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Netflix Confirms £4.99 Ad-Supported Subscription Tier for November
Ever since the start of the year, there have been rumours suggesting that in order to address their alarming drop off in subscriber counts seen since the start of the year, Netflix was considering the introduction of a new less expensive tier which would see it supported, in some way,…
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Elgato Launch its New Wave DX Dynamic Gaming Microphone
Elgato has announced the launch of its new Wave DX. A premium XLR microphone with proven dynamic capsule technology designed in close cooperation with Lewitt Audio, Wave DX works with any XLR preamp or audio interface to produce studio-quality sound right out of the box. Built from the ground up…
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Google Confirms the Death of Stadia! (In News That Shocks No One)
Released back in November 2019, the Google Stadia was one of the first and biggest attempts to secure and establish the world of stream-based gaming. – Now, admittedly, Nvidia had successfully done this for several years with their ‘Shield’, but this was different. While Nvidia rightly recognised the Shield as…
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Netflix To Move Away From Binge Releases To Weekly Drops?
Although this hasn’t always been the case (with more than a few exceptions), typically speaking when Netflix drops a new show they tend to dump all of the episodes in one fell swoop. This does, of course, invite the consumer to sit down and binge-watch the entire thing. – Following…
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Upgrading My Plex Server With a new TerraMaster NAS and Seagate IronWolf Pro Drives!
It’s been a while now, but earlier this year we had three storms pretty much back to back. The end result of this was a damaged roof tile, some blown-over garden furniture, and my NAS died. The NAS itself went utterly bonkers and won’t even load the login screen, and…
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Is Netflix’s Upcoming Ad-Tier A Precursor for More Price Increases?
It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that at some point, either late this year or in early 2023, Netflix will announce the launch of its brand new ad-supported subscription tier. Effectively representing a fourth and least expensive option to consumers, it has clearly been a matter of more than a…
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Netflix Cans Resident Evil After Just 1 (Mostly Crap) Season!
Released last month, Netflix certainly attempted to build a fair bit of hype for its live-action adaptation of Resident Evil, and, overall, based on what we saw leading up to its launch, it genuinely looked somewhat decent. – When it finally landed, however, all most people seemed to find in…
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Netflix’s Proposed Ad-Tier Might Not ALWAYS Include Adverts!
Netflix is expected to launch its new ad-supported subscription tier at some point in early 2023. While it is still unclear exactly how much they plan to charge for this, it undoubtedly sounds like an excellent idea to try and tempt some of the people who left the platform back…
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Netflix’s Ad-Supported Tier May Remove One Hugely Popular Feature
It’s well-established that at some point in early 2023, Netflix will officially launch a new subscription tier which will be partially funded by advertising revenue. – Put simply, while users on this particular version will still have access to the masses of films and TV series that the platform has…
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Disney Celebrates Beating Netflix in Sub Count By… Hiking its Prices!
Despite having only launched in late 2018, earlier this week figures were posted online confirming that the Disney+ streaming service had officially beaten Netflix’s subscriber count. In other words, Disney was now the new king (or queen if you prefer) of the streaming wars with more of us now being…
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Disney Overtakes Netflix As the New Top Dog of the Streaming Wars
Following its launch back in November 2019, Disney’s streaming platform has undoubtedly proven to be exceptionally popular with consumers. – I think, however, that it would’ve been fair to say at the time that while it might’ve eventually offered something of a near parity to Netflix in terms of subscribers,…
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Google Compelled to Confirm that its Stadia Service is NOT Being Shut Down!
I occasionally have to remind myself that Google Stadia actually still exists. Although released back in 2019, I think it’s fair to say that the console/streaming platform has so far proven to be a pretty hard flop with people, like myself, regularly forgetting that it is still actually not just…
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Amazon Confirms UK & Europe Price Increases for Prime
Amazon Prime is certainly a useful service if you’re a regular customer of theirs. Not only do you get faster delivery of products from their retail website, but you also get access to various other perks including their streaming service. – For those of you feeling the current pinch of…
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Netflix Expected to Introduce Password Sharing Charges Worldwide Next Year!
While it would clearly be hyperbole to say that Netflix is in full-blown panic mode at the moment, it’s hard to deny that, on the whole, things do definitely seem to be in a downward trend. A factor clearly highlighted only earlier this week when the video streaming platform confirmed…
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Twitch Adds New ‘Shared Ban Info’ Feature to Help Streamers Identify Trouble-Makers!
Twitch has always had something of a problem regarding trolls within streamers’ chat channels. While moderators can, of course, look to curtail this problem in relatively isolated matters, this doesn’t really provide a solution for streamers as a whole. And, in fairness, and before I go any further, I don’t…
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