Category: Netflix News
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Here Are All The DC Movies Coming to Netflix Next Month
Netflix earlier this month teased a list of the DC Extended Universe films coming to the streaming platform starting in December. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Netflix confirmed Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman, Suicide Squad, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Birds of Prey, Wonder Woman: 1984, and The Suicide Squad will debut on…
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Netflix is Reportedly Charging Advertisers $2 Million to Sponsor its First Live Sports Event
If you want to get your name plastered all over Netflix’s first “live sports” event, it’ll cost you. It will cost advertisers $2 million to have their company’s name show up during the inaugural Netflix Cup, a golf tournament made up athletes featured in other Netflix shows, according to Bloomberg. The report also noted that…
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Netflix Will Let Ad-Tier Users Download Shows and Movies on the Go
Netflix on Wednesday said that it would give subscribers on its ad tier the ability to download shows and movies on the go. In an announcement announcing that the ad-tier had hit 15 million monthly active users, the company listed out some of the features of the cheaper $6.99-a-month plan, which includes 1080p video quality…
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Netflix Will Reward Binge Watchers on the Ad-Tier With Fewer Commercials
Netflix on Wednesday said that it plans to roll out a new “binge ad” format that rewards subscribers on the ad-tier with fewer ads if they watch more episodes. The streaming giant plans to introduce this feature in the first quarter of 2024. Subscribers who watch three consecutive ad-filled episodes will get a fourth episode…
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Netflix Says it Has 15 Million Users On its Ad-Tier
Netflix on Wednesday said that its ad-based tier has reached 15 million monthly active users around the world. The company, which launched the service a year ago, has aggressively pushed the ad tier as an option to consumers. When the company last month announced an increase to the price of its premium plan, it kept…
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‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ Trailer Shows a Scary Real Version of ‘Squid Game’
The first trailer for Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge is here and the reality show spinoff of the Korean smash hit looks remarkably faithful to the original — right down to the haunting “Red Light-Green Light” challenge. The reality show version follows the premise of the original Squid Game, bringing in 456 people to compete…
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Netflix Tested An AI Written Scrip Form ChatGPT & It Was Trash
In June, Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker used ChatGPT to write an episode and deemed the results “shit.” “I said to ChatGPT, ‘Go give me an outline for a Black Mirror story,” said Brooker at the International Convention Centre SXSW event in Sydney, according to The Guardian. “The first couple of sentences, you feel a…
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Netflix Isn’t Done With its Password-Sharing Crackdown
Netflix expects to continue to flip password sharers into new customers over the next several quarters, with hundreds of millions of house holds still untouched by the sharing crackdown. “We’re staging this out,” Co-CEO Greg Peters said on an investor video interview following the release of its third-quarter results. He noted that there remains customers…
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Netflix Added 8.8 Million Subscribers in Third Quarter As it Announces Premium Plan Price Hike
Netflix added 8.8 million subscribers in the third quarter, more than three times its tally from a year ago, as its password crackdown and ongoing global expansion continued to drive growth. The earnings results came as the streaming giant said it would raise the price of its premium plan, while also bringing back its basic…
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Stranger Things Producer Offers Update On When Filming Will Resume
Stranger Things cast and crew are chomping at the bit to begin production on the fifth and final season of the hit Netflix series. Shawn Levy, producer of the show, says filming will resume as soon as the SAG-AFTRA strike is over. The writing team returned to work in early August after the WGA strike…