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Verizon CEO Touts Disney+, Discovery+ Partnerships, Sees “a Lot of New Things We Can Add”

Verizon CEO Touts Disney+, Discovery+ Partnerships, Sees “a Lot of New Things We Can Add”

BY GEORG SZALAI | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Business #Entertainment Hans Vestberg also touts continuing FiOS broadband momentum during a Goldman Sachs conference. Telecom giant Verizon sees room to add more content partnerships along the lines of its Disney+ and Discovery+ deals, chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg said on Tuesday. “We see many more direct-to-consumer offerings,” he told the virtual Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, pointing to the company’s offerings under deals with the likes of streaming services Disney+ and Discovery+. That is also “a revenue source for us and a profit source for us,” he emphasized, describing the deals as…
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Verizon Adds Free AMC+ for Customers With Some Unlimited Plans

Verizon Adds Free AMC+ for Customers With Some Unlimited Plans

BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Business #Digital AMC+ joins Disney+, Discovery+ and Apple Music as one of the streaming services being offered for free to some subscribers. Verizon continues to add free access to new streaming services to customers of some of its unlimited plans. On Thursday, the telecom giant said that it would offer up to 12 free months of AMC+ to new Fios subscribers and to customers who buy a smartphone on a new line with select unlimited plans. Existing customers on those plans can get six free months. AMC+ offers series and movies from parent company AMC Networks,…
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