likely to churn within 12 months compared to…

Parrot Analytics data shows that new episodes of streaming originals have slowed in 2024 due to the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes and reduced budgets. Peacock and Paramount+ lead in new episode demand, each with over 29.6% of their demand…