Some analysts have called Netflix’s move into gaming it a sensible move to keep users’ eyes on screens. But they worry it would take significant time and investment to pay off.
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Netflix will make a deeper dive into videogames as the movie and TV streaming service projects weak subscriber growth amid growing competition and the lifting of pandemic restrictions.
The SABC will be able to broadcast the CAF Champions League final on Saturday after politicians intervened and asked MultiChoice Group to sub-license the rights to the public broadcaster.
The SABC has slammed an exclusive deal between the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and MultiChoice Group that means this weekend’s CAF Champions League final will only be available to pay-television subscribers.
Netflix said on Wednesday that it has hired a former Facebook executive to lead its videogames unit as the company ramps up its efforts to grow beyond its traditional streaming business.
France’s antitrust watchdog slapped a €500-million fine on Google on Tuesday for failing to comply with the regulator’s orders on how to conduct talks with the country’s news publishers in a row over copyright.
As earnings season begins, one of the biggest emerging storylines is that Netflix’s most formidable rivals, led by Walt Disney, already may be starting to falter. If Disney can’t get to where Netflix is, can anyone?
China’s antitrust regulator is set to order Tencent to give up exclusive rights to music labels that it’s used to compete with smaller rivals, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
Nigeria’s revenue service said on Thursday it had instructed banks to freeze the accounts of media entertainment firm MultiChoice Africa and its Nigerian subsidiary.
Netflix is doubling down on its efforts to grow its market share in sub-Saharan Africa – including South Africa – by launching a new, lower-cost, mobile-only plan.