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Legendary actor Robert De Niro will star in a new Netflix film The Whisper Man produced by studio AGBO. The film is based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Alex North: When his eight-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, […]
Netflix, the world’s leading streaming service, reported fourth quarter earnings for 2024 and says it has over 301 million paid subscribers worldwide, a 15.9% increase from last year. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2024 were $10.25 billion, a 16% increase. Net income was $1.87 billion. The company says it has 301.6 million paid memberships […]
Netflix said that its Christmas Day games were the two most streamed NFL games in US history with an average audience of over 24 million viewers each, highlighted by Beyoncé’s halftime performance during the Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans game. Christmas was a record-breaking day for Netflix and the NFL, with an unduplicated audience of […]
Netflix is streaming two NFL games on Christmas for the first time and is hiring plenty of well-known talent from ESPN, CBS, NBC and Fox Sports for the day to staff its broadcast booth and pre-game shows. The game will be available globally to Netflix subscribers in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German. NFL Christmas […]
Netflix’s foray into live boxing was a success Saturday night. The company said 60 million households watched the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson main event live around the world, peaking at 65 million concurrent streams. Nearly 50 million households globally tuned in live for the co-main event of Serrano vs. Taylor 2. Additionally, the bout […]
OAKLAND — Sun Country Airlines has begun service at San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (OAK). The carrier will offer seasonal nonstop flights between OAK and Minneapolis-Saint Paul (MSP) throughout the summer 2024 travel season. Sun Country Airlines is a new entrant at OAK and is the only carrier at the airport that currently offers […]
Netflix has an early Christmas gift for football fans — but it won’t fit under the tree. On Dec. 25, 2024, Netflix for the first time will stream two Christmas Day NFL games: the Super Bowl LVII-winning Kansas City Chiefs vs Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texans. Netflix has a three year deal […]
Netflix has teamed up with Skydance Sports and NFL Films, in association with Stardust Frames Productions, for an upcoming documentary series that tells the definitive story of Jerry Jones and his unique journey in transforming the Dallas Cowboys franchise, leading a historic set of players and coaches to three NFL titles in the 1990s, and […]
Netflix won six Emmys at the 75th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night, including Outstanding Limited Series for BEEF. BEEF’s Ali Wong made history with her win, becoming the first Asian-American actress to win Outstanding Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie and the first woman of Asian descent to win an Emmy […]
Acclaimed actor Robert De Niro will star in a new Netflix limited series Zero Day, a conspiracy thriller. De Niro will also serve as executive producer and this will be his first TV series. The series is from Creator / Executive Producer Eric Newman under his Grand Electric Productions deal with Netflix, and Creator / […]
Netflix has formed its first partnership with the NFL: Quarterback, a new docu-series that will take a unique look at each season, told through the lens of NFL quarterbacks. This year, the series features exclusive, unprecedented access to Patrick Mahomes [photo above], Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota from the beginning of the 2022 season to […]
Silicon Valley will have a big presence in advertising during Sunday’s Super Bowl game between Kansas City and Philadelphia on Fox Network. Apple will be the sponsor of the halftime music show featuring Rihanna, replacing Pepsi, which had been the halftime sponsor for the past decade. Netflix is teaming up with GM in a 60-second […]