Jess Barnes

3 days ago | cordcuttersnews.com | Jess Barnes

Law&Crime will be giving a unique spin to its coverage of the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial. The company will air AI-generated recreations of the trial on its YouTube channel. Combs is facing federal charges for sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy, with allegations from multiple accusers who claim the music mogul has been abusing alleged victims for decades. The allegation started when Casandra Ventura, known as Cassie, spoke out against Combs. Many others followed.

3 days ago | cordcuttersnews.com | Jess Barnes

Ahead of its upfronts presentation on Monday, Amazon announced that it will introduce personalized pause ads on Prime Video. The company said that it will be adding new ad options, including pause ads, which will use AI to generate copy that’s relevant to whatever the user is watching. Amazon first shared that it would be adding interactive pause ads to content at last year’s upfronts.

3 days ago | cordcuttersnews.com | Jess Barnes

Amazon has announced that the ad-supported plan for its Prime Video streaming service now has over 130 million active users, a 13% increase from last year, when the company reported 115 million users. Amazon shared the numbers ahead of its advertiser upfront presentation Monday afternoon. Prime Video costs $8.99 per month as a standalone subscription. It also comes with Amazon Prime memberships at no additional cost.

5 days ago | cordcuttersnews.com | Jess Barnes

A Friday game during opening weekend of NFL season could air on YouTube for free, according to a course for The Athletic. The game will be played at Corinthians Arena in São Paulo, Brazil. We know that the Los Angeles Chargers will be playing and we’ll find out soon who they’ll be going up against, with the NFL planning to release its international game schedule on Tuesday and the full season schedule on Wednesday.

6 days ago | cordcuttersnews.com | Jess Barnes

In a Q1 2025 financial report Friday, AMC Networks reported a loss of 200,000 subscribers across its streaming platforms, which include AMC+, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now, ALLBLK, and HIDIVE. The company ended the quarter with 10.2 million subscribers across those platforms. This was the first quarter that AMC Networks changed the way it reported subscriber numbers.