On Nov. 18, fast-food chicken chain Chick-Fil-A will attempt to do with Chick-fil-A Play what Amazon did with Prime Video — expand its brand footprint with streaming content. Except Chick-fil-A Play will offer more than just video. The announcement came in a press release Monday...
Apple reportedly dialed back its plans for releasing movies in theaters, planning to instead keep many of them on its streaming service. This shift followed disappointing box office results from some big-budget films, Bloomberg reported Friday (Sept. 27), citing unnamed sources. Apple did not immediately...
Netflix. Hulu. Prime Video. Max. Disney+. Add to that list: Chick-fil-A. The fast food chicken chain is reportedly branching out into the streaming video business, according to a report Wednesday (Aug. 21) by Deadline. Sources tell the entertainment news outlet that Chick-fil-A has been working...
Spotify gained Apple’s approval to show European Union users pricing information in its iOS app. Spotify is opting into Apple’s “entitlement” for music streaming services, created following the European Commission’s landmark antitrust ruling against the tech giant in March, according to an updated blog post...
DoorDash’s DashPass membership program now includes offers from Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max streaming service. A DashPass Annual Plan membership in the United States now includes Max With Ads at no additional cost and an offer to upgrade to a Max Ad-Free subscription for a discounted...
While consumers like the convenience of digital streaming, all it took to get them back in movie theaters were two superheroes with attitudes. Even though PYMNTS Intelligence’s “How the World Does Digital” report, which examines the digital behaviors of more than 817 million consumers across...
Netflix released its second-quarter earnings on Thursday (July 18), emphasizing its ongoing foray into the advertising realm initiated in late 2022. The streaming giant posted a 17% surge in revenue to $9.56 billion, buoyed by a 16% year-over-year uptick in average paid memberships, with an...
Amazon-owned online audiobook and podcast service Audible is rolling out a new royalty model that will enable creators to monetize more types of content. The model will also allow listeners to access more storytelling, the company said in a Thursday (July 11) blog post on its website. In...
Amazon entered into an $80 million deal that will bring comedian Dax Shepard’s podcast “Armchair Expert” to the Wondery platform. Wondery will exclusively distribute and sell ads for the podcast, co-produce two new podcasts, offer a livestream of the show each year, and get a...