Netflix is turning to a conventional strategy to improve its originals: the focus group. Variety has learned Netflix has been screening movies and TV shows in advance to obtain feedback from subscribers invited to participate. Customers reportedly watch several titles over the course of
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Daily Crunch: Salesforce, AWS collaborate to offer bundled services for streaming content providers
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Salesforce teams with AWS on direct-to-consumer streaming media solution
Running a streaming media service requires a complex combination of technologies that can be difficult for even large companies to manage on their own. The Salesforce and AWS media industry groups have come together in an attempt to simplify that
Mdundo eyes more telco partnerships after music streaming revenue growth from Tanzania, Nigeria deals
Mdundo, an Africa-focused music streaming service, is banking on more partnerships with telcos across the continent to grow its earnings and user base. Last year, the company signed deals with MTN and Airtel in Nigeria, and Vodacom in Tanzania, which
5 streaming defenses to target for fantasy football week 16
Here are the fantasy football defenses that will definitely deliver in Week 16. A crazy week in fantasy football is behind us. COVID-19 is now firmly back in control of the NFL. That’s why the right defense can be crucial
Where to Watch Spider-Man No Way Home? Is It Streaming on Disney Plus?
After a long wait, MCU‘s Spider-Man: No Way Home is finally close to its release. Now, some fans also want to know if the upcoming movie will be streaming online. Well, here’s everything you need to know about it. Spider-Man:
Roku Streaming Stick 4K
Roku’s 4K streaming stick is billed as a small but mighty option. Find out just how much power it has in this Roku Streaming Stick 4K review. Roku Streaming Stick 4K review: The small streaming stick that could replace the
HBO Max: New movies, shows, streaming ‘free’ and everything else to know
Angela Lang/CNET HBO Max is the premium network’s subscription-only streaming service that includes all the movies and shows on regular HBO, plus an extra streaming-only library of more shows, movies and originals. One of HBO Max’s biggest draws during the
HBO Max won’t be streaming Venom 2, sorry (and Disney Plus won’t either)
Currently, HBO Max streams new movies from Warner Bros. the same day they’re released in theaters. Angela Lang/CNET HBO Max has become synonymous with streaming new theatrical movies, thanks to an unprecedented number of films released on the service at no
Liveblog: All the news from Apple’s “California Streaming” event
Enlarge / The splash image and header copy on the event invitation Apple emailed to the press. Apple Liveblog starts in: View Liveblog At 1 pm EDT on September 14, 2021, Apple will begin streaming its first product launch event
What to expect from Apple’s September 14 “California Streaming” event
On September 14 at 10 am PDT (1 pm EDT), Apple will host its first product-launch event in several months. Once again, it will be an online-only event. But as with other recent online events from Apple, we expect it
California streaming: Apple’s next big event is on September 14
Enlarge / The splash image and header copy on the event invitation Apple emailed to press. Apple Apple will stream a new product-unveiling event this coming Tuesday, September 14, at 10 am PDT, the company announced today. Invitations went out
As it turns out, “Netflix Gaming” isn’t a streaming service
Right now, the latest Stranger Things video game is available exclusively on Android handsets in Poland, and the below article walks you through how access currently works. Netflix You know how I know the van is conspicuous? The game told
Years after its competition, Hulu begins streaming in HDR
Enlarge / Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, now available in HDR on some devices. HDR has been a standard feature of new TVs for years now, and you’d be hard-pressed to find many 4K TVs that don’t support HDR. But even
Scarlett Johansson vs. Disney: How should talent be paid for streaming?
This is the Aug. 3, 2021, edition of The Wide Shot, a weekly newsletter about everything happening in the business of entertainment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. It’s the biggest show in Hollywood: “Suing With the