Americans are increasingly cutting back on their streaming subscriptions. Streaming service cancellations increased to 6.3% in November, compared to 5.1% the year before, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Jan. 2). And roughly a quarter of U.S. subscribers to major services like Netflix, Hulu...
Amazon has apparently set a date for adding ads to its Prime Video content. The company will begin introducing commercials to movies and TV shows for viewers in the U.S. beginning Jan. 29, Deadline reported, citing a letter to subscribers. The change will come to customers in the...
Spotify said it doesn’t want music fans to have to wait for new artist merchandise. The streaming audio platform announced Monday (Oct. 16) that it was adding a dedicated “Merch Hub” to its app to make it easier for listeners to browse and shop for productions from...
There Are Ghosts, of Course A bit more than 25 years ago, on March 10, 1998, Netflix shipped its first DVD, “Beetlejuice,” about two ghosts played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. Last Friday, more than 5.2 billion DVDs later, it shipped the last one. Netflix...
November 04, 2022
Subscription-based services soared as consumers sought access to goods, services and entertainment during the pandemic. Lately, however, subscriptions have seen a downturn due to inflation, with the percentage of United States consumers with subscriptions dropping from 47% in 2020 to 41% in 2021. A recent study found that nearly two-thirds of United Kingdom consumers plan […]
May 20, 2022
Consumers have started to rethink their finances, and subscriptions may be the first to go as they decide which to keep and which to quit. Many have grown accustomed to...
March 30, 2022
Latin America is a continent as case study when it comes to digital modernization from payments to streaming, blazing trails that emerging and developed markets can learn from. In a...
February 25, 2022
Homebound consumers worldwide tapped virtual channels to conduct their grocery and retail shopping or to stream movies, TV and music throughout the pandemic, leading to a boom in virtual streaming...
January 21, 2024
Two weeks before its debut, Apple’s Vision Pro is reportedly facing an uncertain future. As Bloomberg News reported Sunday (Jan. 21), among the challenges facing the mixed reality device is the fact that three big name streaming services — Netflix, YouTube and Spotify — have indicated they won’t launch visionOS software or allow their iPad apps […]
January 02, 2024
Americans are increasingly cutting back on their streaming subscriptions. Streaming service cancellations increased to 6.3% in November, compared to 5.1% the year before, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday...
December 27, 2023
Amazon has apparently set a date for adding ads to its Prime Video content. The company will begin introducing commercials to movies and TV shows for viewers in the U.S. beginning Jan. 29,...
October 16, 2023
Spotify said it doesn’t want music fans to have to wait for new artist merchandise. The streaming audio platform announced Monday (Oct. 16) that it was adding a dedicated “Merch Hub” to...
