Category: Media
The Dipp, a subscription-only entertainment news startup, is springing to life despite the pandemic
There is no shortage of coverage about the sprawling entertainment industry. There is a shortage of coverage for die-hard fans of reality TV shows, according to Kate Ward and Lindsay Mannering. That opening in the market why the two — former colleagues at the women’s website Bustle, where Ward was…
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Netflix says 64M households ‘chose to watch’ the documentary hit ‘Tiger King’
How big a hit is Netflix’s “Tiger King”? In its latest earnings release, the streaming company says 64 million households have “chosen to watch” the docu-series its first four weeks of release. You’ll note that it isn’t claiming that 64 million people actually watched the whole show (which tells the…
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Netflix beats growth predictions with 15.77M net new subscribers
With almost everyone stuck at home thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, Netflix was widely expected to do well in the first quarter of 2020 — but it did even better than anticipated. Before the current crisis, Netflix had forecasted 7 million net new paid subscribers for its just-release earnings. With the…
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Daily Crunch: Fandango acquires Walmart’s video service Vudu
A new acquisition should help Fandango expand its streaming efforts, Apple brings its digital services to new countries and new research suggests a higher-than-expected infection rate for COVID-19. 1. Walmart is selling its on-demand video service Vudu to Fandango Details as to how Fandango will specifically leverage Vudu weren’t immediately…
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Twitch snags Spotify’s Tracy Chan as its new head of Product & Engineering for Music
Musicians have been quickly turning to Twitch to support themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they’re no longer able to make money from live gigs and touring. Now Twitch is staffing up to turn this ad hoc use of Twitch into more of a formal product. The company today announced…
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Google and Facebook must pay media for content reuse, says Australia
The Australia government has said it will adopt a mandatory code to require tech giants such as Google and Facebook to pay local media for reusing their content. The requirement for them to share ad revenue with domestic publishers was reported earlier by Reuters. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg published an opinion…
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