Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma is the first Netflix film to be nominated for Hollywood’s top honor—best picture at the Oscars. If the movie wins on Sunday (Feb. 24), it would make history in more ways than one.
The virtual-reality production Chained: A Victorian Nightmare isn’t like many other VR experiences.
Netflix may be locked out of operating in China, where government regulation favors homegrown rivals like iQiyi, Tencent Video, and Alibaba’s Youku. But that hasn’t stopped the US-based streaming-video giant from courting Chinese audiences outside of China.
If you watched the Netflix series Russian Doll, you should recognize Harry Nilsson’s 1971 song “Gotta Get Up” as the sonic signal that protagonist Nadia Vulvokov has restarted her death day. The song plays each time Nadia, portrayed by Natasha Lyonne, reawakens from death in the bathroom at her 36th birthday party—the series’ morbid twist on Groundhog Day. In some episodes, Nadia dies multiple times and thus the song loops.
Marvel’s first woman-led superhero movie, Captain Marvel, is being trolled on Rotten Tomatoes by users who haven’t even seen the film yet.
Remember the yellow pages? The inches-thick phone books of local businesses left on doorsteps before the days of Craigslist and Angie’s List? Don’t worry, it appears many advertisers have forgotten, too.
When Netflix posted earnings last October, it told investors (pdf) it launched a cadre of young stars to Instagram fame such as Millie Bobby Brown of the Netflix series Stranger Things and Katherine Langford from 13 Reasons Why. It said (pdf) during earnings in January that 80 million members had watched the straight-to-Netflix thriller Bird Box, and that the video-game craze Fortnite was a bigger competitor than long-time rival HBO.
Disney is spending more than $1 billion (paywall) to build two Star Wars-themed lands in its biggest theme parks. The long-awaited attractions will thrust people into the Star Wars universe, where they can ride on the Millennium Falcon or swig a drink at a hot spot similar to the Mos Eisley Cantina, when the areas open later this year. But the stellar, big-budget attractions are where Disney’s spending stops.
Alphabet’s profit margins are thinning as the tech giant fights to maintain its advertising dominance and prove it’s more than a one-trick pony.
Robots and artificial intelligence are everywhere in this year’s crop of Super Bowl commercials.
Sarah Jessica Parker is back in her Manolos as Carrie Bradshaw; Jeff Bridges is cool as ever as the Dude; Sarah Michelle Gellar returns to her scream queen roots; and the Backstreet Boys are remixing “I Want It That Way” in three of this year’s Super Bowl commercials.
Next time you press pause on Hulu to use the bathroom, you might be shown an advertisement for Charmin toilet paper.
Apple still isn’t ready to talk about its plans to take on Amazon, Netflix, and others in streaming video. But it’s starting to get slightly less coy about it.
America’s most-watched sporting event, the Super Bowl, descends upon the US city of Atlanta, Georgia this weekend. More than 100 million people in the US (paywall) are expected to watch Super Bowl 53 live on TV. Advertisers are spending north of $5 million for 30 seconds (paywall) of advertising time in front of this colossal audience. And bookies are taking bets on everything from what team will win to what song Maroon 5 with open with during the halftime show.
Last year, the Super Bowl brought in its smallest US TV audience since 2009. But more people than ever streamed the game live, with an average of 2 million online viewers.
Netflix pushed the popularity of The Office to new heights after it started streaming reruns of the US TV sitcom, as far back as 2011 in the US. Soon, the streaming giant will have to pay up to hold onto the beloved show.
As Netflix raises rates in the US, its smaller rival, Hulu, is slashing the price of its most popular plan.
Netflix’s newest US price hike could be bad news for its competitors.
We’re near the end of the 2018 NFL playoffs. Four teams are left vying for the championship title. The conference championships games this weekend will decide which two go on to Super Bowl 53 on Feb. 3.
We are mere weeks into the new year and Netflix has already released one of 2019’s shadiest letters to shareholders.
Expectations for Netflix’s latest earnings were high after the company raised prices for its streaming subscriptions in the US earlier this week, in a show of strength from the video giant. The company delivered … sort of.
Netflix has never needed to assert its dominance in streaming video more than it does right now.
Netflix is raising prices in the US more—and more frequently—than before.
