Five on Friday: TikTok Tests Ad-Free, Meta Preps for Paid Tier and Tacos for All

UFC releases 3 original series, TikTok and Meta look at ad-free subscriptions, and Amazon Fresh lowers the threshold for free delivery.

Five on Friday: Product Development, Pricing Changes and Competing with Prime

YouTube axes Premium Lite tier, Discovery+ raises prices, and Walmart steps up its subscription game to compete with Amazon Prime.

Warner Bros. Discovery reported a $(3.4) billion loss for Q2 and revealed a Discovery-HBO max merger next summer.

Discovery+ premium subscriptions are now available on The Roku Channel, starting at $4.99 a month.

Discovery wins big with the Tokyo Olympics, growing the global entertainment company’s subscribers to more than 18 million.

In its Q2 2021 financials, AT&T’s WarnerMedia reported strong revenue and subscriber growth, driven by HBO Max.

In a $43 billion dollar deal, AT&T will spin off WarnerMedia and merge with Discovery to create a standalone global entertainment company.

In our first Five on Friday of the year, Roku considers buying Quibi content, Discovery+ banks on reality TV, and AMC Theatres seeks cash.

Discovery is launching a new streaming video subscription service January 4 – Discovery+ – featuring the best in real-life entertainment.