Topic: subscriber growth

After missing its subscriber growth forecast in the second quarter, Netflix rebounded to outpace its Q3 subscriber estimate by nearly 2 million.

Netflix is entering somewhat unfamiliar territory today when it will announce its latest quarterly earnings after missing its subscriber growth estimates last quarter.

Virtual MVPD FuboTV, which competes with the likes of Sling TV and DirecTV Now, said that it is approaching 250,000 total subscribers.

Disney’s sports streaming service ESPN+ is building an audience at a healthy clip. The service has already amassed 1 million subscribers.

AMSTERDAM—Netflix has been a growth story for years now, but these days the company’s international aspirations are outpacing its scale in the U.S.

AMSTERDAM—Tim Davie, CEO of BBC Studios, provided an update on his company’s U.S. subscription video service, BritBox, during the annual IBC Show.

As Disney closes in on a majority stake in Hulu, it’s likely the House of Mouse isn’t too concerned about the SVOD’s potentially substantial losses.

Dish Network relies on its streaming service Sling TV to offset declines in its traditional satellite TV business. But competitors are catching up.

Comcast lost another 140,000 net video customers during the second quarter and its video revenues slumped slightly, down 1.6% to about $5.6 billion.

AT&T ended its second quarter by adding another 342,000 subscribers to its DirecTV Now platform, bringing the total for the service to 1.8 million.