Amazon has been stepping up its video streaming game to better compete with Netflix, and is even planning to release its own YouTube competitor, but it’s expansion into the entertainment industry isn’t limited to video centric services. According to a report from Reuters on Friday, Amazo
The dominance of American media across the globe means we don’t have to worry about our culture being drowned out by foreign media, but that same dominance also makes it to where foreign countries have to worry about American media drowning out their culture. That’s why many European cou
Amazon Prime Video started off as a nice little bonus for Prime subscribers, but Amazon has improved the feature to the point where it’s now up there with Hulu as the only two serious Netflix competitors. The only problem is that you need to have an annual Prime membership in order to access P
Consumer electronics are the only area where Amazon has found any real success in creating its own product lines, but the company hasn’t given up. WWD noticed on Monday that Amazon has quietly released somewhere around 1,800 new products through seven new in-house labels, which range from men&
It looks like Xiaomi’s ambitions aren’t limited to the consumer electronics market, as the company is joining forces with Chinese media group Huayi Brothers Star to form a joint film production venture. Known as New Saint, the production firm will focus on development of talent and scree
It looks like HBO isn’t the only one that needs to watch its back for Netflix, as the company will apparently begin offering Vice-like content in the near future. A recent interview with some Netflix executives left little doubt that the company will be competing directly with Vice within the
Families have always been Netflix’s primary target, and the company already has plenty of content to entertain parents and young children, but what about kids in the tween and teen demographics? Netflix’s offerings in those areas could use some work, especially when it comes to original
Michelle Phan was one of the Internet’s first YouTube celebrities, all thanks to her make-up tutorial videos that have earned her more than one billion collective views over the years. However, that success is merely the platform on which Phan is building her own beauty empire. Known as Ipsy,
South Park is one of the most beloved, longest-running adult cartoon comedies out there, which is why it’s not that surprising that Hulu was so desperate to secure streaming rights to the series. However, the company’s decision to pay a whopping $192 million over five years to stream a s
Sony is never going to able to live down the massive hack that it allowed to happen last year, and WikiLeaks intends to ensure as much. Earlier today, the organization published thousands of documents and emails that were obtained through the hack and has made them accessible to and easily searchabl
People have been using Periscope, Twitter’s live-streaming app and rival to Meerkat, to stream episodes of Game of Thrones to their viewers. As I’m sure you can imagine, HBO isn’t happy about that at all and has issued numerous takedown notices. On top of that, the company released
In a move that has surprised no one, Netflix has decided to renew House of Cards for another season. The last season of Netflix’s most popular original series was met with lukewarm responses, with many claiming the season lacked pretty much everything that made the first two so addictive. Even