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Crunchyroll Raises Prices for Mega Fan and Ultimate Fan Subscription Tiers
The anime streamer’s Fan tier remains unchanged at $7.99 while the free trial period has dropped from 14 days to seven
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Peacock Hikes Prices Ahead of Olympics
The increases for the Premium and Premium Plus tiers to $7.99 and $13.99 per month will take effect starting July 18 for new customers
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Roku CEO Anthony Wood Sees Pay Dip to $20.2 Million in 2023
Roku Media president Charlie Collier saw his pay drop to $6.8 million, compared to $53.3 million in 2022
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Roku Stock Reverses Gains After Streamer Warns Adjusted Earnings Will Moderate in 2nd Half of 2024
Shares fell over 2% despite the company beating Wall Street expectations for the first quarter of 2024 on Thursday
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Comcast Shares Tumble Over 6% Despite Earnings Beat as Company Bleeds Pay TV and Broadband Subs
Meanwhile, Peacock narrowed its streaming loss to $639 million while hitting 34 million subscribers
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PBS Launches Ad-Supported Classic TV Channel on Roku | Exclusive
PBS Retro will feature series from the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, including “Thomas & Friends” and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”
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‘The Jinx’ Director Andrew Jarecki Says He Feared for His Safety While Robert Durst Was on the Run
The FBI losing track of Durst on the lam was “not confidence-inspiring,” the director says
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Netflix Fares Better Than Other Streamers as Strike-Related Content Gaps Emerge
The streaming giant has now grown its global market share of demand for streaming original series for two quarters in a row
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Jerry Seinfeld Thinks the Movie Business Has Been Replaced With ‘Depression,’ ‘Malaise’ and ‘Confusion’
“Film doesn’t occupy the pinnacle in the social, cultural hierarchy that it did for most of our lives,” the “Unfrosted” comedian says
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Netflix Passed on ‘A Knight’s Tale 2’ After Algorithm Showed It Wouldn’t Succeed, Director Says
Is blaming “the algorithm” the new way to say no in Hollywood?
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Seth MacFarlane Shares ‘Family Guy’ Movie Plans, Reveals Hulu Will Air 2 Original Episodes
At PaleyFest, the show’s cast also did a live read of an upcoming episode befitting 4/20 while also singing series classics
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New York Judge Sets Hearing for Fubo, Fox-Disney-WBD Sports Streaming Legal Fight
The preliminary injunction hearing has been set for Aug. 7
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Netflix 2023 Executive Pay: Ted Sarandos Dips to $49.8 Million, Greg Peters Tops $40 Million
Ex-CEO Reed Hastings, who serves as executive chairman, received $11.2 million for the year, down from $51 million in 2022
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Netflix Q1 Revenue Surges 14.8% to $9.3 Billion, Driven by Boost in Subscribers, Pricing Changes
The streamer’s shares slipped as much as 5% in after-hours trading on Thursday
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Disney, WBD and Fox Grilled by US Reps on Sports Streaming Joint Venture, Anticompetitive Concerns
Representatives Jerry Nadler and Joaquin Castro have 19 questions on how the new offering affects “access, competition and choice in the sports streaming market”
