Netflix added 9.3 million subscribers in Q1 2024, hugely surpassing analysts’ estimates, and now has 269.6 million subscribers globally, further asserting the company as the world’s leading streaming service. Netflix reported revenue of $9.4 billion (€8.8bn), up 15 per cent YoY, and operating income of $2.6 billion. The company advised that it will stop reporting…

Bridget Thorne, a Republican elected in Fulton county in 2022, has spread election fraud lies and accused county employees of crimes A Fulton county commissioner in Georgia has been operating a private Telegram channel for years, propagating debunked claims about the 2020 election, and spreading accusations of crimes by county employees, including Ruby Freeman, an…

Bridget Thorne, a Republican elected in Fulton county in 2022, has spread election fraud lies and accused county employees of crimes A Fulton county commissioner in Georgia has been operating a private Telegram channel for years, propagating debunked claims about the 2020 election, and spreading accusations of crimes by county employees, including Ruby Freeman, an…

Bridget Thorne, a Republican elected in Fulton county in 2022, has spread election fraud lies and accused county employees of crimes A Fulton county commissioner in Georgia has been operating a private Telegram channel for years, propagating debunked claims about the 2020 election, and spreading accusations of crimes by county employees, including Ruby Freeman, an…

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has announced the extension of its exclusive LaLiga broadcast rights in Italy and Portugal. Already the broadcaster of Spain’s top flight football league domestically and in other key European markets, DAZN has renewed its contract as the exclusive rightsholder of LaLiga EA Sports in Italy and Portugal until 2029. Italian…

UK companies revised their marketing spend up once again in Q1 2024, stretching a run of growth that dates back to the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest IPA Bellwether Report. A sustained upturn in marketing spend comes amid an improving economic backdrop for the UK economy, with an impending emergence from recession…

Italian public broadcaster Rai achieved a balanced net profit for 2023, according to financial statements approved by its Board of Directors. Net debt improved to €568 million compared to the previous year, indicating a sustainable financial position. Despite missing revenue from major sporting events and facing advertising restrictions, overall advertising income grew by more than…

In this week’s newsletter: Alice Levine’s The Price of Paradise follows the story of Jayne Gaskin, and the Caribbean island that wasn’t all it seemed. Plus: five of the best bad movie podcasts • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The Price of ParadiseWidely available, episodes weeklyThe tale of Jayne…

Parks Associates’ Smart Home Dashboard, quarterly consumer research featuring surveys of US internet households, finds 45 per cent of US internet households have at least one smart home device and 18 per cent have six or more. “Heading into 2024, the profile of the smart home adopter looks different than in the earlier years of…

Comcast has rolled out its NOW brand in the US, offering Internet, mobile and streaming TV products that consumers can purchase month-to-month, whenever they want. Comcast explains that NOW Internet “is a prepaid service that provides more reliability than fixed wireless options for a better price”; and NOW Mobile is a new prepaid service that…