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#netflix
Media industry
from24/7 Wall St.
11 hours ago

Netflix vs. Disney: One Is Winning the Streaming War. Other Is Not Even Close

Netflix's revenue and subscriber growth significantly outpace Disney's, highlighting a divergence in their streaming strategies.
Business
from24/7 Wall St.
4 days ago

Billionaires Snatch Up Netflix Stock Again After Warner Bros Deal Loss

Hedge funds increased Netflix positions significantly after the collapse of its Warner Bros. acquisition, anticipating a re-rating of the company's valuation.
Board games
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

Netflix's TV games get a big boost with Jackbox collection

Netflix adds Jackbox's Drawful 2, Fibbage 4, and Quiplash 3 to its party game lineup, available for subscribers at no extra cost.
Media industry
from24/7 Wall St.
5 days ago

Long-Form vs. Short-Form: The AI Debate That Misses Netflix's Real Strength

Netflix's strong fundamentals and growth prospects make it a compelling investment despite misconceptions about AI competition.
Games
fromEngadget
5 days ago

Netflix adds three Jackbox games to its TV app

Netflix adds Jackbox Party Essentials to its gaming lineup, offering three popular games for free to subscribers.
#amazon
Television
fromPocket-lint
1 day ago

What you really get when you upgrade to Amazon Prime Video Ultra

Amazon launches Prime Video Ultra, a new subscription tier, replacing the ad-free plan with enhanced features and a price increase.
Media industry
fromMoney Digest
2 weeks ago

The Popular Streaming Platform You Didn't Know Was Part Of Amazon's Portfolio - Money Digest

Amazon's acquisition of Twitch in 2014 has significantly impacted its growth and consumer offerings, enhancing its position in the live-streaming market.
Television
fromPocket-lint
1 day ago

What you really get when you upgrade to Amazon Prime Video Ultra

Amazon launches Prime Video Ultra, a new subscription tier, replacing the ad-free plan with enhanced features and a price increase.
Media industry
fromMoney Digest
2 weeks ago

The Popular Streaming Platform You Didn't Know Was Part Of Amazon's Portfolio - Money Digest

Amazon's acquisition of Twitch in 2014 has significantly impacted its growth and consumer offerings, enhancing its position in the live-streaming market.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
12 hours ago

Programmatic Live Sports Buying Is Starting To Get Less Complicated | AdExchanger

Live sports presents significant programmatic advertising opportunities, despite challenges in the buying process.
Online marketing
fromPCMAG
5 hours ago

Commercials Ruining YouTube? 8 Ad-Blocking Techniques That Still Work

Streaming ads on platforms like YouTube are disruptive but necessary for content creation funding.
#youtube
fromTechCrunch
7 hours ago
Social media marketing

YouTube livestreams will now hold back ads during peak engagement to protect the vibe | TechCrunch

fromDigiday
6 days ago
Media industry

Future of TV Briefing: A TV advertising staple is missing from YouTube show sponsorships

Social media marketing
fromTechCrunch
7 hours ago

YouTube livestreams will now hold back ads during peak engagement to protect the vibe | TechCrunch

YouTube will hold back ads during peak chat engagement to enhance viewer experience and reward supporters with ad-free moments.
Online marketing
fromAndroid Authority
1 day ago

Survey says paying for YouTube isn't worth it, even before incoming price hike

YouTube Premium offers benefits, but many users refuse to pay due to ad overload and dissatisfaction with content quality.
Online marketing
fromThe Cool Down
3 days ago

YouTube users frustrated by unskippable 90-second-plus ads: 'I instantly went speechless'

YouTube users are frustrated with unskippable ads on the platform, leading to calls for better user experience.
Media industry
fromDigiday
6 days ago

Future of TV Briefing: A TV advertising staple is missing from YouTube show sponsorships

YouTube channels are beginning to offer TV-style make-goods and viewership guarantees to sponsors as episodic series gain popularity.
Marketing
fromThedrum
23 hours ago

A Blueprint for the Future of TV Advertising

Clichés, assumed wisdom, best practices, and dogma hinder innovation in the media industry, necessitating courage and creativity for future success.
Digital life
fromwww.wanderwithjo.com
1 day ago

The Digital Nomad's Guide to Online Entertainment: What Works in the UK

Understanding the digital landscape in the UK is crucial for travelers, as many apps and services differ from other regions.
Mindfulness
fromSilicon Canals
1 day ago

