Tag: Netflix
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Netflix Will Debut All Six Seasons of Sex and the City
Netflix has secured another hit HBO series. All six seasons of Sex and the City will debut on the streamer in early April. The platform signed a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to license all six seasons of the HBO dramedy, which totals 94 episodes, according to The New York Times and other reports. The…
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Verizon Wireless Bundles Netflix Premium and STARZ Together In Discounted Package
Verizon Wireless on Wednesday unveiled a new bundle that packages Netflix’s premium plan with STARZ for a discounted price. The bundle costs $25.99 a month. Normally, Netflix premium itself costs $22.99 and STARZ costs $9.99, giving you savings of $7. It’s the latest offer from Verizon, which is increasingly rolling out discounted bundles and other…
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Netflix Quietly Raises Its Prices in Singapore. Will U.S. See an Increase Next?
Netflix users in Singapore have started paying more for the streaming service, raising the specter of price increases getting rolled out elsewhere. According to an email from a Cord Cutters News reader, users in the country will now pay 13.98 Singapore dollars (SGD) a month for Netflix’s basic tier — a 1 SGD increase from…
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Netflix is Slowly Killing its Cheap Ad-Free Basic Plan
Netflix really wants people on its ad-based plan. The streaming giant has long since gotten rid of its basic ad-free plan, although those who were grandfathered in were able to keep it, even if went up to $11.99 a month in the fall. But the company is looking to get rid of it completely, and…
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Netflix Quietly Teased Another Price Hike
Is another Netflix price hike on its way? After the streaming giant raised the price of its premium plan in the fall, it seems unlikely. But the company kept the door open with some sly language deep in its fourth-quarter letter to shareholders. “As we invest in and improve Netflix, we’ll occasionally ask our members…
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Netflix Added 13.1 Million Subscribers Despite Price Increase
Netflix added 13.1 million paid subscribers in the fourth quarter as the company took a victory lap with its studio-leading tally of 18 Oscar nominations. The streaming giant reported the growth despite raising the price of its premium plan and reintroducing its basic tier at a higher price in the fall. The company’s strategy has…
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Netflix Leads Oscar Race as Streaming Services Take Center Stage
The Academy Award nominations are out and Netflix led all studios with a total of 18 nominations, thanks in part to Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro. Behind Netflix were Apple Original Films, Searchlight, and Universal, all tied with 13 nominations, according to a breakdown of the nods from Variety. Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s epic film…
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Netflix Will Be The New Home of WWE Monday Night Raw in 2025
Netflix and the World Wrestling Entertainment have struck a deal to bring WWE Raw exclusively to streaming in 2025. The show will air live on Netflix weekly. This marks the first time Raw — which launched the careers of celebrities like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and John Cena — has left linear TV since it…
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Netflix Throws Support Behind Net Neutrality as it Takes Subtle Shot at Comcast and Peacock’s Exclusive NFL Game
Netflix jumped back into the net neutrality debate. The streaming giant on Wednesday filed its public comment in support of the principles of an open internet, part of the feedback process held by the Federal Communications Commission. Netflix, a longtime supporter for net neutrality, echoed many of the same sentiments as before. But within the…
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Game of Thrones Showrunners on Making Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ Accessible to Everyone
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the showrunners that famously (or infamously) brought Game of Thrones to television are back with a new show based on another internationally renowned novel, The Three-Body Program. Netflix last week released the first trailer for the show (alternatively tiitled 3 Body Problem) which hints at the epic scope of the…