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Zone TV Studio screen

'Studio' suite enables channels personalized by and for a household's viewers

Netflix, L.A. headquarters

July 9-13: Netflix snags 112 Emmy nominations; Q2 domestic sub growth estimates at 1.2M

Netflix Mobile App

July 2-6, 2018: Economist says Netflix to spend $12B-$13B in 2018; tests ‘Ultra’ plan in Europe; top platform among young audiences

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Elizabeth Hendricks North now president of Curiosity Studios unit

OTT TV service selling live/VOD package from premium programmer for an additional $9 per month

Approach said to share similarities with Amazon Channels

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44% of Hulu subscribers binge-view at least once a week, data shows

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SVOD service focused on British and international TV expands into Latin America

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CEO Randy Freer says packaging live with SVOD will help service stand apart

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Fitness-focused SVOD service featuring former MMA champ Georges St-Pierre fetches $4.99 per month

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Initially offered on VRV Select house channel, new fare could clear way to new, individual SVOD channels

New name also comes with more content, bigger price

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New datasets cover and unify data from OTT TV and VOD services

Advanced Advertising

MSO-backed company says dynamic ads up 25% year-on-year

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Said to be taking an aggregation path akin to Amazon Channels

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Viewers watched 105 million hours of shows, movies during annual binge-fest that provided some content to internet-only subs

amazon prime

Yearly rate to increase from $99 to $119 per year

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Cinedigm, Gatherer Entertainment team on lifestyle service for women in the 35+ age demo

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Subscription includes access to CBSN

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Hollywood heavies, movie fans engage with #FilmStruck4 campaign

Stocks/Earnings

Quarterly numbers include 1.96 million U.S. adds, 5.46 million international adds

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Quark, XiveTV added to slate of OTT-delivered services available on X1 platform

X1 Netflix

Says nearly 50% of X1 subs are actively using Netflix on Comcast’s internet-connected set-top box platform

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Spring VOD binge-fest to include content from Netflix, Acorn TV, AMC Premiere and FX+