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Fox Corp. jumped into the direct-to-consumer arena, announcing an anticipated deal to acquire Tubi – a leader in the fast-growing free ad-supported streaming category – for about $440 million in net cash consideration. Fox said the deal  underscores its “long-term strategic initiatives to broaden and enhance…

AVOD service Tubi said it will become accessible in 30,000 hotel room as of Tuesday through a deal with Enseo, a tech comany with an in-room entertainment platform. Tubi offerings include over 20,000 movies and television shows from over 250 content partners including most major Hollywood studios. It's available in…

Comcast is in talks to acquire Walmart's Vudu, the retail behemoth's advertising and transactional video-on-demand service, according to a person familiar with the situation. It’s the latest twist in the hot and getting hotter streaming wars, and comes as the media and entertainment giant, parent of NBCUniversal…

Tubi, which bills itself as the “world’s largest” ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) service, said it reached 25 million monthly active users as of December 2019. Total view time on the free platform by the end of last year reached 163 million hours, the company announced in a press release, an increase of 160% over…

EXCLUSIVE: Tubi has scored the exclusive streaming rights to Robert Rodriguez’s sci-fi horror pic Red 11 as well as his docuseries The Robert Rodriguez Film School. Red 11 is based on Rodriguez's experiences in a medical research facility to finance his first feature El Mariachi. Pic, which made its world premiere at…

Tubi, one of the leading U.S. players in ad-supported streaming, will expand its service into Mexico later this year through a deal with TV Azteca. The expansion comes as the startup also prepares to enter the UK market later this year. TV Azteca, one of the world’s two top producers of Spanish-language television…

Tubi TV, the ad-supported, on-demand video service, will launch in the UK in 2020 and is set to roll out a specific kids' library service. This comes after the service recenty rolled out in Australia as part of its first leg of planned global expansion. Ad-supported streaming, once a marginal sector, has gained…

Ad-supported streaming service Tubi said it has surpassed 20 million monthly active users after activity in May reached 94 million hours of content viewing and revenue in the month set a company record. Tubi, which launched in 2014, is privately held and did not disclose the monthly revenue figure. At the start of…

The Apprentice, hosted initially by Donald Trump and then Arnold Schwarzenegger, is now available for free on Tubi’s ad-supported streaming platform. In a content partnership deal with MGM Television, Tubi is now the exclusive home for all 15 seasons of the franchise. While reality hasn’t always proven to be an…

Tubi and Warner Bros Domestic Television Distribution are taking viewers into the way-back machine in a deal that will land the first seasons of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette, as well as more recent franchise extensions, on the streaming service. Initial seasons only of The Bachelor, which premiered in 2002, and Th…

Tubi and NBCUniversal have set a deal that will see a trove of nearly 400 vintage TV episodes and films land on the ad-supported Tubi streaming service. The titles covered by the deal will bring a nostalgic tear to many Gen-Xer eyes. The roster includes Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, The A-Te…