Netflix is ringing in the new year with two big pieces of news. First, in the fourth quarter of 2024, subscriber count crossed the 300 million mark and revenue growth wildly exceeded expectations. Second, despite […]
Daily Archives: January 21, 2025
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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos called live sports on the streamer “a really fantastic thing” but said dipping into the NFL, WWE and more “doesn’t really change the underlying economics of full season, big league sports […]
Netflix is getting more expensive — again. The streaming service raised prices for all of its plans as of Jan. 21, with the hike going into effect for current subscribers starting with their next billing […]
New year, new price hikes. Netflix revealed it’s jacking up subscription prices in the U.S., Canada, Portugal, and Argentina — including the first increase of its ad-supported plan. Starting today, the cheapest Netflix plan will […]
Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film is getting a two-week, global run in Imax theaters next year. However, don’t get too happy that this is a change to Netflix’s stance on theatrical runs for its original movies. […]
Netflix doesn’t expect significant production delays due to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires this month and, if anything, is looking to charge full steam ahead to get crews back to work after years of economic […]
Netflix is raising the monthly prices of its subscription plans again. Subscribers in the US, Canada, Argentina and Portugal will pay more to stream with or without ads, the media giant shared during its fourth-quarter […]
Tubi has slotted Thursday, February 6 for the premiere of The Z-Suite, its first in-house, live-action comedy series, starring Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls), Nico Santos (Superstore) and Madison Shamoun (The Lake). The eight-episode series will […]
Netflix is raising its prices once more. The streaming giant is upping the cost of its standard ad-supported tier to $7.99 a month in the U.S., up from $6.99 and the cost of the premium […]
Leveraging momentum from its recent surge in subscribers, Netflix is raising prices on subscription plans in the U.S. and other territories. The company’s low-cost tier with advertising is going to $7.99 a month in the […]
Shares of Netflix soared more than 10% Tuesday after the company posted fourth-quarter results that beat on the top and bottom lines. The company surpassed 300 million paid memberships during the quarter, adding a record 19 million […]
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Netflix is raising prices yet again. In its latest earnings report released Tuesday, the streaming service announced that “we are adjusting prices today across most plans” in the […]
Netflix added nearly 19 million subscribers in the fourth quarter, reaching 301.6 million globally, thanks to a wave of high-impact programming in the final weeks of 2024. The tally, a company record for the biggest […]
The NFL and a record-shattering boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul helped Netflix add 19 million subscribers in its fourth quarter — a new record for the company, surpassing even COVID-era highs — […]
Lauren Graham has a new show coming out. The Gilmore Girls star will be leading a new series on Tubi called The Z-Suite, releasing on Feb. 6. According to Bustle, the workplace comedy centers on […]
Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz were this week’s big winners on Netflix, as their new film Back in Action was the most-watched title from January 13 to 19 with a whopping 46.8M views. The spy […]
January is winding to a close, and so are the number of new additions to Netflix’s content catalogue this month. After giving subscribers dozens of new streaming options this month – American Primeval, Back in […]
EXCLUSIVE: With American Primeval, Eric Newman now has six Netflix hits under his belt. The western miniseries was the most-watched TV series on the streamer last week with 14.3M views from January 13 to 19, […]
Netflix has renewed the David E. Kelley legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer for another round in the courtroom. Production will begin on a fourth season next month in Los Angeles, the video streaming giant said […]
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has greenlighted a fourth season of its popular legal drama series The Lincoln Lawyer. The formal renewal comes three months after the release of Season 3 but fans shouldn’t worry about a delay […]
Table of Contents If you’re looking for a way to make the most of your Amazon Prime Video subscriptions, one of the first things you should do is see which movies are leaving. Movies leaving […]
Where the police and investigators fail to bring criminals to justice, the eccentric team of investigative journalists on the troubled “Trigger” TV show step-in. That’s the premise behind “Unmasked” and we are invited in for […]
Netflix has revealed the start date for its B-ball comedy starring Kate Hudson and Max Greenfield. The series about a Jeanie Buss-like woman (Hudson) who takes over as president of a Los Angeles basketball team […]
Netflix‘s next Harlan Coben adaptation has set its cast with James Nesbitt, Ruth Jones, Minnie Driver and Alfred Enoch leading the ensemble. The eight-episode series Run Away follows Simon (Nesbitt), who seemingly had the perfect […]
Minnie Driver, Gavin and Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones and James Nesbitt are leading cast on Run Away, Harlan Coben‘s next Netflix series. The trio join another 13 in the latest from Coben, as his current […]
“Nosferatu”, Robert Eggers’s adaptation of the classic horror film, has been captivating audiences since its Christmas Day release. From Bill Skarsgård’s transformation into the iconic Count Orlok to the dread that permeates every scene, it’s […]
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is zooming onto digital platforms this week, just one month after the movie opened in theaters. Directed by Jeff Fowler—who also directed 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog and its 2022 sequel, Sonic the Hedgehog 2—this […]
The Mediapro Studio has added an Apple TV+ exec to its burgeoning ranks in the North America. Francesca Ricagni has been named Head of U.S. Hispanic Content at the Hard Truths and Official Competition company, […]
The best streaming services, including Hulu, come with deep content libraries. While that’s great, because we get endless hours of TV shows and movies, it can be a bit of a struggle to figure out […]
Image: Alex Parkin / The Verge Venu Sports seemed like such an obvious idea. Instead of spreading all your sports viewing across a million different platforms with a million different interfaces and subscriptions, what if […]
One of last summer’s most critically acclaimed — and also unsettling — thriller’s has finally found its way to home streaming, with Blink Twice now available to watch on demand via Prime Video. The movie […]
There’s not much I remember about high-school calculus, more than two decades since my last class. But one thing I do recall being taught over and over was the importance of showing the math. How […]
The holiday season brought big gifts to several streaming platforms, with YouTube, Netflix and Prime Video all hitting or tying their best mark ever in Nielsen‘s monthly snapshot of TV use. The ratings service’s December […]
Streaming as a viewing category leveled up again in December, according to Nielsen‘s monthly Gauge report, rising 9% over the previous month after a comparable gain in November. Collectively, streaming outlets accounted for 43.3% of […]
During the excitement of New Year’s Eve, it was easy to miss the Netflix debut of a new biographical documentary focused on the life (and tragic death) of Swedish DJ, Tim Bergling, known most commonly […]
I’ve watched so many thrillers over the years that many of them blur together. But a select few manage to stand out, leaving a lasting impression and embedding themselves deep in my mind. “Sleep” is […]
“Blink Twice” is one of those movies I approached with almost no prior knowledge. I skipped the trailer, didn’t read the synopsis, and went in completely blind. That lack of information made the experience of […]
It’s set to be one of the biggest weeks for new movies in several months. The next seven days are practically bursting with new flicks across the best streaming services with all the major players […]