Hasta La Creative!

The video service said on Monday that it had surpassed 30 million U.S. subscribers and it reported third-quarter results that beat most expectations.

Total digital sales are down almost 1 percent so far this year, and some in the industry cite the rise of streaming music services like Spotify and Pandora.

Ticket revenue in North America totaled $4.71 billion, up 10.2 percent from last summer, but a competition glut hurt films that could have been hits in a thinner field.

Investments in mythical kingdoms and alien invasions are paying off for Time Warner, which posted an 87 percent jump in income after it increased spending on original programming.

The promoter, which owns Ticketmaster, reported $1.7 billion in revenue for the second quarter, with ticket sales up 26 percent from the year before.

Profits also soared in the latest quarter at the newly independent Fox entertainment arm.

Recent earnings reports from the television distributors have contributed to the growing speculation among industry analysts about the declining number of cable subscribers.

Comcast surpassed analysts’ earnings projections while CBS Corporation reported its highest quarterly profits ever.

Comcast’s second-quarter earnings rose to $1.7 billion, exceeding analysts’ estimates, helped by the continued growth of the company’s broadband Internet and business products.

The company gained 630,000 subscribers in the United States in the spring, but its shares fell in after-hours trading as some investors wanted even higher subscriber additions.