The company is reaching for new sources of engagement to grow revenue as its focus moves away from subscriber count. Driving the news: Come Friday, Netflix will have aired a live comedy show every night for seven consecutive days — one... Read More
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WWE and Netflix today announced a long-term partnership that will bring WWE’s flagship weekly program – Raw – to the world’s leading entertainment service. This marks a major programming shift as Raw leaves linear television for the first... Read More
Have you ever opened up Netflix on your phone, but don’t have time to browse for something to watch? You’re not alone. Today, we’re introducing My Netflix, a one-stop shop tailored to you with easy shortcuts to help you choose what you want... Read More
Netflix is said to be in early talks to enter the world of live sport. According to the Wall Street Journal, the steamer is in early discussions to broadcast a celebrity golf tournament which would feature some of the stars of its Drive to Survive... Read More
YouTube , in a bid to take on streaming competitors like Paramount’s Pluto TV and Roku, is offering a select group of users access to free, ad-supported streaming TV channels — also known as “FAST” — on the platform. The experiment is... Read More
Netflix has announced that it will host Chris Rock’s live stand-up comedy special “Selective Outrage” on Wednesday, March 4, 2023 at 10 p.m. ET. This will be the first time any Netflix content will have been performed and streamed live,... Read More
Netflix is celebrating ten years of its Open Connect program, which sees the streaming service partner with ISPs to deliver its content more efficiently. To date Netflix has 18,000 servers in 6,000 locations (and growing) across 175... Read More
If you share your Netflix password, you’re going to have to pay up soon. Starting next year, the streaming service will allow members to add friends or family, who don’t live with them, to their accounts- but for a fee. Netflix made the... Read More
Did you know streaming TV was the future? Nielsen data shows streaming TV viewership in the US surpassed cable for the first time this July. About 34.8 percent of viewing time went to shows on internet services — slightly more than the 34.4... Read More
Netflix named Microsoft as its partner for its ad-supported service. The “Stranger Things” streamer, which has been struggling to retain and add subscribers, announced in April that it was planning on rolling out an ad-supported tier... Read More
Roku CEO Anthony Wood is mum about a possible corporate merger involving streaming video partners Roku and Netflix. The Roku executive was Netflix’s short-lived head of internet TV in the early 2000s as the by-mail DVD movie rental service... Read More
Casting for a new reality show based on Netflix’s “Squid Game” is underway. Netflix is hoping to strike gold (many times) with “Squid Game” — its most-watched original series — amid slowing... Read More
According to the New York Times, Netflix told employees in a recent memo that the company was working to bring the ad-supported option to the platform by the end of 2022. The paper of record’s sources also indicate that Netflix will begin rolling... Read More
Virgin Media is getting into streaming with the launch of Stream, a new service which combines TV channels with on-demand apps, streaming subscriptions and must watch films. It is available as a 30-day rolling contract, which allows viewers to... Read More
During its quarterly earnings report, where it revealed its first drop in global subscribers in a decade, Netflix said it is exploring plans that include ads for a lower price. Although Co-CEO Reed Hastings said an ad-supported plan is... Read More