The atmosphere and focus were very different as streaming giant Netflix unveiled its first-quarter 2025 results after the stock market close on Thursday. There was,… Read More »No Netflix Subscriber Numbers? No Problem for Wall Street As Analysts Raise Stock Targets
With worries about the impact of a global tariffs war, recession fears and stock market volatility, where should media and entertainment investors put their money… Read More »Is Netflix the Safe Hollywood Stock Now?
It has taken a few years, but more legacy Hollywood studios’ streaming businesses have started turning annual profits, with the rest touting progress toward that goal. … Read More »Streaming Profit Report: Netflix Leads, Disney Rises, Warner Grows. Is Consolidation Next?
Global streaming giants didn’t mince their words on Thursday when they reacted to a call from a U.K. parliamentary committee for a levy of 5… Read More »U.K. Streaming Tax? Netflix Responds: “Incentivize Rather Than Penalize Investment and Success”
“Urgent action” is needed “to protect distinctly British content,” the Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the House of Commons of the U.K. parliament has concluded… Read More »Streamer Levy to Help Fund British Drama Among “Urgent” U.K. Parliamentary Committee Proposals
The Beijing International Film Festival has unveiled the 15 titles that will screen in the Forward Future section of its 15th edition later this month. The… Read More »‘The Botanist,’ ‘Lonely Musketeer,’ ‘The Poet’ and ‘Peacock’ Set for Beijing’s New Filmmakers Section
Comcast has hired former DirecTV and Apple executive Jon Gieselman to take on the newly created role of chief growth officer for the residential domestic… Read More »Comcast Names Former Apple, DirecTV Exec Chief Growth Officer for U.S. Residential Businesses
Anne-Marie Duff (Bad Sisters) is really happy that her latest project, the revenge thriller series Reunion, set in the deaf community and debuting in the U.K. on… Read More »Anne-Marie Duff Loves That ‘Reunion’ Is on BBC, Not a Streamer: TV Is “Quite an Expensive Hobby”
Will streaming platforms take a hit from a Squid Game-style tariffs war kicked off by Donald Trump? Or will Netflix & Co. be mostly spared… Read More »Can Netflix Chill Despite the Trump Tariffs?
Bestseller author Harlan Coben (The Stranger, Missing You, Stay Close) is launching his new novel, Nobody’s Fool, on Tuesday. What may surprise some fans is… Read More »Harlan Coben’s New Novel ‘Nobody’s Fool’ Is “More of a Sequel” to Netflix Hit Series ‘Fool Me Once’
Netflix chairman and co-founder Reed Hastings has donated $50 million to launch the Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity at Bowdoin College in Maine at… Read More »Netflix’s Reed Hastings Donates $50M to Launch AI and Humanity Initiative at Bowdoin College
Paramount+, the streaming service of Paramount Global, will launch two new subscription tiers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, namely its basic (with ads) and premium plans.… Read More »Paramount+ to Roll Out Premium and Ad Tiers in Germany, Switzerland, Austria (Exclusive)
“There’s an epidemic of knife crime amongst young, young lads … up and down the country.” That’s how British star Stephen Graham (Bodies, Boiling Point)… Read More »Stephen Graham on One-Shot Netflix Drama Series ‘Adolescence’ and the U.K. Knife Crime “Epidemic”
