Nolte: Best Buy to End Sales of Blu-Rays and DVDs
We are doing this to ourselves. Are Americans now too fat and lazy to get off the couch to load up a DVD or Blu-ray no James L. Brooks can erase?
Digital Streaming
Netflix Subscribers Feel Bidenflation Squeeze as New Price Hikes Take Effect
Bideninflation is streaming now on Netflix as the company has announced a new round of price hikes that will impact all domestic subscribers.
Study: More Than 150 Million People will Cancel a Paid Streaming Subscription in 2022
Hollywood is staking its future on digital streaming entertainment, but now that future looks increasingly like its being built on shifting sands. A new study predicts more than 150 million people will cancel a paid streaming subscription, like Netflix or Disney+, in the coming year, signaling greater financial uncertainty for studios looking to grow their subscriber bases.
Former Paramount Boss Barry Diller Says Streaming Video Killed the Movie Business: It ‘Will Never Come Back’
Media mogul Barry Diller believes the streaming media revolution has killed and buried the movie business, predicting that the industry as we know it “will never come back.”
Record Numbers Turn to Online Faith Platforms During Coronavirus Pandemic
Record numbers are turning to online faith platforms during the coronavirus crisis as their places of worship have shut down indefinitely.
Hollywood Studios Shut Down Popular Pirating Sites Openload, Streamango
Hollywood’s biggest studios have succeeded in shutting down Openload, a popular pirating site that received more online traffic than Hulu, HBO Go, and NBCNews.com. A second pirating site, Streamango, was also shut down.
Nolte: Disc Sales Collapse Nearly 50% over 4 Years (Because Movies Suck)
The reason people are no longer purchasing movies at anywhere near the numbers they once did is because movies today mostly suck.
Best Buy to Stop Selling CDs
Best Buy will stop selling music CDs, amid the growth of digital music streaming, despite the fact that the reailer used to be the most popular music seller in the United States.
Songwriters, Publishers to Receive Increased Royalties from Music Streaming Services
Songwriters and publishers are set to receive increased royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, and other music streaming services, following a ruling.
Report: Streaming Services Now Account for Majority of Music Consumption in Britain
Digital music streaming services now reportedly account for the majority of music consumption in Britain.
Snapchat VP: ‘Expect to See Scripted Shows on Snapchat Before the End of the Year’
Snapchat’s Vice President of Content Nick Bell announced Wednesday that “scripted shows” would appear on their platform “before the end of the year.”
Spotify Removes ‘Hate Bands’ from Platform Following Charlottesville
Popular music streaming service Spotify has removed a list of “hate bands” from the platform in response to the Charlottesville white supremacist rally last week.
Bandcamp Virtue Signals: We Stand with Trans Community, Refugees Against ‘Discriminatory’ White House
The popular music streaming service and marketplace “Bandcamp” released a statement condemning the Trump Administration’s transgender military ban on Monday.
Cannes Film Festival Bans Streaming-Only Movies Going Forward
Taking a stand against Netflix and other video streaming services, the Cannes Film Festival will ban any films that are solely digitally distributed from entering the festival starting next year.
