It’s been just over a year since Microsoft fractured its very good, very straightforward Game Pass subscription into a bunch of differently priced tiers that seemed designed to be as confusing as possible. The company is now throwing players who are subscribed to the cheapest Game Pass tiers a bone: increased access to PC and cloud gaming perks. The company …
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Microsoft is expanding its Xbox Cloud Gaming technology to Xbox Game Pass Core or Standard subscribers, dropping the requirement for the highest tier Xbox Game Pass Ultimate for access to cloud games. As part of an Xbox Insider test, Microsoft is also providing access to some PC games for Game Pass Core and Standard subscribers. Microsoft currently restricts access to …
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Late last week Apple surprised Apple TV Plus subscribers with an immediate price hike that bumped subscriptions from $9.99 to $12.99 a month. People were not happy. A few subscribers followed through with their cancellation threats. Over on the r/tvPlus subreddit some noticed that attempting to cancel their subscription induces the service to offer them a discount to stick around. …
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This week Apple hit Apple TV Plus subscribers with a surprise price hike that saw subscription costs leap from $9.99 to $12.99 in the US, disappointing fans of one of the best streaming services around. The 30% increase is effective immediately for new subscribers, while existing ones have until their next billing cycle. So current subscribers have a minute to …
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A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Sport newsletter with Alex Sherman, which brings you the biggest news and exclusive interviews from the worlds of sports business and media. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. ESPN is making history Thursday with the launch of its everything-in-one direct-to-consumer product. For the first time ever, …
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Robert Way/Getty Images ZDNET’s key takeaways Disney is combining the Hulu app and the Disney+ app next year. Most Hulu content is available on Disney+ already, but not all – you still need the Hulu app for now. You’ll still be able to subscribe to Hulu and Disney+ as standalone services. If you’re a Hulu user, you’ll likely be changing …
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Ahead of Paramount closing its $8 billion merger with Skydance on Aug. 7, the company reported a solid quarter. Revenue increased 1% year-over-year while profits came in at $57 million. “Many on this call understand the enormous importance of this business to my family and to me,” Shari Redstone, non-executive chair of Paramount’s board of directors, said during Thursday’s earnings …
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Peacock is stuck in a bit of a rut in terms of subscriber growth, but it has again inched closer toward breaking even. Thankfully, in the second quarter of 2025, Comcast got one last dance with Hulu. NBCUniversal’s streaming platform Peacock ended the previous quarter with 41 million subscribers; quarterly losses were $215 million. Well, for this quarter, subscribers stayed …
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PlayStation Plus subscribers are always eager to see which free games will be added to the service every month, and some love to guess what might be announced. Each month, we get a variety of big hitters and indie sleepers to keep us glued to our PlayStation, that is until the next month rolls around, and we get more games …
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AT&T’s quarterly revenue rose 3.4% from a year earlier, beating analyst expectations. – Gabby Jones/Bloomberg News AT&T gained wireless and internet subscribers in the second quarter and announced plans to invest further in its fiber-cable build-out with some of the billions of dollars it expects in tax savings under the recent tax-and-spending bill. The company added 401,000 net postpaid wireless …
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