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Consumers spent a record $28 billion in apps in Q3, aided by pandemic
Mobile usage continues to remain high amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, which has prompted social distancing measures and lockdown policies, and has pushed consumers to connect online for work, school and...
View ArticleHBO is making a limited series about Elon Musk and the founding of SpaceX
HBO is in the process of developing a six-episode limited series about the founding days of SpaceX and Elon Musk, Variety reports. The show will be based on Ashlee Vance’s biography of the Tesla CEO...
View ArticleWarnerMedia to discontinue HBO and WB TV channels in India, and select other...
WarnerMedia will discontinue HBO and WB TV channels in India, Pakistan, Maldives and Bangladesh later this year as the entertainment conglomerate struggles to find a sustainable business model in South...
View ArticleQuibi is dead
Plagued with growth issues, Quibi, a short-form mobile-native video platform, is shutting down, according to multiple reports. The startup, co-founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, had raised...
View Article4 quick bites and obituaries on Quibi (RIP 2020-2020)
In memory of the death of Quibi, here’s a quick sendoff from four of our writers who came together to discuss what we can learn from Quibi’s amazing, instantaneous, billions-of-dollars failure. Lucas...
View Article‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ is now an Apple TV+ exclusive
On first screening, the network assumed it had a disaster on its hands. It was a quiet cartoon — more of a meditation on seasonal depression than a proper holiday film. The pacing was slow, it was...
View ArticleHBO Max hits 28.7M subscribers in Q3, but few are over-the-top
AT&T painted a rosy picture of HBO Max adoption during the company’s earnings report on Thursday. Despite not being available on Roku, one of the top streaming platforms in the U.S., AT&T said...
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HBO releases a wellness-focused AR app to promote ‘His Dark Materials’
With the second season of “His Dark Materials” premiering on HBO on November 16, the network has partnered with creative studio Framestore to create a new iOS and Apple Watch app called His Dark...
View ArticleAre subscription services the future of fintech?
Joshira Maduro Contributor Joshira Maduro joined the LendingTree team in April 2020 and uses her background in market research and branding to write about credit card news and better ways to spend....
View ArticleOriginal Content podcast: ‘The Vow’ offers a muddled look at the NXIVM cult
“The Vow” is a fascinating documentary, but we can’t quite recommend it whole-heartedly. As we discuss on the latest episode of the Original Content podcast, HBO’s new docuseries tells the story of...
View ArticleHBO Max arrives on Amazon Fire TV devices
WarnerMedia’s streaming service HBO Max is finally coming to Amazon’s Fire TV, nearly half a year after it launched. The service, which combines HBO content with an expanded selection from...
View Article‘Wonder Woman 1984’ is coming to HBO Max (and some US theaters) on Dec. 25
Although COVID-19 is surging in the United States and around the world, Warner Bros. still plans to release “Wonder Woman 1984” on Christmas Day — but its plans are are no longer limited to a...
View ArticleNetflix removes ‘Chappelle’s Show’ at Dave Chappelle’s request
Netflix started streaming “Chappelle’s Show” at the beginning of November — but barely more than three weeks later, it has taken the Comedy Central sketch show off its service. Co-creator Dave...
View ArticleGillmor Gang: HBO Plus
With one fell swoop, WarnerMedia eradicated the status quo in Hollywood, turning its 2021 feature film schedule on its head. Well, not quite. By moving 2021’s theatrical releases to both physical and...
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Daily Crunch: Apple announces AirPods Max headphones
Apple unveils new high-end headphones, Calm raises more funding and Cyberpunk 2077 faces criticism. This is your Daily Crunch for December 8, 2020. The big story: Apple announces AirPods Max headphones...
View ArticleHBO Max will finally land on Roku devices tomorrow
It took an unusually long time, but HBO Max is set to launch on Roku devices tomorrow. Roku users make up a massive chunk of the cord-cutting market, so the absence of an HBO Max app for Roku nearly...
View ArticleOriginal Content podcast: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ might be a beautiful mess, or...
“Wonder Woman 1984” was released on HBO Max on Christmas Day, where it quickly divided the hosts of the Original Content podcast. Perhaps it was predictable that Anthony — a fan of clunky-but-ambitious...
View ArticleOriginal Content podcast: Despite some odd choices, ‘The Undoing’ lays out a...
The HBO miniseries “The Undoing” wrapped up back in November, but the hosts of the Original Content podcast took advantage of the holidays to get caught up. Based on a novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz,...
View ArticleHBO Max launches ad-supported subscription for $9.99 per month
“Game of Thrones” might be over, but HBO Max is still breaking new ground, and even breaking the internet — this past weekend, HBO Max blacked out right before the finale of “Mare of Easttown,” likely...
View ArticleParamount+ will launch a $4.99 monthly ad-supported subscription
If you didn’t want to shell out $9.99 per month to watch the meme-worthy iCarly reboot, now you won’t have to. On Monday, Paramount+ will launch its ad-supported Essential Plan, priced at $4.99 per...
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