Category: Netflix
Revealed: Brits spend almost £300 a year on online subscription services
New research by comparethemarket.com reveals online subscription services we can’t live without Netflix comes top, followed by Amazon Prime and Disney+ Brits spend nearly £300 a year on subscription services with Londoners spending the most, followed by those in Manchester and Birmingham With the average Brit spending three hours and 37 minutes online every day,…
Disney+ highest grossing streaming service in 2021 to date
Data presented by Finbold reveals that in the first three-quarters of 2021, Disney+ was the highest-grossing streaming video entertainment app at $316 million. Netflix was grossing at $89 million, at least 3.5 times less than Disney Plus, to rank sixth overall. Tencent video ranks second at $240 million, followed by iQIYI at $186 million. HBO…
Tech Digest daily round up: TikTok faces legal challenge over children’s data
TikTok is facing a legal challenge from former children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield over how it collects and uses children's data. The claim is being filed on behalf of millions of children in the UK and EU who have used the hugely popular video-sharing app. If successful, the children affected could each be owed…
Do’s and Don’ts of Sharing Your Netflix
Let's start with a question often asked, which often appears on Google and websites and other community websites. Is sharing Netflix legal? Yeah, it is. After all, if Netflix accounts were restricted to one person, you could not create multiple profiles. Right? Your account is only for "family and non-commercial use" according to the Netflix…
Netflix market cap jumps $85B in year, revenue up 23%
Netflix has seen its revenue and subscriber numbers surge in the last year, as lockdowns have left millions in need of daily entertainment from the comfort of their own homes. After the company's Q4 2020 earnings revealed the streaming giant hit over 200 million subscribers for the first time, Netflix’s stocks also surged, leading to…
Netflix to crackdown on password sharing
Netflix has begun testing a feature that asks viewers whether they share a household with a subscriber, in a move that could lead to a crackdown on the widespread practice of sharing passwords among friends and family. Some users have reported seeing a screen saying, "If you don't live with the owner of this account,…
Is Netflix ceding market share to Disney in the US?
With the growing popularity of over-the-top (OTT) streaming services in the US, competition in the space is heating up. Netflix continues to maintain the top position in the space, but it seems it may be gradually ceding market share to Disney. According to the research data analyzed and published by ComprarAcciones.com, Netflix’s US OTT subscription revenue…
Netflix adds BBFC ratings to all content
Netflix is to become the first streaming service in the UK to carry a BBFC age rating on all TV seasons and feature films, helping families to choose appropriate content. The innovative partnership between a streaming service and the regulator has now reached the joint goal of 100% coverage of BBFC age ratings on the…
£530 million spend on energy to watch Netflix
A new study from Uswitch.com has revealed we spent £530 million across the world on energy to watch Netflix during lockdown. According to the research - which calculated spend based on global energy costs per KWh, the energy use of modern TVs and Netflix subscriber figures - global audiences spent a total of £530,125,880 over 3 months of lockdown. The research took global costs…
The Best Niche Streaming Services
Video streaming services have made life so much more convenient. Instead of only watching what the network schedulers decide to show, when they decide to show it, or having to fork out cash every time you want to rent a movie, we have more content than we could ever watch at our fingertips. Services like…