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How Netflix is Tapping Into Emerging Markets (Tech HQ)

Netflix's venture in emerging markets shows us the importance of local knowledge and global partnerships.... More

HBO Max Lands Exclusive Streaming Rights to ‘South Park’ (CNBC)

All 23 seasons of “South Park” will be heading to HBO Max in June 2020. The AT&T-owned streaming service announced Tuesday that it had secured the exclusive U.S. rights to the ... More

U.S. Online Sales to Reach $143B This Holiday Season (ZDNet)

According to Adobe Digital Insights, Cyber Monday is projected to become the biggest online shopping day of the season.... More

Shudder Puts the Screaming in Streaming Video (NPR)

How mainstream is horror today? Frighteningly mainstream. Let's just look at some of the biggest smash hits recently on television and streaming video: Shows like American Horror S... More

The Future of Kids’ Entertainment Will Determine the Future of Entertainment (Fast Company)

Content that appeals to children 12 and under is generally cheaper to produce and a more reliable source of engagement than any other programming. Good options for kids are conside... More

Research: Consumers Spend 4.5 Hours Per Day on Digital Entertainment (MIDiA)

The average consumer now spends an estimated 30.73 hours per week on digital entertainment. This works out to approximately 4.5 hours per day. Allocating eight hours of work and se... More

HBO Max Will Reach 50M U.S. Subscribers In First 5 Years, AT&T Projects (Deadline)

HBO Max will reach 50 million U.S. subscribers in its first five years after launching next spring, according to a forecast issued Monday by AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson on the comp... More

NBCUniversal’s Steve Burke on Streaming Wars: ‘This Is a Moment in Time’ (Variety)

NBCUniversal chief Steve Burke predicts that things are going to get even more intense among the media and tech giants launching streaming platforms before the marketplace inevitab... More

Netflix Testing Variable Playback Speeds (Variety)

Netflix has been testing variable playback speeds in its Android app, Android Police was first to report. The new feature allows users to play movies and TV shows at a variety of s... More

Redbox Forms Division to Fund, Acquire Original Content, Led by Ex-Lionsgate Exec Danon (Variety)

Redbox, the DVD-kiosk and digital on-demand network, is opening its checkbook to acquire and produce original TV shows and movies.... More

Apple TV+ Gets Bullish Morgan Stanley Forecast (THR)

The Wall Street firm forecasts the new streaming service will be a $9 billion a-year business by 2025, even if many Apple device owners don’t pay anything for the Netflix competi... More

Disney+ Boss Ricky Strauss on Streamer’s Nonfiction Content, Opting Out of Binge Model (THR)

At a Disney+ showcase event for its upcoming unscripted projects, the streamer's execs spoke about their content and strategy ahead of the Nov. 12 launch. ... More

Analyst: HBO Max Could be Priced as Low as $8/Month With Ads (FierceVideo)

HBO Max, AT&T’s 13th streaming video service, doesn’t launch until 2020, and pricing has not yet been announced. But one analyst believes the service could cost significantly l... More

Ampere: More Than Half of the World’s New TV Dramas Hail From China (Variety)

More than half of the world’s new TV dramas now hail from China, market research firm Ampere Analysis said in a new report on global content production over the past six months. ... More

Inside Apple’s Long, Bumpy Road to Hollywood (THR)

After a few false starts and a little offscreen drama, AppleTV+ finally makes its big debut with a slate of shows, Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, and a billion potential c... More

For Verizon, It’s Already a 5G TV World (Media Village)

As Verizon deploys 5G, or fifth-generation cellular network technology, in city after city this year, Joshua Ness, senior manager of Verizon’s 5G Lab in the New York metro area, ... More

Adobe Plans to Launch Illustrator App for iPad After Photoshop (Bloomberg)

Adobe has picked Illustrator as the next major application it will put on Apple Inc.’s iPad, the latest effort to create a version of the software maker’s top desktop products ... More

Inside Apple’s High-Flying Bid to Become a Streaming Giant (Wired)

With Ron Moore’s space-race drama For All Mankind, Apple is betting on marquee names and lush production to get its TV+ service off the ground. Can it achieve orbit?... More

Akamai Reaches New Milestone for Web Traffic Delivered (MESA)

Akamai announced that traffic on its global content delivery network reached a new peak last week of 106 Tbps (terabits per second). It was the first time in the company’s 20-yea... More

Verizon Adds Home 5G Internet Service in One More City (CNBC)

Verizon is extending its wireless home Internet service to Chicago starting next week, the first addition to its in-home 5G push since last year. Starting on Oct. 24, residents in ... More

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