The case for slower, deeper information diets - Silicon Canals

Information overload leads to emptiness and distraction, prompting a need for intentional consumption and mindfulness.
#spotify
Podcast
fromRAIN News
4 days ago

Spotify enables a pure audio experience with new video-off setting

Spotify introduces toggles to disable video features, returning focus to audio experiences.
Podcast
fromEngadget
5 days ago

Spotify now lets you turn off all video

Spotify introduces universal video toggles, allowing users to disable video features for a more streamlined music experience.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
4 days ago

Spotify enables a pure audio experience with new video-off setting

Spotify introduces toggles to disable video features, returning focus to audio experiences.
Podcast
fromEngadget
5 days ago

Spotify now lets you turn off all video

Spotify introduces universal video toggles, allowing users to disable video features for a more streamlined music experience.
#amazon-luna
Games
fromThe Verge
4 days ago

Amazon Luna axes third-party game purchases

Amazon Luna will restrict access to only its subscription games, removing third-party purchases and subscriptions by June 2026.
Video games
fromEngadget
4 days ago

Amazon Luna ends support for third-party subscriptions and game purchases

Amazon is discontinuing third-party integrations on Luna, affecting subscriptions and game access.
Games
fromThe Verge
4 days ago

Amazon Luna axes third-party game purchases

Amazon Luna will restrict access to only its subscription games, removing third-party purchases and subscriptions by June 2026.
Video games
fromEngadget
4 days ago

Amazon Luna ends support for third-party subscriptions and game purchases

Amazon is discontinuing third-party integrations on Luna, affecting subscriptions and game access.
#advertising
Marketing tech
fromExchangewire
10 hours ago

FreeWheel's AI-Driven Context Engine Enables Global Contextual Targeting Across Premium Video

FreeWheel launched Context Engine, an AI-driven feature enhancing ad alignment with premium video content, improving brand recall and engagement.
Marketing
fromAdExchanger
5 days ago

The Price And Promo Paradox; YouTube's Interactive TV Push | AdExchanger

Online advertisers must balance product pricing and ad spending to maintain market presence and customer engagement.
Marketing
fromModern Retail
1 day ago

Creator content has become critical for retail media networks

Retail media and the creator economy are increasingly interconnected, enhancing advertising effectiveness through data-driven creator partnerships.
#streaming
Media industry
fromExchangewire
4 days ago

The Stack: Streaming Shake-Up

Streaming platforms are evolving with new technologies and partnerships, indicating significant shifts in the entertainment industry landscape.
Television
fromCBR
4 days ago

Prime Video Just Won the Streaming Wars as Amazon Absorbs Apple TV Content

Prime Video partners with Apple TV, integrating its content as an add-on subscription for enhanced streaming options.
Media industry
fromExchangewire
4 days ago

The Stack: Streaming Shake-Up

Streaming platforms are evolving with new technologies and partnerships, indicating significant shifts in the entertainment industry landscape.
Television
fromCBR
4 days ago

Prime Video Just Won the Streaming Wars as Amazon Absorbs Apple TV Content

Prime Video partners with Apple TV, integrating its content as an add-on subscription for enhanced streaming options.
#youtube-premium
Games
fromKotaku
4 days ago

YouTube Is Raising The Price Of Avoiding Its Terrible Ads

YouTube Premium prices are increasing, while Rust 2 is not in development according to its studio founder.
Games
fromKotaku
4 days ago

YouTube Is Raising The Price Of Avoiding Its Terrible Ads

YouTube Premium prices are increasing, while Rust 2 is not in development according to its studio founder.
Podcast
fromRAIN News
4 days ago

TV podcast consumption: A new audience study

13% of American households consume podcasts on TV, particularly within Netflix households.
fromEngadget
2 hours ago

Sony is nerfing its Bravia TVs' program guide

Sony is removing channel logos and thumbnail images from the built-in TV Guide for antenna TV channels, limiting the guide to only recently watched channels.
Television
fromInverse
1 day ago

Netflix Just Quietly Added The Best, And Most Important, Mission: Impossible Movie

For the longest time, if a woman were present, it was as either a helpless sexualized object to be overcome like an obstacle, or won like a trophy.
Independent films
fromEMARKETER
5 days ago

