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KONG Box Curbs Inactive Churn With Seamless Payments
KONG Box Curbs Inactive Churn With Seamless Payments
April 26, 2021  |  Subscription Commerce

Consumers have greatly altered their behaviors during the pandemic for everything from how they work to how they buy groceries. The global health crisis has...

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Netflix Slowdown May Signal Fading Subscription Boom
Netflix Slowdown May Signal Fading Subscription Boom
April 21, 2021  |  Subscriptions

They’re calling it “the correction quarter” after the latest Netflix earnings report interrupted what had looked like an ongoing victory march for the streaming service...

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Netflix Hits 208 Million Paid Memberships As Growth Slows  
Netflix Hits 208 Million Paid Memberships As Growth Slows  
April 20, 2021  |  Earnings

Netflix announced Tuesday (April 20) as part of its financial results that it closed out the first quarter of 2021 with 208 million paid memberships,...

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New Streaming App Provider Ranking Rankles Some, Rewards Others
New Streaming App Provider Ranking Rankles Some, Rewards Others
April 20, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

Sometimes we’re amazed at the streaming apps that don’t make it into the top 10. Have a look at the full field of contenders to...

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Microsoft To Launch Streaming Gaming Service
Microsoft To Launch Streaming Gaming Service
April 19, 2021  |  Streaming

Microsoft’s Xbox Cloud Gaming service, which is sort of a Netflix for games and was known previously as xCloud, is debuting this week on iPhones,...

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Spotify Tests Out ‘Smart Player’ For In-Car Use
Spotify Tests Out ‘Smart Player’ For In-Car Use
April 13, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

It’s hard to know how much the pandemic will cut into this summer’s road trips or curb Americans’ commutes. However it turns out, Spotify wants...

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Netflix Pilots Old-School Weekly Alternative To Binge-Watching
Netflix Pilots Old-School Weekly Alternative To Binge-Watching
March 24, 2021  |  Streaming

Netflix, the streaming service that started the concept of binge-watching, is planning to trial an old-fashioned way of viewing television shows — weekly episodes, according...

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LiveXLive Partners With Facebook On PPV Events
LiveXLive Partners With Facebook On PPV Events
March 24, 2021  |  Streaming

Livestreaming and on-demand video and audio platform LiveXLive Media will be launching a series of pay-per-view (PPV) shows on Facebook’s new paid online event feature,...

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In A Year Without Live Music, Streaming, NFTs Fuel Industry Growth
In A Year Without Live Music, Streaming, NFTs Fuel Industry Growth
March 23, 2021  |  Innovation

The international recorded music market expanded by 7.4 percent last year while much of the globe was on lockdown and live, in-person music was not...

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