The first pressure point is pricing. Apple Music costs US$10/month. Apple charges $10/month for Apple News+. No price has been declared for Apple Arcade, but a 9to5Mac survey suggests that $10/month would be expected.

Over 30 million accounts streamed Netflix's new Adam Sandler movie 'Murder Mystery' the first weekend it was available.

Every pay-to-stream video company is fighting a “battle royale” for your attention, and not all of them will make it. Former Amazon Studios strategist Matthew Ball says Netflix and Disney are safe bets to land on the winners list, but now as an outsider looking in, he thinks there’s a strong argument that Amazon will be up there, too.

There’s no shortage of choices for streaming video services—with Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal and WarnerMedia all planning launches in the coming year. But consumers may already feel they have too many subscriptions. That’s according to Hub Research, which recently released results from its Best Bundle survey of 1,631 U.S. consumers, ages 16 to 74, who watch at least one hour of television per week.

You’ll want to put down your cards, Planeswalkers. After directing the hyper-successful, Infinity-Saga-ending Avengers: Endgame, directors Anthony and Joe Russo have a new project: adapting the 26-year-old collectible card game Magic: The Gathering for the small screen.

Apple Music has surpassed Spotify Technology SA in paid U.S. subscriptions, according to people familiar with the matter, in a shift that escalates the music rivals’ contest for listeners world-wide. Apple Inc.’s streaming-music service has been adding subscribers in the world’s biggest music market more rapidly than its Swedish rival—a monthly growth rate of about 2.6% to 3%, compared with 1.5% to 2% for Spotify—the people said.

Netflix, Inc. leap-frogged some of the most highly regarded companies in the U.S. to earn the #1 ranking in the biggest corporate reputation study ever conducted in the U.S. The world’s leading streaming video service – with over 139 million paid memberships in over 190 countries – leapt 23 spots to first place this year, fending off perennial contenders such as Amazon, Hershey and Campbell’s, among many others.

Remember when Netflix used to be a DVD-by-mail company? Well, for 2.7 million subscribers in the US, it still is. The familiar red envelopes have been arriving in customers' mailboxes since 1998 and helped earn the company a healthy $212 million profit last year. Why are so many people still using this old-school service in the age of streaming? There are a number of reasons.

Amazon Video’s superpowered satire finds the humor in the characters who dominate pop culture in the 2010s. When Chicago debuted on Broadway in 1975, it was generally well-received, despite some reviewers finding it a bit too over-the-top in its satire of crime, celebrity, and show business. It ran for two years, always in the shadow of the smash hit A Chorus Line (which had opened around the same time). And then it closed.

Hulu is going back to the future one final time. The streaming platform, now majority owned by Disney, has renewed Sony TV-produced comedy Future Man for a third and final season. Season three will consist of eight episodes — down from its average of 13. A return date has not yet been determined.

The entertainment giant rose to the top of Hollywood on the strength of its ability to pack movie theaters and theme parks. Now it is betting that to stay on top, it needs to come to you—by launching a new streaming service built around popular franchises, from “Star Wars” to “High School Musical.”

Syfy may have pulled the plug on their planned Tremors TV series starring Kevin Bacon – the pilot episode was filmed but has still not yet been released – but that wasn’t actually the first attempt to bring the film franchise to the small screen. Back in 2003, a Michael Gross-starring “Tremors” series actually made it one full season, with 13 episodes airing in total.

“The Simpsons” have found a new streaming home. Disney+ will be the exclusive SVOD home of the long-running animated sitcom, with all episodes from the show’s 30 seasons available on the service at launch in November. The announcement was made during the Disney investor day on Thursday. The show is currently available to stream on the app Simpsons World, which was launched by FX after the show began airing on FXX back in 2014. There are also more recent episodes of the series available on Hulu.

The dream of cutting the cord on pricey cable TV services went something like this: Consumers could get what they wanted, when they wanted, while saving money because they wouldn’t be paying for expensive bundles of channels they never watched. Snip, save, enjoy.

Disney's upcoming video streaming service, Disney+, sounds like a really sweet deal. For $6.99 a month or discounted annual subscription of $69.99, you get access to content from Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. Subscribers will also get content from Fox, which Disney now owns, starting with the complete series of The Simpsons.

Netflix will have passed the 150 million global subscriber mark when it reports its latest results this week, as new releases such as the comedy Sex Education and grittier fare including Marvel’s The Punisher lure viewers to sign up. Netflix has guided that it expects to announce just under 9 million new paying subscribers when it reports first-quarter results on Tuesday, taking its global paid base to 148 million. It also has about 8 million subscribers on 30-day free trials.

Worried you won't have a device that'll support Disney's new streaming service? The good news is that the company has hinted it'll be available on a wide variety of devices including games consoles and streaming sticks. Quite surprisingly, the Nintendo Switch appeared in a slide during a Disney presentation late last week along with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Nintendo's latest handheld console has been curiously lax when it comes to supporting streaming apps, especially in the UK that is restricted to just YouTube. Those in the US have access to Hulu too, but Netflix isn't on the platform anywhere.

The video-streaming giant beat its own guidance targets in the first quarter, pointing to ultralocal content production as a key growth driver. Video-streaming veteran Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) reported first-quarter results on Tuesday night. The company added 9.6 million net paid accounts during the quarter, driving revenue 22% above the year-ago period's while earnings increased by 19%. Netflix's management also provided important updates on several fronts, including the company's view of new competitors. Let's have a closer look at the first quarter of 2019.

