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Netflix hikes subscription prices in U.S. and Canada
Netflix is hiking the price of its monthly subscription plans in the U.S. and Canada. The new monthly rates will be effective immediately…
Netflix launches games on iPhone, iPad using Apple’s payment system
After dropping Apple’s In-App Purchase from its main app 3 years ago, Netflix is resuming use of the payment system with its new video game …
Netflix to release games individually via Apple’s App Store, not within streaming app
The games are installed individually via the Google Play Store and operate as stand-alone apps. it’s expected Netflix will employ the same…
Analyst: Disney+ to pass Netflix in subscribers in 2025; Apple TV+ at 35.6 million subs in 2026
Disney+ will have more subscribers than Netflix by 2025 and Apple TV+ will have 35.6 million users in 2026, according to an analyst…
Apple’s stock heads toward record after concessions for Netflix, Spotify, other ‘reader’ apps
Apple shares were poised to close at a record high Thursday after the most valuable U.S. company announced it will let Spotify, Netflix…
Netflix adds Spatial Audio support for iPad and iPhone apps
Netflix has started rolling out Spatial Audio support on iPhone and iPad on iOS 14. This enables an immersive experience using directional…
Netflix plans to offer streaming video games
Netflix has hired a former Electronic Arts and Facebook executive to lead the effort to expand into video games …
Roku Voice Remote Pro blessed with dedicated Apple TV+ button
The Roku Voice Remote Pro works with all of the company’s players and sports dedicated buttons for Netflix, Disney Plus, Apple TV+, and Hulu…
S&P 500 erases gains and ends day slightly lower as market rally stalls
U.S. stocks wiped out Tuesday’s earlier gains and finished the session lower as the S&P 500 erased gains and the market struggled for a…
Apple TV+ estimated to have over 40 million subscribers
Apple has not revealed what the current number of subscribers is for Apple TV+, but per Ampere Analysis has stated that the service has…
Apple TV+ content is the highest-rated of all streaming platforms
Apple TV+ content is the highest-rated of all streaming platforms, according to a study which notes that Apple TV+ has highest average…
Analyst: Buy this dip in Apple stock before it’s out of reach
It’s been a bad week for tech stocks, including Apple stock. The Nasdaq tumbled 2.7% on Wednesday and the slide looks set to continue…
Analyst: Apple’s biggest mistake was not buying Netflix
According to Wedbush analyst and Apple bull Dan Ives, the Cupertino Colossus has made one major misstep: not buying Netflix years ago…
Netflix co-founder: Apple TV+ ‘has no excuse’ in streaming wars lag
“I completely have the deepest respect right now for Disney,” Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph said. As for Apple TV+, the Netflix co-founder…
Big Wall St. investors bought Apple, other tech stocks during GameStop retail frenzy
Deep-pocketed Wall St. investors pumped a record $4.2 billion into Apple and other big technology stocks last week, BofA’s flow data…
Apple among 4 stocks to watch as pandemic boosts spending on streaming services
Apple is among 4 stocks to watch as COVID-19 lockdowns boost spending on streaming services. Video streaming services had a great 2020…
Netflix shares rocket higher as it passes 200 million paying subscribers
Netflix shares rocketed 13% higher in pre-market trading on Wednesday at it passed the 200 million paying subscribers mark, indicating…
HBO Max wins biggest share of new Q420 streaming subs; Apple TV+ holds 6.2% market share for FY2020
AT&T’s HBO Max, which got off to a slow start, drew the largest share of new streaming subscribers in the fourth quarter, according to…
Disney+ may soon dethrone Netflix
Disney yesterday announced aggressive plans to boost its Disney+ streaming service, and its subscriber total may soon eclipse Netflix’s …
Thanksgiving box office set for worst ticket sales in decades
The week of Thanksgiving in the U.S. is typically a blockbuster period at the box office, but this year the COVID-19 shutdowns have crippled…
Top 10 U.S. streaming list reveals significant gains for Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max
Parks Associates’ Top 10 streaming video list reveals significant gains for Apple TV+, Disney+, and HBO Max ahead of the third annual…
Netflix hikes prices in U.S. to $13.99/mo. standard, $17.99/mo. for premium plan
Netflix is raising the prices of both the Standard two-stream HD plan, its most popular package, by about 8% — going from…
Apple TV+ in bidding war with Netflix for James Bond ‘No Time To Die’ film
The new, long-delayed James Bond film, ‘No Time To Die’ is being wooed by streaming platforms, with Apple TV+ and Netflix engaged
Apple TV+ might be the next big thing
Is Apple TV+ about to crash the Netflix and Disney party? Disney+, launched late last year, is making quite a splash, quickly topping…
Netflix removing 30-day free trial in the U.S.
Netflix is phasing out its 30-day free trial in the United States of America this month. Netflix has been removing the trial option in…
Apple TV+ joins ACE motion picture industry anti-piracy coalition’s governing board
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the world’s leading anti-piracy coalition, today announced that Apple TV+ is its newest…
One quarter of Netflix subscribers also have Apple TV+
According to new data, established streamers like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu don’t yet seem to be losing ground to streaming…
Apple TV+ captures significant share of streaming market
Apple TV+ and Disney+ have captured significant market share in the streaming video space, rounding out the top five behind Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu…
HBO Max vs. Apple TV+, Amazon, Netflix, Disney+, and Hulu
HBO Max launched Wednesday, joining an already crowded field of video streaming services, including Apple’s Apple TV+. HBO-owner AT&T will soon find out…
Apple is on ‘cloud computing hiring spree’
Over the past few months, Apple has gone on a cloud computing hiring spree, snapping up several well-known software engineers working across a range of…
Apple TV+ is the streaming service subscribers are most likely to cancel
A new survey of people who have used 2+ streaming services pegs Apple TV+ as the streaming service that respondents are most likely to cancel …
Scorsese courts Apple to rescue $200M film starring DiCaprio and De Niro
Martin Scorsese’s representatives have been holding talks with Apple, Netflix, and others, as they seek a new company to produce or distribute…
Disney+ sees huge spike in subscribers; Apple TV+ gets modest uptick
Disney+ proving to be the most popular streaming video choice, seeing a big surge in subscribers, as some Americans prepare to spend long periods…
Coronavirus to add 5% to streaming service subscriptions in 2020
Although the longer term impact of the coronavirus remains uncertain, early evidence suggests that a boost to streaming service subscriptions usage…
Analyst: Lack of live sports could accelerate cord-cutting
Baird analyst William Power reasons that the lack of live sports and growing economic pressures due to COVID-19 are likely to accelerate cord-cutting …
Apple limits streaming quality of Apple TV+ in Europe
European officials have instructed streaming services like Apple TV+ to reduce the bandwidth in use by their services. Limiting streaming video quality …
Netflix asked to slow streaming so Internet doesn’t buckle
Netflix has been asked to slow streaming speeds in order to reduce network bandwidth now that millions of people have committed to staying home…
Apple TV+ forecast to have 26 million paying subscribers by 2025
Apple TV+ forecast to have 26 million paying subscribers by 2025, according to a new report. Disney+ will be the biggest winner over the next five years…
You can now turn off Netflix autoplay previews
You can now turn off Netflix autoplay previews. Netflix now offers two different autoplay settings that you can turn on or off. Here’s how…
Disney+ already has 26.5 million total subscribers
Subscribers of Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+, more than doubled from November to 26.5 million, the company said Tuesday…
Apple and MGM have held acquisition talks
MGM has held preliminary talks with Apple, Netflix, and other larger media companies about an acquisition as the biggest streaming companies consider…
