Cord cutting slowed a bit in Q4, analyst says

Linear pay TV services lost 560,000 customers in the fourth quarter, a 23% blood-loss year over year, an Evercore ISI analyst noted.

Will the NFL pull out early from its agreement with DirecTV to carry its NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market games package? Source: Goodell: NFL Will Keep Talking to AT&T About Expanding ’Sunday Ticket’ to Streaming Platforms

Discogs Mid-Year Survey Shows Surprising Surge In CD Sales

Music marketplace Discogs has released its Marketplace Analysis & Database report for the first half of 2019 and it revealed some surprising data about online music retail. Source: Discogs Mid-Year Survey Shows Surprising Surge In CD Sales

Disney+ Subscriptions Could Double Company’s Projections

A new UBS survey shows 43% of Americans are “likely” to subscribe to Disney+ when it’s available in November, surpassing company estimates. Source: Disney+ Subscriptions Could Double Company’s Projections

Once dominant, Amazon-owned Twitch has more competition and more problems

Ninja was the first high-profile talent to leave the live streaming platform Twitch for a competitor. But industry observers think he won’t be the last. Source: Once dominant, Amazon-owned gaming platform Twitch has more competition and more problems – Digiday

Netflix Under Pressure: Can a Hollywood Disruptor Avoid Getting Disrupted?

With a subscriber miss, ballooning costs, competitors circling and an existential need to produce more in-house hits, the dominant streamer may be starting to look a lot like — gasp! — one of the entertainment giants whose world it turned upside down. Source: Netflix Under Pressure: Can a Hollywood Disruptor Avoid Getting Disrupted?

How Disney’s New Bundle Instantly Changes The Streaming Landscape For Everyone

The $11.99 per month bundle of Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu Basic not only represents a killer price point, it also jumpstarts the ad-supported model for OTT. Source: How Disney’s New Bundle Instantly Changes The Streaming Landscape For Everyone

Streaming Services Boost CBS Revenue

CBS Corp.’s investment in content and streaming-services expansion helped deliver better-than-expected revenue growth in its second quarter. Source: Streaming Services Boost CBS Revenue

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