Netflix Q4 Financial Report Shows Weaker Subscriber Additions
Netflix reported its subscriber base grew to 222 million in 2021, missing projections, as it sees interest from newcomers waning compared to the previous Covid-19-induced surge. The world’s largest streaming video service said it added 18.2 million subscribers in total last year, which is about…
GlobalData: Top-Ranked Netflix Feeling The Impact Of Competition
Netflix was the top-ranked streaming video service in 2021, with 21% share of the U.S. subscription video on demand (SVoD) market, but market research firm GlobalData said the OTT giant is starting to see its growth slow down. The data indicates that Netflix may be…
Holiday Classics Top JustWatch User Streaming Lists, Nov. 21-28.
The arrival of Black Friday week sparked a spate of classic holiday movie watching, with The Grinch, Planes, Trains & Automobiles and Elf leading the top 10 most streamed of searched for movies Nov. Nov. 21-28, 2021 in the United States, according to data gathered…
Roku To Add 23 New Roku Originals Movies, Programs Aug. 13th
Roku announced Monday that it is launching 23 new Roku Originals on The Roku Channel on August 13th. The content will join the library of 30 Roku Originals already available through the ad-supported free streaming channel. Roku content has earned eight Emmy Award nominations including…
JustWatch: Disney+ Continues To Disrupt OTT Streaming Activity
Since its appearance on the Web in Nov. 2019, the Disney+ premium streaming app has proven to be a disruptive force in the emerging over-the-top (OTT) premium video services market, data gathered by JustWatch has found. According to the international online OTT title search and…
Report: Disney+ Series `Loki’ Tops Streamed TV Program Premieres
The Disney+ premium streaming service has hit on another winner with the original TV series premiere of Loki, which was registered the most watched first episode of the season by an OTT TV series this year, according to data gathered by streaming service aggregator Reelgood….
Roku Reports Strong Q1 2021
Issues with Google’s YouTube TV aside, Roku continued to post positive results in its 2021 first quarter financial report with a 79% growth in net revenue year-on-year to $574.2 million. In the period, the streaming devices and services company reported an operating income of $75.8…
Netflix Adds Support For xHE-AAC Audio Codec In Its Android Apps
Netflix has added support for the advanced xHE-AAC audio codec for content streamed via its Android apps to allow consistent loudness and fidelity of dialog and music between TVs and mobile devices. The information affirming that the Fraunhofer-licensed codec is now a part of the…
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