Entertainment giant Disney said Tuesday it plans to increase how much it charges for subscriptions to its three streaming platforms in the U.S. as of Oct. 17.

Streaming giant Netflix announced it is nixing the Basic plan for U.S. and French subscribers as it reported its second-quarter earnings on Thursday evening.

Netflix added over 8 million subscribers in its second quarter as the streaming platform reaped the benefits of its password-sharing crackdown and the popularity of new programs.

Skydance Media and RedBird Capital Partners executives shed some light on what strategy they intend to use to approach Paramount Global’s streaming business.

Paramount Global said Monday that Paramount+ with Showtime and Paramount+ Essential will receive a price hike for new monthly subscribers come Aug. 20.

Football fans received an early Christmas gift when the NFL announced Netflix has acquired the rights to the league’s two Christmas Day games in 2024 as part of a three-year deal.

Companies have been embracing streaming bundles more and more, with the latest to announce a bundle being Comcast. That bundle will consist of Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+.

Disney reported fiscal second-quarter results on Tuesday. Its combined streaming business of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ came very close to turning a profit.

Warner Bros. Discovery will reportedly implement paid-sharing on Max as it gets stricter this year about subscribers letting other people use their accounts.

Netflix showed that its password-sharing crackdown continues to bear fruit, delivering its strongest first-quarter customer additions since the pandemic.

A report this week suggested Disney is looking at building channels into its Disney+ platform, and the company called it “speculative."

Social media giant Meta allegedly allowed Netflix to peek into Facebook users' direct messages, breaking anti-competitive activities and privacy rules, explosive court documents claim.

Bad actors may have illegally gotten into thousands of people’s Roku accounts, Roku recently told the offices of two state attorneys general.

Warner Bros. Discovery will reportedly take after two other streaming giants and implement its own password-sharing crackdown on its Max platform.

Netflix could get more expensive if the company decides to hike how much it charges members again and, according to a UBS analyst, that may very well be in the cards this year.

Users still paying the bill to their Netflix basic plan through iTunes or the Apple App Store will have to transition to credit or debit cards moving forward, a Netflix source told FOX Business.

Paramount Global is laying off 800 employees to cut costs and return to earnings growth as the media industry grapples with streaming dominance and the fallout from Hollywood strikes

Radio giant Audacy says it has filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and reached an agreement with debt holders as the company battles slumping advertising revenue.

Disney has started showing Hulu content on its Disney+ streaming platform, making the beta version of Hulu on Disney+ available to certain U.S. customers.

Two streaming giants, Apple and Paramount Global, have reportedly looked at pairing their separate platforms up in a bundle for streaming viewers.

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