T - Streaming war over users comes to Black Friday deals

With Thanksgiving now past, a young (or older) investor's mind turns to the key shopping season that started immediately afterward. While the hot deal epicenters have varied across retail and service sectors over the years, the attention paid to Black Friday this year by streaming-video rivals is the latest evidence that the need to gain and keep users has taken center stage in the streaming wars. Numerous providers are amping up their battle by taking it to price promotions for new subscribers. Among the most prominent is Hulu (DIS, CMCSA), which until Nov. 29 is offering users a year of its ad-supported on-demand service for $0.99 per month, down from the usual $6.99/month price. (As for its more expensive plans, it's just bumped the Hulu Plus Live TV price to $69.99/month.) User numbers were a key concern for investors in Disney's last earnings report (though investors' focus tends to be

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Streaming war over users comes to Black Friday deals