2 years later…it’s happening. #Tidelands will be Netflix’s very first Australian original series. https://t.co/iPamxzo768 — Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) “> Netflix has announced its first Australian original series, “Tidelands,” which will be made available on the streamer globally. The show follows a former criminal who returns home to her small fishing village, where a local fisherman’s …
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Would you pay more to get your Netflix fix? A price hike could well be in the works with the streaming giant quietly testing out changes to the cost of plans in Australia. The Australian reports that Netflix has tested upping Australian prices by as much as AU$3 over weekends, increasing its Basic plan from AU$8.99 to AU$9.99 a month, …
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Netflix is keeping up its push into Europe, saying Thursday it will hire 400 more people in Amsterdam for its new European customer service hub. The company is using its Amsterdam office as its new headquarters for an expansion into Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This expansion is critical for Netflix to maintain its growth because its expansion in …
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To screen or to stream? Two Netflix original films will be allowed to compete next week at the Cannes Film Festival in France even though they aren’t expected to be released widely in French theaters, the festival’s board said Wednesday. But after complaints from a cinema group, the festival amended its rules for future years, requiring that films “will have …
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Netflix wants Australia to have real, border-enforcing leadership, “like they do in the US.” But not Donald Trump — more like Frank Underwood. In a faux political broadcast that aired on Australian TV on Tuesday night, Netflix unveiled the #AustraliansForUnderwood campaign, its latest ad for the fifth season of “ House of Cards.” Launching an hour before Australia’s federal budget …
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HDR, or High Dynamic Range, is one of the latest TV technologies, even newer than 4K resolution. HDR can, on the right TV and with the right content, look pretty impressive. Most of the time it comes with Wide Color Gamut, or WCG, which adds more realistic colors to the mix. These help the TV create an image that’s got …
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Hulu couldn’t have picked a better time to launch its live-TV streaming service. After promising one year ago to launch a service with live-streaming TV channels within a year, Hulu made good on its vow Wednesday, rolling out a $40-a-month “skinny bundle” that adds more than 50 live channels to its Netflix-like tier for on-demand shows and movies. It doesn’t …
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Now playing: Watch this: ‘Orange is the New Black’ upcoming episodes may have… 1:01 The newest episodes of “Orange Is the New Black” have been leaked to the internet, claims a hacker. JoJo/Whilden/Netflix A hacking group says it has posted the first 10 episodes of the upcoming season of “Orange Is the New Black” to a piracy website after Netflix …
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Amazon is shelling out $50 million to stream National Football League games, and that’s just the start. This year, the e-commerce titan is expected to spend $4.5 billion on video-streaming content, nearly double last year and not too far from Netflix’s $6 billion video budget. And video is the only thing Netflix does; Amazon also sells shampoo and cloud services …
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Netflix is making good on its promise to find a way into China. The streaming giant yesterday inked an agreement with Chinese video-streaming service iQiyi, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Owned by Chinese search engine Baidu, iQiyi reported 481 million monthly active users in December 2016. The deal marks the beginning of Netflix’s entry into one of few remaining markets it …
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