Netflix has begun offering a free mobile plan with about a quarter of its TV shows and movies in Kenya, a strategy aimed at sparking growth in a key African market.
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Apple burnished its streaming TV credentials on Sunday as Ted Lasso scored the Emmy award for best comedy, and Netflix landed its biggest television award to date with a best drama win for The Crown.
Billionaire Richard Li’s streaming business is on a roll, mulling a potential initial public offering after its platform Viu beat Netflix in subscribers in one of Asia’s most competitive markets.
Walt Disney Co’s popular and fast-growing streaming service, Disney+, is coming to South Africa. The platform will be available sometime in the middle of 2022.
MultiChoice Group-owned Internet streaming provider Showmax is upping the ante in the streaming wars, offering access to all matches of the English Premier League, La Liga and Serie A.
If it’s serious about videogames, Netflix should give serious consideration to buying CD Projekt, the beleaguered game maker behind Cyberpunk 2077. By Kim Tae.
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.
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.
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.
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?