June 22, 2022
NBCUniversal, Google Compete to Build Netflix’s Ad Subscription Tier

The top contenders to work with Netflix on creating an ad-supported tier for the streaming service are now NBCUniversal and Google, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (June 22), citing...

June 22, 2022
Comcast & Google Look To Tie-up With Netflix For Ad-Supported...

Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Alphabet’s Google are leading the race for a tie-up with Netflix to help it create an advertisement-supported subscription plan, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources. Comcast’s video...

June 21, 2022
Banks’ Loyalty and Rewards Fare Best When Personalized ‘Close to...

There’s that old statement attributed to U.S. retail magnate John Wanamaker, which neatly sums up the challenge of card-level promotions, especially in the digital age: “Half of my marketing dollars...

June 18, 2022
To Binge or Not to Binge? That is the Question...

Funny story. In a 2018 interview with Empire Magazine, actor Guy Pearce said, “I don’t think Netflix likes the term ‘binge’” adding that “we were strictly sort of instructed beforehand...

June 15, 2022
Why Tech Regulators Need to Think Like Google

As many of the world’s largest companies are platform-based technology companies, there has been a growing push worldwide to regulate these companies to address issues arising from economic, political and...

June 13, 2022
Spotify to Acquire AI Text-to-Voice Platform Sonantic

Music and podcast purveyor Spotify on Monday (June 13) announced it is acquiring Sonantic, which specializes in using artificial intelligence to convincingly replicate human voices from text. Spotify said in...

June 11, 2022
Subscription Travel Brings Recurring Summer Fun to the Road and...

If we can subscribe to something like Apocabox — should the world end on a predictable monthly recurring billing schedule — why can’t we subscribe to more travel services? That gap in...

June 10, 2022
EMEA Daily: EU Unveils New BNPL Rules

In today’s top stories from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the European Union prepares new rules for buy now, pay later (BNPL) companies that would reduce their transparency requirements....

June 10, 2022
MFS Africa CEO: Prepaid Cards Open World of Online Payments...

Imagine a fashion influencer with millions of YouTube subscribers who is trying to monetize her online content and at the same time purchase a Spotify subscription to download the latest...