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Netflix hikes prices for U.S. subscribers by 13-18% as it expands presence and content
Netflix Inc. is raising monthly fees for its U.S. subscribers by between 13 percent and 18 percent, the video streaming pioneer's first price increase since 2017 as it spends heavily on original content and international expansion. Prices for its popular standard plan, which allows streaming ...
Hidden in diaries, untold stories of Boko Haram's female survivors feature in film
Untold stories of young Nigerian women kidnapped by Boko Haram highlight a documentary debuting on Monday that reveals diaries kept by survivors forbidden from talking about their captivity. The diaries, secretly given to the U.S.-based documentary producers by former captives, detail life under the jihadi ...
HBO is walking away from professional boxing after 45 years of live fight programming, the U.S. cable network confirmed Thursday. HBO's long association with the sport began in 1973 when it carried George Foreman's stunning knockout of reigning heavyweight world champion Joe Frazier. The network pioneered ...
When filmmaker Marina Zenovich sought to make a documentary about Robin Williams, she found that she could do it largely in the late comedian's own voice. "Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind," uses a wealth of archival footage to put viewers inside his thought process ...
Netflix shares tank after subscriber growth falls short, India foray faces rivals
Netflix Inc.'s subscriber growth fell short of Wall Street expectations on Monday, sending shares of the normally high-flying stock down 14 percent on fears that the company's expansion is slowing. The company added 5.2 million customers from April through June, 1 million fewer than forecasts ...
'Westworld' slays fans with re-creation of Edo in Shogun World
With its story of life-like robots in a Wild West-themed amusement park becoming sentient, and the complications that arise as a result, the television show “Westworld” has attracted a dedicated following over the past couple of years.
Netflix sinks deeper into debt to fuel subscriber growth, and so far it's working
Netflix is sinking deeper into debt in its relentless pursuit of more viewers, leaving the company little margin for error as it tries to build the world's biggest video subscription service. The big burden that Netflix is shouldering hasn't been a major concern on Wall ...
HBO says data hacked; media say unaired 'Game of Thrones' segment targeted
U.S. cable channel HBO said on Monday that hackers had stolen upcoming programming, and Entertainment Weekly reported that the theft included a script for an unaired episode of the hit fantasy show "Game of Thrones." HBO, a unit of Time-Warner Inc, declined comment on the ...
'Girls' just wanna have fun in Japan
"Girls," an Emmy award-winning HBO series, focuses on a quartet of women in their early 20s who are trying to — surprise, surprise — figure out what they want to do with their lives. Like its outspoken creator — the intellectual "It Girl" Lena ...
Lena Dunham brings 'Girls' to Tokyo for a fifth season episode
In the fourth season finale of HBO's hit TV show "Girls," a comedy that follows the exploits of a group of 20-somethings navigating New York, Shoshanna (played by Zosia Mamet) surprises her roommate, Jessa, by declaring "I'm moving to Japan," while leafing through a ...
Apple Watch to launch in April in Japan, China and six other countries
Apple Inc. on Monday unveiled more details about its entry into the newly emerging wearable technology category, by announcing its Apple Watch will go on sale on April 24 in eight countries, including Japan and China. The device, which can track physical activity and answer ...
