Apple introduces SharePlay for co-watching, streaming and screen sharing over...
As part of its FaceTime update in iOS 15, Apple introduced a new set of features designed for shared experiences — like co-watching TV shows or TikTok videos, listening to music together, screen...
View ArticleReese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine sold to new media firm from former Disney...
Hello Sunshine, Reese Witherspoon’s media company that has produced content for streaming services like Hulu, Apple and HBO, among others, has been sold to a yet-unnamed new media firm run by former...
View ArticleTinder’s interactive ‘Swipe Night’ stories return after a 20 million user...
Over the last year, Tinder has experimented with creative ways for people to connect beyond just swiping right. Pandemic or not, it’s hard to make the first move — so why not break the ice by...
View ArticleThis Week in Apps: OnlyFans bans sexual content, SharePlay delayed, TikTok...
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a...
View ArticleWarnerMedia’s Andy Forssell discusses a fascinating first year for HBO Max
In some ways, the timing couldn’t have been more fortuitous. No one roots for a pandemic, but WarnerMedia launched HBO Max just as cities and states across the U.S. went under curfews and lockdowns as...
View ArticleRoku customers report streaming issues after 10.5 update
A number of Roku customers are experiencing problems with their Roku TVs following the Roku OS 10.5 update. According to reports published to Roku’s own customer forums and other sites, like Reddit,...
View ArticleTheranos founder Elizabeth Holmes testifies in her own criminal trial
One of the biggest mysteries in former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ high-profile fraud trial was whether or not she would testify. So it was a shock late Friday afternoon when the...
View ArticleHBO, including HBO Max, ends 2021 with 73.8 million global subscribers
HBO, including the HBO Max streaming service, now reaches 73.8 million global subscribers as of the end of 2021, according to news shared by parent company AT&T today ahead of the company’s...
View ArticleNetflix gets its first Golden Globe for best motion picture (drama) in a...
You didn’t miss last night’s Golden Globes — it wasn’t on. But you may have seen the tweets. NBC announced in May 2021 it wouldn’t broadcast the awards show this year after an investigation by The L.A....
View ArticleDisney’s streaming biz reorg includes an international content hub, plans to...
Disney announced today it plans on expanding its direct-to-consumer streaming business to more global markets and is creating a new International Content and Operations group to aid in this push. The...
View ArticleNetflix had its lowest year of subscriber growth since 2015
Despite producing global hits like “Squid Game” in 2021, Netflix’s fourth quarter returns show the streaming giant struggling to maintain a lead over its competitors. The company fell short of its...
View ArticleOf course, Netflix ordered a movie about the big crypto scandal
When news broke earlier this week that the Department of Justice had seized $3.6 billion of allegedly stolen bitcoin, we had some questions. What do these revelations mean about government intervention...
View ArticleSuper Bowl ads boosted crypto app downloads by 279%, led by Coinbase
Those Super Bowl ad spots paid off for a number of tech companies not just in terms of exposure, but also app installs, a new report indicates. But Coinbase’s viral ad — which just bounced a QR code...
View ArticleHulu’s Theranos docu-series ‘The Dropout’ is like watching a car crash in...
Just because you know how the story ends doesn’t mean that it’s not fun to watch how it all went so horribly wrong. That’s the premise of an entire emerging genre of media, mostly produced by streaming...
View ArticleNetflix’s interactive ‘Trivia Quest’ will be far less creepy than ‘Bandersnatch’
Netflix is doubling down on interactive content today as it announces “Trivia Quest,” an animated quiz series that will debut on April 1. Daniel Calin and Vin Rubino of Sunday Sauce Productions...
View ArticleNetflix says an ad-supported tier still isn’t in its plans, despite the...
Disney last week announced plans to introduce an ad-supported subscription tier to its Disney+ streaming service, but Netflix says a similar option for its own customers isn’t on the table for the time...
View ArticleHBO Max and Discovery+ will be combined into one service following merger
Following last week’s news that Discovery’s shareholders approved its merger with WarnerMedia, which will create one of the largest U.S. media companies, there’s now a hint as to how this merger will...
View ArticlePodcast series ‘Batman Unburied’ set to premiere on Spotify after ‘The...
Spotify’s first project from its multiyear deal with Warner Bros. and DC Comics for scripted podcasts, “Batman Unburied,” will arrive on the heels of the latest Batman movie release. “The Batman” hit...
View ArticleWarnerMedia CEO exits as Discovery merger nears close
On Monday, April 11, the highly anticipated $43 billion merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery was set to officially close. But a new report from Variety suggests the deal may actually close as early as...
View ArticleDaily Crunch: Tata Group releases ‘super app’ that bundles 11 consumer services
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PT, subscribe here. Welcome to the Daily Crunch for Thursday, April 7, 2022! We want to...
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