Netflix is one of the few fortunate companies, which has a service that is more meaningful to people who are forced to stay at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This was reflected on Twitter as well, where the influencer discussions related to ‘Netflix’ spiked more than 60 per cent
Netflix has unveiled Homemade, a collection of short films created by celebrated filmmakers around the world. Confined at home as a consequence of the Covid-19 outbreak, filmmakers created personal stories that capture our shared experience of life in quarantine. Produced by The Apartment Pictures, a Fremantle company, and Fabula, Homemade is a celebration of the […]
Canadian’s spending on the video entertainment market is expected to shrink by 6 per cent this year, but will bounce back strongly in 2021, and is forecast to expand by 11 per cent to surpass the success of 2019, according to a new video insights report from Futuresource Consulting. This return to form will be […]
Netflix it is the new home to Cobra Kai, the series continuation of the iconic The Karate Kid film franchise from Sony Pictures Television. The film’s stars, Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprise their roles in the series along with Martin Kove as sensei John Kreese. Under the terms of the deal, the first two […]
On the 20th anniversary of celebrated feature film Chicken Run – the highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time – Aardman has revealed a sequel is set to go into full production in 2021 and the new adventure will be released globally by Netflix (excluding China). Peter Lord, Aardman Co-Founder and Creative Director, commented: “Fans […]
By April 2020, Netflix had almost 183 million subscribers with a breakdown showing it touched 69 million subs in the US and Canada, 58.7 million in EMEA, 34.3 million in Latin-America and 19.8 million in Asia-Pacific. If Netflix were to continue its Q1 trajectory, it could have as many as
Sky Deutschland has announced a major new content plan to that it says will “shakeup TV in Germany and take Sky into a new era”. Sky will deliver its plan through a combination of partnerships and development of its entertainment, movies and sports offering – and it starts with an extension of Sky’s deal with […]
Netflix has acquired Giving Voice – a documentary about the annual August Wilson Monologue Competition where the winning students get a chance to perform at the August Wilson Theater on Broadway. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020 where it won the Festival Favourite award. Director, James D. […]
UK multiplay operator Virgin Media has published new network data which reveals the dramatic impact of the coronavirus lockdown on how customers using their broadband services. The network insights reveal how a ‘new normal’ has been established over the emergency period, during which Virgin Media customers have been using significantly more data. Since lockdown started, […]
Netflix is releasing a new catalogue of 44 movies blending iconic and Arabic contemporary films, including the works of notable directors like Youssef Chahine, Youssry Nasrallah, Nadine Labaki, Moustapha Akkad, Anne Marie Jacir, Laila Marrakchi and many more. Netflix subscribers will have the opportunity to discover (or rediscover) cinematic masterpieces that constitute an important part […]