Author: Jess Barnes

  • Netflix Hits 158 Million Subscribers & Sees Revenue Growth

    Netflix Hits 158 Million Subscribers & Sees Revenue Growth

    In a Quarter 3 shareholders letter, Netflix reports that they grew to $5.2 billion in revenue, up 31% over the prior year. Operating income has doubled to $1 billion. Netflix reports that subscriber numbers have grown as well with average streaming paid memberships and ARPU up 22% and 9% year over year, respectively. As revenue…

  • Netflix Announces New Original Holiday Movies & Specials

    Netflix Announces New Original Holiday Movies & Specials

    Netflix is already getting into holiday mode. The streaming service has announced their lineup of holiday movies and specials. Starting November 1st, Netflix will have all the festive content you’ll need to get into the holiday spirit. Here’s the lineup. Holiday in the Wild  Premieres: November 1 Starring: Rob Lowe, Kristin Davis What It’s About: “To…

  • Comcast Xfinity Customers Could See a Starz Blackout

    Comcast Xfinity Customers Could See a Starz Blackout

    Starz is warning Comcast Xfinity customers that they might be losing access to the premium movie channel beginning on December 10. In a message to customers, Starz said “in spite of our best efforts to engage in meaningful discussions, Comcast has publicly stated their intention to drop our networks from all packages and bundles,” going…

  • Hulu is Adding Like and Dislike Buttons

    Hulu is Adding Like and Dislike Buttons

    Today, Hulu will being to roll out like and dislike buttons on Hulu.com, Amazon Fire TV devices, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, select LG, Samsung, and Android TVs, VIZIO SmartCast TVs, and Chromecast, with other devices coming soon. Here’s what Hulu says about the new feature: The like / dislike buttons give you the opportunity to…

  • Crackle Plans to Add More Free Original Content

    Crackle Plans to Add More Free Original Content

    Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, parent company of the free streaming service Crackle, is launching Landmark Studio Group. The entertainment company will be led by David Ozer. Prior to leading the new studio, Ozer was the founding president of mini-studio IDW Entertainment. Before that, he had leadership positions at Starz Media, RHI Entertainment, Sonar,…

  • Teens Prefer YouTube Over Netflix a New Survey Shows

    Teens Prefer YouTube Over Netflix a New Survey Shows

    A new survey shows that YouTube is a more popular video platform than Netflix for teens. The Piper Jaffray Fall 2019 Survey shows that 37% of teens choose YouTube for streaming video while the previous leader, Netflix, came in at 35% this time. In the Piper Jaffray Taking Stock With Teens survey, the researchers say…

  • Criterion Is Having a 24 Hour Flash Sale for Blu-Rays and DVDs

    Criterion Is Having a 24 Hour Flash Sale for Blu-Rays and DVDs

    Right now, Criterion is having a 24 hour flash sale for in-stock Blu-Rays and DVDs. The sale has a collection of films for 50% off. You can now get a physical copy of these films for half off: As Seen on the Criterion Channel Brute Force Orpheus Jules and Jim Modern Times La Jetee/Sans Soleil…

  • AMC is Launching a New On-Demand Streaming Service

    AMC is Launching a New On-Demand Streaming Service

    AMC is launching a streaming movie rental service called AMC Theaters On Demand. The largest movie theater chain in the world is getting into the world of streaming with the service that The New York Times described as “an iTunes-style online video store” where users can rent and buy titles. The platform will have around…

  • Here Are the Top 20 Titles Coming to Disney+ According to Twitter

    Here Are the Top 20 Titles Coming to Disney+ According to Twitter

    If you’re following Disney+ on Twitter, there’s no way you could have missed the full day of tweets from the upcoming streaming service yesterday. All-day, Disney+ added to a tweet thread with titles that will be available on the platform. From the media to Disney fans, there were many people on the social media site…

  • Here’s What Cord Cutters Should Expect From Google’s Big Event Tomorrow

    Here’s What Cord Cutters Should Expect From Google’s Big Event Tomorrow

    Tomorrow, October 15, Google will be holding a product event to announce new products hitting the market soon. Here’s what we can expect to see during that event. New Nest products will almost certainly be showcased at the event. The Nest hub Max was introduced this summer. Now, we’re expecting to see more products added…