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...The Korean Wave opens September 24, V&A ‘Make, Break, Remix: The Rise of K-Style’ by Fiona Bae, (Thames & Hudson), will be published in the UK & Ireland on 22 September 2022...
...Laura Sboarina of Cullen International, a regulatory research group, said the directive’s application had “indeed ended an era where the global streamers could freely decide when, where and how much to spend...
...Players of Fortnite, developed by Epic, were able to purchase an in-game currency known as “V-bucks” online, but these credits would not show up when playing on the iPhone....
...But as for this year’s film line-up, there’s one notable absence: Netflix....
...Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google — known collectively as the Faangs — are case studies in how the network effect supports dominant players and allows them to ringfence users and their data....
...Netflix is now making dozens of movies a year such as Bright, starring Will Smith, which it released through its global streaming service rather than in movie theatres....
...Music has a far lower barrier to entry than long, exclusive videos like those produced by Netflix....
...Other smaller cable network owners such as AMC Networks are feeling the pinch as cable and broadband providers get bigger and the likes of Netflix and Facebook compete for video viewers....
...“HBO, ESPN and even Netflix are very, very valuable companies. You do not have to have all the users in the world in order to be valuable.”...
...V&A’s robot-made web London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, has launched a season of exhibitions and events focused on the “unsung role” of engineering in society....
...It was a little awkward though: the party was hosted by Harvey Weinstein and Netflix. Amazon is crashing Netflix’s party in more ways than one....
...This article has been amended since first publication to show correct figures for the chart labelled “Traditional v online TV”. Back to the top of the page...
...Netflix struck such deals with several ISPs (including Comcast) this year but has since complained about them. The net neutrality debate has taken on a David v Goliath flavour....
...“If you look at Netflix, viewing is higher in HBO homes, and HBO viewing is higher in Netflix homes,” he said. “So those are add ons.”...
...Oriole Cullen, acting senior fashion curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, thinks denim’s trans-seasonal quality explains its current popularity....
...Leading Over-the-Top (OTT) content providers including Netflix, YouTube and Hulu are likely to benefit....
...In Leonard’s most recent phase, with novels such as The Hot Kid (2005) and Up in Honey’s Room (2007) , and the Justified series running at the moment on Netflix, he returned to the era that entranced him...
...CA Inc climbed 9.6 per cent to $25.02 as the software developer easily beat analyst expectations....
...Other target date managers are leery of CPPI: “We’ve had many conversations about it,” says Mr Cullen of Fidelity: “In a V-shaped market, it takes you to a safer exposure, but you can struggle to reallocate...
...recognisable brand and multiple methods of delivery, Blockbuster will complement our existing video offerings while presenting cross-marketing and service extension opportunities for Dish Network,” said Tom Cullen...
...“If you think about most categories on the web, books have Amazon, music has Last.fm or iTunes, movies have Netflix,” Mr Hyman said. “Art – to make a bad pun – is the last blank canvas.”...
...Its response to Netflix’s Roku box, launched six months ago, differs in some important respects....
...It seems that all those well-worn copies of Rocky V and Sleepless in Seattle are gumming up the works. Netflix customers watch roughly 8m DVDs a week....
...Strangely, Netflix – the online DVD rental site – also suffered a site meltdown, but apparently for reasons unrelated to the San Francisco power outage....
...Amazon’s move will be seen as a threat to online DVD rental companies such as Netflix and to the smaller video sites....
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