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The Streaming Scene: As An Even-Murkier Era Of Scant Subscriber Numbers Nears, Another Volatile Year Winds Down

Here is how the seven leading streaming services fared in 2024 and their outlook for 2025.

This year, Disney+ canceled The Acolyte for financial reasons, but only after the first season was the subject of racist cyberbullying online, prompting outcries from cast members who felt abandoned by the company, which stayed silent amid the vitriol. Warner Bros Discovery’s TNT has broadcast NBA games for nearly 40 years, but the company lost out as NBCUniversal and Amazon’s Prime Video joined incumbent Disney-ESPN in reaching 11-year rights deals. 2024 lowlight: The audacious spin of the tech glitches that marred many viewers’ experience watching the live boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson would have made Don King blush.

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