Discovery’s new reality show ‘Who Wants to Be an Astronaut?’ will pick one...
Discovery has ordered a new reality show, to air in 2022, which will be an eight-episode competition series where competitors will vie for a chance to take a trip to the International Space Station on...
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Breakr raises $4.2M to connect influencers with emerging musicians
Music app Breakr this week announced a $4.2 million seed round, led by Slow Ventures. The latest raise follows $700,000 in funding led by Andreessen Horowitz’s TxO fund –a round the people behind the...
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Reddit app revamp adds a Discover Tab for finding communities, new navigation
Reddit today is launching the first major change to its mobile app in over two years with the addition of a new Discover Tab, offering personalized recommendations, as well as a revamped navigation...
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HBO Max and Discovery+ will be combined into one service following merger
Following last week’s news that Discovery’s shareholders approved its merger with WarnerMedia, which will create one of the largest U.S. media companies, there’s now a hint as to how this merger will...
View ArticleWarnerMedia CEO exits as Discovery merger nears close
On Monday, April 11, the highly anticipated $43 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery was set to officially close. But a new report from Variety suggests the deal may actually close as early as...
View ArticleCNN+ launch may be off to a bumpy start, numbers suggest
CNN+ launched on Tuesday, March 29 and is already showing mediocre results in terms of standalone mobile app installs. Sensor Tower released its initial figures (first reported by Insider) that show...
View ArticleThe Warner Bros.-Discovery deal has officially closed
Last Friday, Discovery, Inc. and AT&T Inc. announced that they officially closed their deal with WarnerMedia. Under terms of the agreement, AT&T received $40.4 billion in cash and WarnerMedia’s...
View ArticleCNN+ streaming service pulls a Quibi, will shut down a month after launch
Following multiple reports that the new CNN+ subscription streaming service was struggling to attract viewers, CNN and Warner Bros. Discovery today announced that CNN+ will cease operations effective...
View ArticleWarner Bros. Discovery revenue increases in Q1 2022 despite decline in linear...
Today, Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter of 2022 (January 1 through March 31). The results are for Discovery, Inc. and do not include first-quarter...
View ArticleDiscovery+ becomes The Roku Channel Premium Subscription’s first ad-supported...
Roku and Warner Bros. Discovery announced today that discovery+ has launched as a Premium Subscription on The Roku Channel. Discovery+ will add its 70,000 episodes of network shows along with over 200...
View ArticleEva Longoria and Chris Wallace CNN+ shows will move to HBO Max and CNN
Programming that was originally meant to live on the now-shuttered streamer CNN+ will now move over to CNN and HBO Max, Warner Bros. Discovery announced today at its first Upfront presentation for...
View ArticleY Combinator announces Launch YC, a way for its portfolio to shout to the public
Y Combinator has announced Launch YC, a platform where people can sort accelerator startups by industry, batch and launch date to discover new products. The famed accelerator, which has seeded the...
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Warner Bros. Discovery ceases new HBO Max originals in Europe and shutters...
HBO Max will cease new original programming in parts of Europe and the company will also shut down Cinemax’s TV Everywhere platform, Cinemax Go, as its parent company Warner Bros. Discovery moves...
View ArticleHBO, HBO Max and Discovery+ report a combined total of 92.1M subscribers,...
Warner Bros. Discovery revealed its second-quarter results — its first quarterly earnings since the $43 billion merger. The total number of direct-to-consumer subscribers across HBO, HBO Max and...
View ArticleGet ready for an HBO Max – Discovery+ mashup app in 2023
The headline of Warner Bros. Discovery’s earnings call was something a lot of people were anxious about: HBO Max and Discovery+ are merging into a new service. The company will roll out this new...
View ArticleHBO Max attempts to fix its notoriously buggy app with oft-requested features
For years, HBO Max has been under fire for its buggy app. Today, the streaming service’s re-platformed app completed its global rollout on desktop, iOS, Android and Amazon Fire tablets. New features...
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HBO Max is removing 36 titles and creators are not happy
HBO Max is continuing its content removal spree with 36 titles going off the service this week including 20 of its in-house productions. Other titles include originals from HBO and Cartoon Network...
View ArticleWarner Bros. Discovery falls short of expectations in Q3 despite success of...
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) reported its fiscal quarterly earnings this afternoon before the company is set to launch a new streaming service next year that combines HBO Max and Discovery+ content....
View ArticleCombined HBO Max/Discovery+ service gets an earlier launch date, price hike...
After Warner Bros. Discovery reported its third-quarter earnings results yesterday, the company told investors and analysts in a call that the forthcoming combined HBO Max/Discovery+ streaming service...
View ArticleDiscovery+ adds support for offline downloads in the US
The Discovery+ app is getting one of the most anticipated features — and frankly, a must-have feature for today’s streaming apps — offline viewing. The company announced Monday that users of the...
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