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Does Hulu Have The Next 'Last Dance' With Los Angeles Lakers Docuseries?
Monday, May 10, 2021 - 7:29pm | 472The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most well-known pro sports teams of all time. The team is inspiring several television series including a newly announced docuseries from Hulu. What Happened: Hulu is launching an untitled nine-part original docuseries. The series comes from Lakers...
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Why Tigress Financial Is Bullish On Verizon, AT&T
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 - 2:44pm | 470Tigress Financial Partners is turning bullish on Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) and staying bullish on its rival AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T). The Verizon, AT&T Analyst: Ivan Feinseth upgraded Verizon from Neutral to Buy and maintained a Buy rating on AT&T's stock. The...
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US Box Office Sales On Pace To Rebound... To 1982 Levels
Saturday, March 13, 2021 - 10:35am | 483Movie theaters in the U.S. are on pace to hit as high as $6 billion in sales this year, but that still would only be the same level as in 1982, adjusted for inflation, Bloomberg reported. Slow Rebound: Gathering data from Boxoffice Pro, Bloomberg said U.S. box office sales will still be below 2019...
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Roku Surges To All-Time High After HBO Max Deal, Stock Gets New Street-High Price Target
Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 1:15pm | 383Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) finally reached an agreement with AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) to add HBO Max to Roku's streaming platform effective immediately. The Analysts: Benchmark analyst Daniel Kurnos maintains a Buy rating on Roku's stock with a price target lifted from $300 to $410. BofA...
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AT&T Earnings Show 'Solid Sequential Momentum'
Thursday, October 22, 2020 - 10:21am | 378AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) shares traded higher by 5.5.% after the company reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday morning. The Numbers: AT&T reported adjusted EPS of 76 cents, in-line with consensus analyst estimates. The company also reported revenue of $42.3 billion, beating analyst...
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Elon Musk, SpaceX Will Be Focus Of HBO Miniseries
Tuesday, October 13, 2020 - 5:16pm | 408A miniseries from HBO will explore the creation of SpaceX, the satellite and space transportation company from Elon Musk. What Happened: Variety reports that HBO, a unit of AT&T (NYSE: T) will be the home of a six-episode miniseries about SpaceX. The series will be based on the...
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Netflix Analyst Raises Estimates Ahead Of Q2 Subscriber Report, Sees 'Content Advantage' Over HBO Max, Disney+
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 4:49pm | 490Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX), which added a record net 15.77 million paid subscribers in the first quarter, is poised to comfortably beat its guidance when it reports second-quarter results July 16, according to a Credit Suisse analyst. The Netflix Analyst: Douglas Mitchelson maintained an...
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HBO Partners With Cannabis Companies To Promote New TV Series
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 - 11:23am | 922By The Fresh Toast's Maria Loreto, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. A new HBO Max animated series will use THC gummies for marketing, available for purchase throughout the month of July. On Monday, HBO announced that they’d be partnering with different cannabis...
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AT&T Is Hoping HBO Max Will Turn The Tide
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 6:47am | 757AT&T Inc (NYSE: T) lost another 897,000 premium TV subscribers during the first quarter of 2020. The communications company hasn't done much to stop these subscriber losses as its efforts seem to be focused on raising the average revenue per customer instead of offering deals to appeal to...
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HBO Makes Shows Like 'Sopranos,' 'The Wire' Free For 1 Month As Coronavirus Keeps People Indoors
Friday, April 3, 2020 - 11:33am | 599AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) subsidiary WarnerMedia's HBO has made some of its content available for free for a month starting Friday, without requiring users to sign up on its platform. 'Sopranos,' 'The Wire' Among Free HBO Offerings The programming will be available on the HBO Go...
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The New AT&T TV Streaming Service: What You Should Know
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 2:24pm | 772AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has joined the ever-more crowded TV streaming space and is now offering AT&T TV nationwide. If the company's Warner Media unit is going to compete for entertainment eyeballs, streaming really isn't optional anymore — it's where viewers are going....
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What To Know About 'McMillions,' A Documentary On The McDonald's Monopoly Scam
Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 5:25pm | 485The theft of McDonald's Corp (NYSE: MCD) promotional Monopoly pieces is likely the biggest financial scandal you've never heard of. The 'Funny And Tragic' Documentary 'McMillions' McDonald's ongoing Monopoly promotion, where guests collect properties and hope...
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Nomura: Netflix, Amazon 'Best Positioned' In The Streaming Wars
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 4:00pm | 550Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) are the best-positioned companies to take advantage of the movement toward streaming entertainment, Nomura Instinet said in a new look at the industry. While Netflix, the pioneering early giant in the space, and Amazon look best among...
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Roku Leads In Subscriber Battle With Apple, Amazon
Friday, December 13, 2019 - 4:09pm | 573Roku, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) is in the lead ahead of rival streaming players Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), according to the latest research from eMarketer. Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast and Amazon Fire all aim to simplify the viewer transition from...
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What To Know About Roku's Post-Christmas 'Stream-A-Thon'
Monday, December 9, 2019 - 2:21pm | 328If you missed "Game of Thrones," or just want to watch the whole thing again, Roku Inc. (NASDAQ: ROKU) is giving you that chance. The Roku Channel will stream the first season of the "Game of Thrones" saga, along with several other shows and movies, between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1,...