[ After last year’s Great Netflix Correction, the streaming sector in 2023 entered a decidedly more pragmatic phase. As viewers continued to cut the pay-TV cord and increasingly look to streaming as their primary source of entertainment, subscriber levels stabilized and Netflix returned to its leadership perch after last year’s scare. Profitability for all players … Read more
[ When Emmy-winning investigative journalist Benita Alexander approached “Miracle Man” Dr. Paolo Macchiarini for a story, the line between personal and professional quickly blurred, changing her life forever. The tale of deception that followed is at the center of Peacock’s Dr. Death Season 2, which dramatizes the shocking discoveries that Alexander (played by Mandy Moore) … Read more
[ With just a few days until Christmas, Amazon has a gift for all of us: more deals on Prime Video Channels, less than a month after the last round of add-on deals. What are Prime Video Channels, you ask? Prime Video Channels allow Amazon Prime subscribers to subscribe to additional streaming services inside of Prime Video. Instead … Read more
[ The wait is over for Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Disney has launched the first two episodes of the series earlier than expected. Audiences can watch the episodes beginning at 6 p.m. PT on December 19 on Disney+. The first episode is also available on Hulu. And that’s not all — subsequent episodes will … Read more
[ Audiences more time than usual watching TV in November. In fact, TV usage was up 5.7% to be the highest-measured month since January 2023, according to Nielsen‘s latest monthly TV viewing report, The Gauge. That was, naturally, underscored by the week of Thanksgiving, when overall viewing peaked and measured an increase of over 14%. … Read more
[ The return of Bridgerton is finally on the calendar and fans are eagerly counting down the days until May 16. In the meantime, the cast is still generously offering tidbits about the episodes to come. Most recently, Jonathan Bailey opened up to W about what Bridgerton Season 3 holds for his character, Anthony, and … Read more
[ Nearly half of Generation Z and Millennials in the US and Canada watch video game streams every week. YouTube and TikTok stand out as the platforms of choice, even surpassing Twitch, the historic giant of game streaming. According to data from YPulse, a striking trend is emerging in video game streaming habits among the … Read more
[ Ken Burns, whose five decades of filmmaking have produced detailed portraits of presidents, wars, buffaloes and more, is about to take on a 21st century political lightning rod in the American Revolution. His 6-part, 12-hour Revolutionary War project, already six years in the works, is slated to come out in 2025. While Burns encountered … Read more
[ Zoom to set up R&D centre and hire hundreds of engineers in Singapore following pandemic-related boom in videoconferencing Zoom Video Communications said on Wednesday it would expand its presence in Singapore by opening a research and development centre and will immediately hire hundreds of engineering staff for the new operations. The videoconferencing services provider … Read more
[ Netflix just did the unthinkable: It released viewership numbers. After years of withholding information on how many hours subscribers spent watching its shows and movies, on Tuesday the streaming giant released a huge trove of data. It covers 18,000 titles, breaking them all down by how many hours viewers have watched of each during … Read more
