streamer

noun

stream·er ˈstrē-mər

plural streamers

Synonyms of streamer next

: a flag that streams in the wind

especially : pennant

: any long narrow wavy strip resembling or suggesting a banner floating in the wind

: banner sense 2

: one that streams digital data (see stream entry 2 sense transitive 3)

The rub, of course, is that music streaming isn't a terribly profitable business, due mostly to the royalties streamers must pay to labels and artists.—

Dan Gallagher

The app's audience peaked at 2.4 million concurrent streamers…—

Yoree Koh

: a long extension of the solar corona visible only during a total solar eclipse

streamers plural : aurora borealis

Examples of streamer in a Sentence

streamers in the team's colors hung from the top of the stadium

Recent Examples on the Web And that, ultimately, is the key point of the streaming push: If the bulk of new content investment is on streaming, and if the linear channels are just serving as windows to a streamer, then maybe that’s where there are changes to be made. —

Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2023 Production on most film and television projects have come to a halt as members of the Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA remain at an impasse in contract negotiations with major studios and streamers. —

Lisa Respers France, CNN, 12 Sep. 2023 The Hulu original returns to the streamer on Sept. 28 with new episodes premiering each Thursday. —

Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 12 Sep. 2023 Charter’s subscribers will also get access to the upcoming direct-to-consumer ESPN streamer. —

Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023 Natural Selection marks Rife’s first project to be picked up by a streamer and follows previous specials Only Fans and Matthew Steven Rife, both released via his YouTube channel in 2022 and this past April, respectively. —

Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2023 The streamer offers a number of plans to choose from, with the lowest starting at $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year. —

Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 8 Sep. 2023 But season 5, which dropped 10 new episodes on the streamer on September 7, has been packed with drama and terrible tragedy. —

Korin Miller, Women's Health, 8 Sep. 2023 One of the conditions of the waiver is that distributors comply with SAG-AFTRA demands, including on the subject of subscription revenue and residuals, issues that the studios and streamers have rejected in negotiations with the union. —

Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023 See More

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