Netflix says it's on track to double its advertising revenue this year and that it will roll out interactive ads in the second half of 2025
Q3 Set To Repeat Todd Spangler / Variety : H1 2025 Engagement Report: viewers watched 95B hours globally, with Adolescence and Back in Action as the most-watched TV show and movie James Hyerczyk / FX ...
Many Netflix viewers faced issues while watching the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight and the undercard bouts, including the stream glitching and losing sound
Netflix: [image] X: Peter Yared / @peteryared : I used to run tech for CBS which included streaming the Superbowl. Core issue for Netflix is that they operate their own CDN which is not built for live...
How gambling apps are ravaging Brazil in the wake of legalization; Nubank reassured investors in September 2024 that it had limited exposure to troubled bettors
The boom shocked policy makers who are now scrambling to control it — At the headquarters of the United Nations … X: @lucas_shaw , @lpolgreen , @_night_brain__ , @ezraklein , @otis_reid , @pkafka , ...
The RIAA sues AI music services Suno and Udio over alleged mass copyright infringement and claims they are trying to “hide the full scope of their infringement”
here's what it means Ben's Bites : Major labels are suing AI music startups Suno and Udio Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak : RIAA Sues Suno & Udio AI Music Generators For ‘Trampling’ on Copyright Markus Ka...
Sony Music sends letters to 700+ AI companies, developers, and music streaming platforms warning over the “unauthorized use” of Sony's content in training AI
first make sure it doesn't sound like any Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : The same Sony that shipped CDs that installed rootkits on customer computers to combat piracy? Maybe sit this one out. Julian Harri...
Nielsen data from 2021 to 2023: nine of the ten most-watched streaming programs are reruns, but a majority of the 100 most popular titles are original series
Netflix isn't the most-watched streaming service in the US. But it does have the most hit shows. — We are inching closer to Paramount having a new owner. X: @lucas_shaw , @lucas_shaw , @lucas_shaw ...
Sources in Hollywood and Silicon Valley discuss AI's impact: creatives view AI as an existential threat, studios see a cost saver, and both sides need a deal
Adam Conover started to worry a few months ago that a computer could take his job. A comedian in Los Angeles … Twitter: @lucas_shaw and @lucas_shaw See also Mediagazer Twitter: Lucas Shaw / @lucas_sh...
Nielsen: Netflix accounts for between 7% and 8% of TV viewing in the US every month and between 70% to 80% of the top 10 shows in the US every week
Good afternoon from Ojai, California, where I am celebrating my girlfriend's birthday. Lunch was interrupted by huge news … LinkedIn: Satoshi Ido . Tweets: @lucas_shaw , @benedictevans , @lucas_shaw ...
Interviews with more than 24 people involved in the AT&T/Time Warner merger, including Jeff Bewkes and Randall Stephenson, detail how it went disastrously awry
At Time Warner, executives saw AT&T as just a “big phone company from Texas.” At AT&T, they thought Hollywood would play by their rules. Tweets: @jamesstewartnyt , @nytimes , @dandrezner , @nickconfe...
A book excerpt details Netflix's shift from DVDs and tensions with HBO, which took a hard line on streaming rights, leading Netflix to make its own content
Jeffrey Bewkes scanned his mind, searching for the perfect war metaphor. — It was December 2010. Tweets: @lucas_shaw , @jonnyrmcfarlane , @alisterbull1 , @gloriacheunghy , @chris_skinner , and @mymy...