April 28, 2022
Amazon Prime Debuts Indian Movie Rental Service

Amazon Prime Video has debuted a movie rental service in India, pledging to release more than 40 original movies and series in the next two years. As Reuters reported Thursday...

April 26, 2022
Big Tech’s Stock Drubbing Looks Set to Continue Into Earnings...

Big Tech is looking smaller every day — if you are using stock prices as a yardstick. Tuesday’s dismal showing showed more of the same, variations on a theme that...

April 25, 2022
Dismal Stock Performance Misses Mark on Connected Economy’s Potential

To borrow a few lines from Jerry Garcia and his pals, somewhat liberally: Trouble behind, trouble ahead — and you know that notion just crossed our minds … That the...

April 25, 2022
It’s Time for Netflix to Stage Its Next Blockbuster Pivot

When Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and INSEAD Professor Erin Meyer released their business book bestseller No Rules Rules in September 2020, they wrote that it was the video company’s unconventional...

April 25, 2022
CE100™ Index Drops as Investors Flee ‘Fun’ Pillar

Well, that’s no fun. If there are some “connected economy” themes shaping up as earnings season gets fully underway, depending on where you look, try these on for size: Consumers...

April 22, 2022
This Week In Payments: Netflix and BofA Face Vastly Different...

With earnings reports and new surveys from PYMNTS, this week saw lots of numbers in the news. They showed that there’s room for growth in the global digital transformation, that...

April 22, 2022
Home Depot Creates Customer-Tech Role to Continue Pandemic-Fed Momentum

Home Depot is upping its investment in digital programs like online shopping and curbside pickup apps that helped drive sales during the pandemic, while also moving its longtime chief information...

April 21, 2022
Netflix’s Subscriber Loss, HBO’s Gain Point to Changing World for...

One streaming media platform’s loss may be another’s gain. Numbers tell a tale — and the subscriber numbers that have just come out from Netflix and HBO/HBO Max tell some...

April 21, 2022
Today in the Connected Economy: Following Subscriber Drop, Netflix Unveils...

Today in the connected economy, Netflix unveils a new way for viewers to find their favorite shows days after reporting a massive drop in viewers. Plus, the head of Goldman...