IT総合 Netflix signs up with UK TV ratings agency BARB to reveal streaming viewership numbers
After years of being tight-lipped on viewership numbers, Netflix teamed up with British TV ratings agency Broadcasters A...
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IT総合 IT総合 Roku dives into smart home market with security cameras, video doorbells, smart lights, and more
Roku’s newest venture goes beyond your TV screen: The hardware company just announced Roku Smart Home, a new lineup of d...
IT総合 Wow, Booritos are on Booreal now
Private social networking app BeReal isn’t known for brand advertising, but early BeReal adopter Chipotle is looki...
IT総合 Apple TV+’s ‘Ted Lasso’ partners with Bumble to give users a blind dating experience
In the Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso,” characters Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham) and Sam Obisanya (Toheeb Jimoh) downl...
IT総合 Hulu raises its subscription prices today
Today, October 10, Hulu raised its subscription prices. Announced in August, the Disney-owned streaming service, as well...
IT総合 Netflix reaches historic deal with AMC, Regal, Cinemark to show ‘Knives Out’ sequel in theaters
For the first time, a Netflix movie is getting a one-week theatrical sneak preview event across 600 AMC, Regal and Cinem...
IT総合 Meta Quest 2 gets exclusive VR series ‘Scream Park’ from entertainment studio BlackBox TV
Premiering on October 8, entertainment studio BlackBox TV is releasing a short-form series exclusive to Meta Quest TV an...
IT総合 Spotify cancels 11 original podcasts, lays off under 5% of staff
Spotify is pulling 11 original podcasts from the platform, which will impact studios Parcast and Gimlet and involve less...
IT総合 Peacock grows its paid subscriber base to 15 million after pulling back shows from Hulu
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell revealed in a CNBC interview that Peacock added more than 2 million paid subscribers in the ...
IT総合 Amazon adds free movie trailers, lifestyle content, sports highlights and more to Fire TV
Amazon announced yesterday that Fire TV users in the U.S. can now watch thousands of hours of free, ad-supported content...
IT総合 ‘Grocery sharing’ app Recelery lets users resell food items to help minimize waste
It is typical for consumers to purchase more food items than they need and then throw them away because they either forg...
IT総合 Highnote launches a collaboration platform for musicians and podcasters offering voice notes, polls and more
Highnote launched to the public today, allowing musicians, podcasters, and other creators to collaborate on audio files ...
IT総合 Disney+ and Star+ relaunch as native apps on PlayStation 5 for users to stream in 4K
Disney+ today relaunched as a native app on PlayStation 5 (PS5) consoles, which now supports PS5 capabilities like 4K HD...
IT総合 Spotify releases a new exclusive podcast hosted by Kim Kardashian
Today, Spotify released the first two episodes of the new original podcast “Kim Kardashian’s The System: The Case of Kev...
IT総合 Fandom acquires Metacritic, GameSpot, TV Guide and other entertainment brands in deal worth around $55M
Entertainment platform Fandom announced today its acquisition of seven entertainment and gaming brands from media compan...
IT総合 YouTube TV users can now subscribe to standalone networks without a base plan
YouTube TV launched a new option that allows subscribers to purchase add-ons without subscribing to the full channel off...
IT総合 Dating app Inner Circle adds a suite of anti-ghosting features
Online daters everywhere fear “ghosting.” Inner Circle, a global dating app, is hoping to address this ongoing problem w...
IT総合 Roku will now work with Nielsen to track cross-media viewership
Today, Nielsen announced that Roku plans to enable four-screen measurement across desktop, mobile, connected TV, and tra...
IT総合 Streaming service Epix will get a facelift and relaunch as MGM+ in 2023
On the same day that Lionsgate renamed Starzplay to Lionsgate+, MGM’s Epix announced it would also get a “+” in its bran...
IT総合 Rotten Tomatoes gets its first card game to entertain film buffs
Movie and TV reviews site Rotten Tomatoes is releasing a card game in early 2023 called “Rotten Tomatoes: The Card Game,...
IT総合 Former MoviePass execs are being sued by the SEC for lying to customers
Ahead of the official relaunch of subscription-based movie ticketing service MoviePass, the Securities and Exchange Comm...
IT総合 Netflix shares trailer for Spotify series ‘The Playlist’
Netflix released the official trailer for “The Playlist” today, an upcoming limited series that loosely tells the story ...
IT総合 A new Instagram test removes shopping tab from the home screen
Meta is making it harder to find the Shop tab on Instagram with its latest test. In the new test, the Shop tab has been ...
IT総合 HBO Max releases ‘The Last of Us’ trailer to bring more gamers to the streaming service
HBO’s “The Last of Us” is the latest TV series adapted from a video game that aims to bring more gamers to the str...
IT総合 Apple Music becomes the official sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show
Move aside, Pepsi. The National Football League (NFL) and Apple announced that Apple Music is the official sponsor of th...
IT総合 Walmart arrives on Roblox for the first time with two new virtual worlds to engage young shoppers
Walmart announced today that it is stepping into the metaverse with two new experiences on Roblox: “Walmart Land” ...
IT総合 Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football starts strong with 15.3 million viewers
The first exclusive Thursday Night Football game on Amazon Prime Video was a win for the streaming service, with 15.3 mi...
IT総合 Peacock invests in its first adult animation series, stars Mike Judge and ‘Silicon Valley’s’ Zach Woods
Peacock, Comcast’s NBCUniversal-owned streamer, announced its first original adult animation series today. It’s about ti...
IT総合 Spotify Island on Roblox launches a new virtual destination for hip-hop listeners
It’s been four months since Spotify’s debuted its virtual Spotify Island on Roblox, which made it the first music ...
IT総合 Disney+ makes it through its first livestreamed TV show, ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ without major crashes
As you can tell from the Mickey Mouse-shaped disco ball in the photo above, Season 31 of “Dancing with the Stars” (DWTS)...