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December 20, 2019

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Five on Friday: Gaming, FTC Injunctions and Virtual Credit Cards

Business Operations, Business Services, Business Strategy, Consumer Services, Industry Announcements, News, Payment Processing, Product Development, Regulation and Compliance, Revenue and Sales, Subscriber Acquisition, Subscriber Only, Subscription Gaming /

We are less than a week away from the Christmas holiday, and the subscription news keeps coming. In today’s edition of Five on Friday, DoNotPay raises $4.6 million in funding and launches a virtual credit card that cancels free subscription trials. Also this week, Coca-Cola launches a beverage subscription to a limited number of subscribers, the FTC considers an injunction against Facebook’s app integrations, Apple Arcade adds an annual subscription payment option, and we share customer service stats to help you plan for 2020.

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Comcast to Start Offering Cheaper TV Packages Starting at $10 in 2020

Auto-renew Subscription, Business Operations, Business Strategy, Consumer Services, Entertainment and Streaming, Industry Announcements, News, Product Development, Revenue and Sales, SaaS and Cloud Services, Subscriber Acquisition, Subscriber Retention /

Comcast plans to fight cord cutting and compete with direct-to-consumer streaming video services by selling smaller TV packages priced between $10 and $20 per month, reports Cord Cutters News. The packages are part of the companys Comcast Vision 2020 plan. In addition to prepackaged bundles, customers will be able to design their own TV bundles, including local TV channels. Equipment, such as internet routers and DVRs and services like internet and cell services, will cost extra, of course.

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