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Disney+ looks more like Netflix every day, and that's a good thing
Disney today added another missing feature to its Disney+ streaming platform -- and with it, the platform is starting too look an awful lot like its fellow services, namely Netflix. I have praised the features of Disney+ before -- such as its transparency on when its missing movies ...
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Netflix reopens the historic Paris Theatre to screen its original movies
Netflix today announced it was reopening Manhattan's Paris Theatre indefinitely, and is making it into "a home for special Netflix events, screenings, and theatrical releases." The theater currently hosts a limited run of Netflix Original Marriage Story. So yeah, the company that's ...
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Netflix partners with Nickelodeon as Disney+ ensnares millions
An ancient military strategy suggests "the enemy of one's enemy is one's friend." In the modern war to engage eyeballs, it seems at least a couple of the primary opponents of Disney are teaming up to create competing kid-friendly material. Specifically, Nickelodeon has struck a multi-year ...
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Caffeine signs rapper Offset as it enters competition with Mixer & Twitch
I thought I had quite enough streaming/video sites to keep up with, but now a new contender called Caffeine has entered the fray -- and it's signed Offset in an attempt to garner more views. Caffeine, for those of you who haven't heard of it, is a streaming site that's designed ...
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Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker's latest trailer foreshadows a dark fall
Disney today released footage from the upcoming Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker, from this weekend's D23 convention, and the internet is afire for it. Granted, the Star Wars franchise rouses several generations of fanpeople like no franchise on earth -- and given the ...
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Reddit tests live broadcasting with a Public Access Network
Reddit today revealed it's testing its own livestreaming service, called RPAN or Reddit Public Access Network. It'll be running all week, presumably to see what kind of shows redditors put on before the site rolls it out to everyone. The R/PAN subreddit includes a series of short ...
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LGBTQ+ creators file lawsuit against YouTube for discrimination
A group of LGBTQ+ YouTubers this week filed a federal lawsuit against Google, claiming the site has engaged in discriminatory practices that deliberately suppress their ability to make money. Part of the problem is that YouTube has kept its algorithms so mysterious, there's no way ...
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Discord launches its own mini-livestreaming service
Discord today announced it's premiering its own internal livestreaming feature, appropriately titled Go Live. It's essentially a very small video stream where a few friends can comment on your gameplay -- but it sounds like a fun alternative to other livestreaming services. Go ...
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How to find something to watch on Netflix, without endless scrolling
Sure, Netflix is super popular. But it's not always easy to find something worth watching. Here are some top tips to help ...
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YouTube's plan to reward 'quality' content has some problems
After a turbulent year, YouTube is allegedly doing some damage control with its advertisers. According to a report from Bloomberg, ...
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Teens are eating their own fingers to Evanescence covers on TikTok
Have you ever heard of Evanescence, the Arkansas-originating metal band — when we say metal we mean more like the shiny ...
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Film stalwarts save one of the few cinephile-friendly streaming services
One of the few streaming services dedicated to classic movies was recently earmarked for destruction. After one prolonged ...
