Keyword: Hulu

A cord-cutting catastrophe struck the U.S. pay TV industry in the second quarter and took a collective 1.53 million subscribers with it. Or maybe not, but it’s hard to know for sure without data from two of the biggest streaming TV services.

Social media conversation exploded this week when Disney announced its $12.99/month bundle of Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu with ads.

Disney confirmed today its plans to sell its three streaming video services – Hulu, ESPN+ and the upcoming Disney+ - bundled together for $12.99 per month in the U.S.

Hulu said that more than half of its viewers are either light- or non-viewers of linear TV, and that its cordless audience is growing, reaching 21 million cordless ad-supported viewers.

Free ad-supported streaming service Tubi is going after the heavy hitters of subscription streaming in its first out-of-home marketing campaign.

Facebook reportedly is building its own streaming TV device that supports video chat, and the company is looking for support from major streaming video players.

Tomorrow, AT&T kicks off virtual MVPD earnings season – which only consists of two companies publicly disclosing subscriber numbers, but still. Price increases among the major players are sure to be a topic of discussion.

Hulu last week quietly brought back 4K streaming video—albeit in a limited capacity—after taking down options for Ultra HD viewing last year.

Venting about technical issues and content quality is more likely to happen among Amazon Prime Video and Hulu users, and less so among Netflix subscribers.

The second-quarter earnings season is underway, and FierceVideo is tracking the results from streaming media companies, programmers, pay TV operators and broadcasters throughout the period. Check out our updates on companies in this segment.