Disney is in a bind. The company is struggling to keep its streaming subscriber numbers up after years of price hikes, but it also wants to spend less money producing new content…
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Can’t find anything to stream on TV? Let AI find it for you!
Hey, PCWorlders, here’s a tip for any TV buffs out there. I’d like to call myself that, but the truth is that my busy schedule means that watching anything on TV these…
Roku is doing what most of its rivals avoid
Roku is spending $185 million to get into a business that most other streaming platforms have avoided. In early May, the company announced that it will acquire Frndly TV, the cheapest of…
Do HBO’s owners have any actual idea what they’re doing with Max?
Max is changing its name back to HBO Max, and much like The Joker in one of Warner’s DC Universe films, I can’t stop laughing. Three years have passed since the mega-merger…
YouTube wants to place ads at the ‘most exciting’ moments of its videos
At its own Brandcast 2025 event, YouTube presented a new way of inserting advertisements in particularly exciting places, which was recapped in this official YouTube blog post. The new feature, called “Peak…
Psych! Max is going to be HBO Max again
Just as we were growing accustomed to the term “Max,” HBO Max will soon revert to its original name. The head-spinning move, slated to take effect this summer, was announced Wednesday morning…
Peacock may have just ruined your Black Friday subscription deal
Thrifty cord-cutters know the secret to getting ad-free Peacock for cheap: Ideally on Black Friday, snag a discounted year of ad-free Peacock, then use Peacock’s monthly Premium Plus add-on option to yank…
Spotify now lets you ‘snooze’ songs that you’re sick of hearing
Call it a first-world problem if you want, but we’ve all been there: listening to our favorite songs so many times on repeat that we actually get sick of them, despite how…
Is Netflix’s cheaper ad plan worth it? We break it down
While it once scoffed at the possibility of offering an ad-supported tier, Netflix has since embraced the idea, with millions of users snapping up its “Standard with Ads” plan, garnering plenty of…
You can watch YouTube videos in background tabs in Chrome soon
Tired of having to switch between tabs when you have a YouTube video playing in one while working on something else (or reading an article, or browsing your emails, or chatting on…
