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Retail Asia11/04/2023

YouTube Premium offers features such as ad-free YouTube and YouTube Music and the ability to keep both services running in the background instead of closing down when you open another app. The premium version of YouTube and YouTube Music also allows subscribers to download content to play at another time, possibly when there is no […]

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Retail Asia28/02/2023

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An official said that providers of cross-border over-the-top (OTT) television services such as Netflix and iQiYi will be blocked and sanctioned if they do not establish legal entities in Vietnam. “If a cross-border OTT television service provider does not have a legal entity in Vietnam, the Ministry of Information and Communications will coordinate with telecommunications […]

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Retail Asia24/02/2023

We now have the full list of countries where Netflix has decided to lower subscription prices has just been published courtesy to Ampere Analysis: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, British Indian Ocean Territory, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Christmas Island, Comoros, Congo […]

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Retail Asia10/02/2023

After announcing its plan to prevent its customers from sharing their accounts with friends and family, Netflix started to trial new changes to password sharing in several countries from Latin America, including Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Argentina, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. Earlier this week, Netflix announced that the changes to account sharing revealed […]

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Retail Asia09/01/2023

After a news report back in November said that the new Netflix “Basic with Ads” service tier was off to a slow start, the company denied that the ad-supported service was failing to meet expectations. The streamer’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos said at a conference last month, “Advertising for us is ‘crawl, walk, run.’ We just […]

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Retail Asia23/12/2022

Netflix has been trying to limit the use of password sharing since 2019 when its researchers informed the higher-ups that this is a major concern for the service’s revenues. However, Netflix’s willingness to stop the problem took a pause when COVID-19 started to spread worldwide. Now that the pandemic is over and because Netflix’s market share […]

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Retail Asia21/12/2022

According to data released by Antenna, Netflix’s new ad-supported monthly service is not off to such a great start. The lower-priced service launched on November 3rd and for the month, the “Basic with Ads” plan was responsible for only 9% of U.S. sign-ups in November. Last month, 0.1% of existing Netflix subscribers switched from another plan to the […]

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Retail Asia07/11/2022

Telegram announced a new update that brings some new features for Premium users and some visual changes available to everyone. The most significant change included in the update is the addition of voice-to-text for video messages, which is now available for Telegram Premium users. Previously, subscribers could convert any voice message to text, but the latest […]

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Retail Asia24/10/2022

Nearly 2,000 Wolfoo videos about the animated wolf and his family have been removed by YouTube for copyright violation, causing losses of around US$2 million for their Vietnamese producer. Between June and October the three YouTube channels, Wolfoo Family, Wolfoo Channel and Wolfoo’s Story potentially each lost 2-3 billion views, according to social media data provider […]

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Retail Asia14/10/2022

Brace yourselves – ads are coming…to Netflix. The streaming platform has formally bid farewell to its ‘no ads’ policy and announced today its first ad-supported plan in an official blogpost. The ‘Basic with Ads’ (as if Netflix could have devised a more unappealing name) plan will cost US users just $6.99 per month, a full $3 […]

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Retail Asia19/08/2022

The battle of the subscription services is on. This time around, it is time for HBO Max to shine with an exclusive offer of its own. HBO Max, the television giant’s take on a video streaming service, is set to become even more accessible. The company announced that it would be offering a 30% discount […]

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Retail Asia15/08/2022

Apple’s Services unit is the company’s second-largest business segment after iPhone. With nearly $20 billion in revenue during the fiscal third quarter, the unit is running at close to an $80 billion annual rate. One of the less-heralded but brilliant moves made during the Tim Cook era was to take advantage of the large number […]

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Retail Asia10/08/2022

Google TV is an app available for both Android and iOS devices. The app allows you to find movies and television shows that you can watch on demand from several platforms including Pluto TV, Tubi TV, Plex, Prime Video, Peacock, YouTube, and more. 9to5Google found code hidden in the latest version of an app that Google […]

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Retail Asia05/08/2022

A new useful feature might soon come to YouTube. Apparently, the video platform is working on a new option called “Pinch to zoom,” which will let you zoom in on the videos you watch by pinching the video player with two fingers. At the moment, Pinch to zoom is only an experimental feature, but YouTube […]

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Retail Asia25/07/2022

As Bob Dylan once sang, “The Times They Are A-Changin.” iPhone and iPad users looking to subscribe to Netflix from the video streamer’s App Store app are now being directed by Netflix to an external website. From the site, iOS and iPadOS users can sign up for service from Netflix. This is in line with […]

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Retail Asia15/07/2022

After it teased the upcoming launch of an ad-supported subscription plan, Netflix has now revealed that it picked Microsoft to help make that happen. Under the agreement, all ads served on Netflix will be exclusively available through the Microsoft platform. “It’s very early days and we have much to work through. But our long-term goal is clear. More […]

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Retail Asia04/05/2022

The world is now a better place – broadband internet is everywhere, data prices are falling, and practically every smartphone out there can surf the web well enough. There’s no sarcasm in these words, guys – and the latest news from Google proves it! Earlier this year, the search giant announced that it will retire the Lite mode […]

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Retail Asia21/04/2022

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Netflix, the world’s largest streaming platform, seems to be having a major change of heart with regards to ads. For a long time the company was adamant in refusing to introduce ads, but the need for cheaper subscription options may force it to relent. The decision to explore this path has not been taken lightly. […]

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Retail Asia20/04/2022

Netflix shares lost more than a quarter of their value this evening after the company released shocking news about the video streamer’s first-quarter earnings. For the first time in over a decade, the company reported a quarterly loss in the number of subscribers which totaled about 200,000 users. Netflix blamed the drop on password sharing, increased competition, […]

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Retail Asia13/04/2022

In an attempt to better attune its recommendations to its users, Netflix introduced a third button to its rating system. Yes, from now on, Netflix will have not two, but three reaction buttons: a thumbs up, a thumbs down, and a double thumbs up button. According to Netflix, the thumbs-up button shows Netflix’s algorithms what movies and […]

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