Category: TV

Google hopes to see more Green with new YouTube Red

Google hopes to see more Green with new YouTube Red

by | Oct 22, 2015 | , , , , , | 0

YouTube Red’s new subscription streaming service offers consumers (and pirates) ad free content to watch (and steal).

YouTube has decided to enter the subscription streaming fray with the announcement yesterday of its new (ad-free) premium channel, YouTube Red.  Despite the unfortunate choice of a name —similar to a rather notorious porn site that has both the word “red” and “tube” in its title– YouTube is hoping its new endeavor will catch some of the ad-free streaming mojo enjoyed by the popular subscription based offerings of Netflix, HULU, and Amazon Prime.  And, like the others, YouTube will develop its own slate of “YouTube Originals.”

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Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” Season 3 streaming in more countries than ever

Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” Season 3 streaming in more countries than ever

by | Jun 11, 2015 | , | 0

Fans of the hit Netflix original series, Orange is the New Black, are standing by, like Cinderella, waiting for the clock to strike midnight on the west coast tonight.  When the clock strikes twelve viewers worldwide will be able to (legally) binge watch all 13 episodes of the popular prison ensemble series.  Netflix has expanded to dozens of markets in the Americas, Europe and Oceania.

While the series will undoubtedly be widely pirated, now that  piracy havens like Brazil have Netflix it will be interesting to see if the problem is less widespread.  In fact, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings made news last week by suggesting (with caveats) that illegal piracy actually paved the way for Netflix’s success by changing audience viewing habits.

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