Brands advertising on 9 streaming platforms command a third of US streaming TV ad spend

Advertisers running on all nine streaming platforms account for 34% of US streaming TV ad spending, according to a March report from MediaRadar.
Marketing tech
Television
fromCBR
4 days ago

Say Goodbye to a Major Streaming Service as Prime Video Phaseout Begins

Prime Video replaces its Ad Free plan with a new, improved Ultra plan featuring higher pricing and enhanced streaming options.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
5 days ago

Inside RTL's Plan To Aggregate Europe's Fragmented TV And Video Supply | AdExchanger

Europe's video ad market is fragmented, requiring tailored strategies for global advertisers due to diverse languages, currencies, and regulations.
fromVulture
4 days ago

The 14 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend

A time jump resets this show's character dynamics with Rue (Zendaya) working off her debt to a drug dealer and seemingly nearly all the series' other female characters engaged in sex work of some kind. Sam Levinson's vision of a woman's life is pretty depressing.
Television
European startups
fromInfoQ
4 weeks ago

QCon London 2026: From DVDs to Global Streaming How Netflix's Commerce Architecture Actually Evolve

Netflix evolved its commerce architecture from real-time US-based billing to a hybrid global system supporting 130+ countries through pragmatic incremental changes driven by regional payment method differences.
Television
fromTechCrunch
3 days ago

AMC will stream 'The Audacity' premiere in 21 parts on TikTok | TechCrunch

AMC is premiering 'The Audacity' on TikTok in 21 segments, targeting younger viewers and aiming to create buzz.
Marketing tech
fromThe Hollywood Reporter
2 weeks ago

Global Streaming Subscription Revenue Tripled In Five Years, Poised to Top $200 Billion by 2030

Global streaming subscription revenue surpassed $150 billion in 2025, with projections of $202 billion by 2030 due to price increases and ad-supported tiers.
Television
fromZDNET
5 days ago

I use ChatGPT's new Tubi app to find free movies and TV shows to watch - here's how

Tubi TV integrates with ChatGPT, allowing users to find shows and movies easily.
#streaming-services
Media industry
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Paid streaming for cheapskates is having a moment

Streaming services have raised prices significantly in 2025, prompting consumer backlash and cancellations, while Roku's budget-friendly Howdy service at $2.99/month targets price-sensitive viewers with older catalog content.
fromZDNET
3 weeks ago
Television

The best streaming deals right now: Hulu, Disney+, Paramount+, and more

Television
fromEngadget
1 month ago

Disney+ gets its own time-sucking vertical video section

Disney+ launches Verts, a vertical short-form video feed similar to TikTok and YouTube Shorts, designed to increase user engagement and compete with social media platforms.
Media industry
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Paid streaming for cheapskates is having a moment

Streaming services have raised prices significantly in 2025, prompting consumer backlash and cancellations, while Roku's budget-friendly Howdy service at $2.99/month targets price-sensitive viewers with older catalog content.
fromZDNET
3 weeks ago
Television

The best streaming deals right now: Hulu, Disney+, Paramount+, and more

Television
fromEngadget
1 month ago

Disney+ gets its own time-sucking vertical video section

Disney+ launches Verts, a vertical short-form video feed similar to TikTok and YouTube Shorts, designed to increase user engagement and compete with social media platforms.
Media industry
fromExchangewire
4 weeks ago

Shifts in Streaming: Competition, Collaboration, and Consolidation

Paramount's $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros creates a streaming giant with 200 million subscribers, consolidating major entertainment assets and reshaping the competitive TV landscape.
fromAdExchanger
2 months ago

Can I Help You Find Something?; The Streaming Fortress Prison | AdExchanger

Last October, PayPal an integration with OpenAI so that ChatGPT users could transact within the app. Apparently, PayPal is now ready to take that idea to other retailer chatbots. Of course, now that ChatGPT is making its foray into advertising , other LLMs and chatbots are bound to follow suit, if they haven't already done so. Walmart, for instance, rolled out ads in its generative AI agent Sparky earlier this month.
Artificial intelligence
Media industry
fromDigiday
3 weeks ago

Future of TV Briefing: How Netflix is shaking up the upfront deal model

Netflix is signing multi-year deals with advertisers that provide early access and first-right-of-refusal, moving beyond traditional upfront commitments and resembling tech-company retail media agreements.
Gadgets
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

Stealing cable has evolved: the new face of TV piracy

SuperBox devices enable inexpensive access to pirated live TV and sports through a network of resellers and Chinese makers, bypassing cable and streaming subscriptions.
fromTelecompetitor
2 months ago

Survey: Is the streaming infrastructure ready for some football?