Amazon Prime Video and Netflix have clearly exerted dominance in the SVOD market, and both have executed widespread global expansions. Those strategies are paying off for both companies. According to a new SVOD study from Futuresource Consulting, Prime Video and Netflix together account for nearly two-thirds of global SVOD spending. The two services also accounted for one-third of all subscriptions globally in 2018.

Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other top OTT video providers in the U.S. will drive significant growth in revenues this year. That’s according to Convergence Research Group’s new study, "The Battle for the American Couch Potato: OTT and TV." Based on 66 over-the-top (OTT) providers, led by Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, the firm estimates U.S. OTT access revenue grew 37% to $16.3 billion in 2018 and will grow even further to reach $22 billion for 2019.

The Academy of Motion Picture and Arts and Sciences has ruled that films from streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime will still be eligible to win Academy Awards. The Academy had considered changing Rule Two, which allowed any film to be eligible for an Academy Award as long as it had a seven-day run in a Los Angeles theater.

Netflix's new comedy follows a gay man assisting a dominatrix. Sex workers say the show is stigmatizing and unrealistic. Netflix scored big with bawdy teen comedy “Sex Education” at the start of the year, but it appears its latest attempt at a sex positive comedy was a misstep. Created by actor Rightor Doyle, “Bonding” centers around a gay stand-up comic who comes into his sexuality when he takes on a gig as an assistant to a dominatrix.

With mid-term exams officially in the books, college students across the country are taking the next few weeks as an opportunity to catch their breath. And by that, we mean they’re spending far more time sprawled out on dorm room futons binge-watching their favorite TV shows than holed up in the library.

April showers bring May flowers . . . and apparently a whole new crop of sexy movies on Netflix. From erotic thrillers to tantalizing romances, there's a sexy movie available for everyone this month, no matter your vice. Sure, the days should be spent enjoying the Spring weather, but cool nights call for a hot movie to warm things up, and we've got all the films that will do the job. It may not be warm enough to turn on the air conditioning just yet, but after you watch one of these 25 sexy flicks, you just might need it.

Odds are you've watched your favorite show on Netflix enough times to pick up on the overarching plot no matter what episode you're watching. Of course, you can manually choose an episode at "random," but that takes a lot of work. Now, however, Netflix may do that work for you. At least on Android.

The number of Canadian households paying for at least one streaming video service will eclipse traditional TV subscribers for the first time next year, predicts an annual report on consumer habits. Convergence Research Group says the growing popularity of an array of streaming options — ranging from Netflix and Crave to sports platform DAZN — is leading to a gradual shift in where viewers invest their entertainment dollars.

While cord cutting is still finding the most popularity in the US, countries around the world are starting to trend toward streaming and away from pay TV. A Strategy Analytics report is offering some insight about how cord cutting is growing in Europe.

Netflix has said it doesn’t intend to ever run traditional ads. But advertising industry experts aren’t so sure that will be the case. During a panel at IAB’s Digital Content NewFronts on Monday, executives from YouTube, JPMorgan Chase, media agency UM and MediaLink were asked about Netflix staying ad-free. “Well, that’s not what their recruiters say,” said Tara Walpert Levy, YouTube and Google’s VP of Agency and Media Solutions. “They’re going to need growth. Eventually, they’re going to need more growth.”

Martin Scorsese is gearing up for a busy 2019 with two major film projects set for release. First up is the director’s summer music documentary “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese,” followed by his expensive gangster movie “The Irishman” sometime in the fall. Both movies are being released online and in select theaters by Netflix, which has put Scorsese right in the middle of escalating debates pitting Netflix against the theatrical experience.

First she blesses us with her memoir, then she stunts in Balenciaga boots. And now my forever first lady and President are joining the ranks of the entertainment industry with a host of Netflix TV shows and movies. According to The New York Times, the Obamas currently have seven (!) projects in the works for Netflix, from documentaries to dramas and everything in between. There's really nothing they can't do.

Fielding questions on Apple's recent push into services during an investor conference call, Cook likened Apple TV+ to an over-the-top product similar to those offered by major networks and content holders. "The TV+ product plays in a market where there's a huge move from the cable bundle to over-the-top," Cook said. "We think that most users are going to get multiple over-the-top products and we're going to do our best to convince them that the Apple TV+ product should be one of them."

Amid all the hoopla about how much money Avengers: Endgame has made, one little sci-fi film maintains its No. 3 spot on the highest-grossing movies of 2019. The Wandering Earth is the biggest movie that barely anyone in the West has heard of: China’s second highest-grossing film of all time, 2019’s third highest-grossing film worldwide, the second highest-grossing non-English film of all time...

Torture or competitive fun? That appears to be the debate surrounding the new Netflix series, "Flinch." According to the streaming giant, "'Flinch' is a new all action comedy game show with one simple rule: do not flinch." "The show is set on a remote farm in the hills of Ireland where brave and foolish contestants gather to test their nerve against three fiendish games," a description of the show reads. "If they flinch, there are painful consequences both for them, and for our hosts, who have each chosen a player to represent them in the games."

EW is pulling back the veil on season 5 of Netflix’s Black Mirror. Below is the first photo from the eagerly anticipated new season of the Emmy-winning anthology drama. Here is Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Endgame) and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Aquaman) facing off on a rainy street in one of the new episodes. There are no additional details about this episode. But series creator Charlie Brooker teases: “It’s the Marvel-DC crossover no one saw coming.”

Even with Netflix’s recommendation algorithm steadily serving you new movies, new TV shows and original programming tailored to your binging habits, the streaming service’s firehose of content makes what’s coming and going difficult to parse. That’s why we break down each month’s additions with a spotlight on what to keep on your radar. Netflix’s own “new releases” category is an info dump.