Netflix scraps cheapest ad-free plan to boost ad-tier
The streaming video pioneer had launched a US$7-per-month option with commercials last November in 12 markets, including the US, as an alternative to ad-free plans.
Worried about obscenity, India asks streamers for content checks
Netflix and Amazon have become hugely popular in India, which is set to grow into a US$7 billion market for the sector by 2027, reports say.
Hollywood actors' strike: How will it hit TV shows and movies?
A walkout by actors would stop all production of film and scripted television shows in the US, except for independent productions that are not covered by labor contracts with unions.
India makes tobacco warnings mandatory for streaming sites
While film and television certification bodies already moderate public content in India, its laws have few provisions to censor content on popular online platforms.
Netflix expands password-sharing crackdown worldwide
'A Netflix account is for use by one household,' the company says.
Disney cuts streaming losses, resurgent parks boost results
The company's theme parks kept humming with visitors, with growth at its Shanghai Disney Resort, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland Resort helping lift operating income to US$2.2 billion.
Netflix says subscriber numbers hit record high
The streaming television giant reported a quarterly profit of US$1.3 billion, in line with expectations.
Streaming to survive: Thailand's out-of-work elephants in crisis
Like thousands of other elephant owners around the country, the Sapmak family had to return to their home village as the pandemic decimated elephant camps and foreign tourism ground to a virtual halt.
Netflix tests charging a fee to share accounts
It says it will study the utility of the new model in three countries before making changes anywhere else.
Amazon cloud outage hits major websites, streaming apps
Amazon says the outage was related to network devices and linked to application programming interface, or API, which is a set of protocols for building and integrating application software.
Disney to debut rest of 2021 films exclusively in theatres
Moviegoing for the year remains well below pre-pandemic levels.
Disney streaming booms as theatres grapple with pandemic
Disney+ subscriptions in the recently ended quarter more than doubled from the same period a year earlier to 116 million.