Content delivery network provider Netskrt's "State of the ISP Survey" found that live sporting events are the global infrastructure's most daunting streaming challenge and that the biggest worry is traffic generated by American football. The long-term study - conducted between May and August 2025 - includes input from 55 global internet service providers (ISPs). Almost eight in ten survey respondents (78%) said sports cause them the most concern related to streaming reliability. Of these, 70% pointed to American football as the most challenging sport to deliver. International football (soccer) is quickly approaching similar levels.
Soccer (FIFA)
Music
fromBusiness Matters
2 months ago

Scaling the Charts: A Business Case for Accelerating Digital Streaming Momentum

Online music platforms increase access and tracking, while consistent releases, strategic promotion, and audience engagement drive sustained chart success and revenue growth.
Marketing tech
fromAdExchanger
1 month ago

The Best Way To Embrace Convergent TV? Break Down The Silos Between Linear And Streaming | AdExchanger

Marketers must adopt convergent TV strategies that blend linear and streaming approaches rather than debating programmatic versus direct buying methods.
Television
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

Is Binge-Watching TV Really a Pastime?

Binge-watching television has become a prevalent pastime in America, but it can lead to negative psychological effects like anxiety and depression.
Media industry
from24/7 Wall St.
1 month ago

Netflix Has No Rivals

Netflix remains financially strong with 17.6% revenue growth and 12-14% projected 2026 growth, while media headlines exaggerate minor AI deals as competitive threats.
Television
fromZDNET
3 weeks ago

Roku's ad-free streaming service was already a great deal - now it's adding Disney movies

Roku's Howdy streaming service offers ad-free viewing for $3 a month with plans to add content from Disney and Warner Bros.
Digital life
fromPCMAG
11 years ago

Netflix Dominates Web Traffic as Cord Cutters Gobble Data

Netflix accounts for 34.21 percent of peak downstream Internet traffic in North America, far exceeding other streaming services.
Television
fromEngadget
1 month ago

You'll now have to fork out for an additional subscription if you want to watch 4K content on Prime Video

Amazon rebrands its ad-free Prime Video tier to Ultra at $5/month, removing 4K streaming from the standard tier and requiring the paid upgrade for UHD content.
Television
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Amazon Prime Removing 4K Streaming Access, Locking Behind It New Extra Paywall

Amazon Prime is removing 4K streaming from standard Prime membership and requiring a new $5/month Ultra tier to access it, further reducing the value of the base Prime subscription.
Television
fromZDNET
1 month ago

Netflix Premium vs. Netflix Standard: I compared the subscriptions plans to find the best deal

Netflix Premium suits families of 4+ with simultaneous streaming needs, while ad-supported plans work for budget-conscious users willing to tolerate ads.
Marketing tech
fromDigiday
1 month ago

Future of TV Briefing: WTF is server-guided ad insertion?

Server-guided ad insertion enables low-latency, targeted ad delivery in live streaming by combining client-side flexibility with server-side cushioning to minimize buffering and delays.
Television
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Guide #233: From Wonder Man to Girl Taken, here's one thing to watch on every streamer

A curated guide recommends lesser-known streaming shows across multiple platforms, featuring niche dramas, classic adaptations, and archived documentaries rather than widely-discussed popular series.
fromVulture
1 month ago

The 14 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend

Melling plays a shy young man, Colin, who meets a hot biker, Ray (Skarsgård); the two sweetly and awkwardly develop a BDSM relationship as Colin starts to grasp on to what he really wants from his life.
Television
Television
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

What can brands learn from the changing television landscape?

High-quality, platform-agnostic television content attracts diverse audiences across traditional and OTT platforms, creating opportunities for producers and brands to engage viewers in new ways.
Television
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Are we witnessing the death of traditional TV?

The Oscars will move from ABC to YouTube in 2029, reflecting shifting audience viewing habits and a move toward streaming for major live events.
Television
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

The future of TV. Interactive, connected, and...ad free?

Television and video content are growing and evolving: connected TV and OTT expand reach, shifting advertising and consumption across all demographics.
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