Amazon and its video division appear to be in the midst of a refocus. The company is making a number of moves regarding video content and pricing going forward. Amazon this week announced a price hike for its monthly subscribers. Amazon’s price increase will not affect the price of yearly Amazon Prime memberships. According to…
Nothing is new under the sun. We will see reboots, remakes sitcoms that feel just like old ones and new ones like Rosanne, that are in fact the same ones we used to watch. Why does the entertainment industry do this? Because for all of the complaints about Hollywood not having any new ideas people…
Sony Crackle will be bringing a number of new entries to its free service next month including many that are only available for one month. The Crackle original In the Cloud will roll out on February 8 along with older titles. Community fans should be happy to see season 1-5 available while zombie lovers can take…
Amazon rolled out Electric dreams this week. The original production consists of 10 stories by the visionary science fiction writer Phillip K Dick. Much like1980s era show The Ray Bradbury Theater, each story is its own. Amazon hopes to strike gold again with the author’s work as they already have with Alternative History series The Man In…
Roku is updating its advertising tools to better keep track of viewing for TV networks and even those who specifically target cord cutters. The new tools called Ad Insights provides information derived from Roku’s first-party data as well as the linear and streaming viewership habits of millions of active accounts and billions of streaming hours. This is…
