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AT&T’s third-quarter results topped Wall Street estimates despite an expected loss of HBO Max subscribers in the U.S. due to a shift away from Amazon Prime Video Channels. The telecom giant on Thursday reported total revenue of $39.9 billion, down nearly 6%. The company blamed the downturn on the divestiture of…

Amazon has taken aim at WarnerMedia parent AT&T for not enabling access to its just-launched subscription streaming app HBO Max via the tech giant’s Prime Video Channels platform. "With a seamless customer experience, nearly 5 million HBO streamers currently access their subscription through Amazon's Prime Video…

The lure of streaming may be the ability to watch what you want on demand, but for sports and other programming best experienced live, Amazon Fire TV is introducing a new enhancement to its platform. The “Live” tab, which is currently rolling out on Fire devices and smart TVs, is next to “Home” in the main navigation…

Apple, which has taken its time developing a strategy for entering the crowded streaming video field, is targeting springtime for the launch of a new streaming clearinghouse, according to multiple reports. Reuters and CNBC today have reported that the new venture would offer customers an experience featuring…

DreamWorksTV, the kids and family brand controlled by Awesomeness, is launching an OTT service on Amazon Channels. The $4.99-per-month service aimed at boys and girls ages 6 to 12 is the first OTT offering for DreamWorksTV, which launched in 2014. The outlet had previously gained traction via YouTube, a mobile deal wit…

CBS All Access is joining Amazon Channels with a reduced-ad offering, becoming the first of the digital company’s 140 channels with a live, linear feed. The arrangement enables Prime members to add CBS for $9.99 a month. Viewers of their local station’s live stream (available in most of the network’s national…

Continuing its grand-scale pivot to video, Time Inc. has launched Sports Illustrated TV, a $4.99-a-month streaming network offering a mix of documentary, narrative and talk programming under the tagline “Because you love sports.” SI TV joins Time Inc.’s previous OTT launch, the ad-supported People TV, and will be…

Amazon Prime members who like action films targeted to African American audiences — including Shaft, Cotton Comes to Harlem, and Foxy Brown — can get their fill today by subscribing to Brown Sugar. The $3.99 a month, ad-free  subscription VOD service that Bounce TV launched last year will be an offering on Amazon Chann…

Amazon continues its expansion into online video this morning, introducing what it calls its “first curated on-demand subscription” service: Anime Strike. This is part of the Amazon Channels program, and is available to Prime members in the U.S. for $4.99 a month, following a week-long free trial. The offering…