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Hulu is offering new and select returning subscribers its basic, ad-supported tier for $1 a month for their first three months. The regular price of the service is $6.99 with ads and $12.99 for the ad-free version. The discount offer, which is tied to National Streaming Day, runs through next Friday, May 27. In…

Antenna, a data firm tracking subscriptions in streaming and other sectors, has wrapped a $10 million Series A funding round, with backers including UTA Ventures and Dick Parsons’ Imagination Capital. The investment was led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, with other participants including Grit Capital…

Quibi, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s beleaguered mobile streaming startup, got 910,000 people to sign up for free 90-day trials within the first three days of its April 6 launch, according to new data from research firm Sensor Tower. The bad news, according to the report: Only 72,000 subscribers stuck around and decided to pay…

Twitter shares were up nearly 9% in a flat market as reports, sparked by a job posting, circulated that the social media platform, is contemplating some type of subscription platform. The posting was for a developer to work on a team called Gryphon. “We are a new team codenamed Gryphon. We are building a subscription…

The number of American customers intending to subscribe to Disney+, the streaming service launching November 12, means its rollout will exceed company projections, a new study by UBS has found. Once they subscribe, 57% of new customers plan to cancel at least one other subscription service, with pay-TV bundles most…

EXCLUSIVE: AMC Networks, whose streaming past was marked by Netflix deals that helped build cornerstone shows like Breaking Bad, has been charting its streaming future with four increasingly viable direct-to-consumer streaming services. None of the outlets is a mass-audience juggernaut, but that’s never been the plan…

Helios & Matheson, owner of distressed movie subscription service MoviePass, said it has made a confidential filing with the SEC setting the stage for the unit’s planned spinoff. MoviePass would remain under the control of Helios & Matheson, but would have its own financial structure and be traded separately. Helios…

Netflix is raising subscription prices by 13% to 18%, the steepest increases since the company began streaming video more than a decade ago. The price hikes will take effect immediately for new subscribers and will be phased in over three months for existing subscribers. They comes two days before the company releases…

Smithsonian Networks is entering the booming subscription streaming space, announcing the launch of Smithsonian Channel Plus. The ad-free, on-demand platform will cost $5 a month for access to more than a thousand hours of programming spanning history, air and space, nature and wildlife, science, travel and pop…

Microsoft may be contemplating a novel subscription offer: one that includes the video game console in the monthly subscription fee. The service, dubbed Xbox All Access, would launch as soon as this month, offering two tiers of pricing. For a $22 monthly fee, gamers would get an Xbox One S console, access to the Xbox…