The new Plex Skip Credits feature allows movie fans to skip long credit sequences in their own personal digital movie library set up on a Plex Media Server, with a paid Plex Pass subscription.
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Disney+ has now topped 100 million paid subscribers worldwide, with The Walt Disney Company's CEO Bob Chapek pinning the service's future growth on its "robust pipeline of content".
Netflix is taking on TikTok with Fast Laughs, a new feature that lets you see a feed of short comedy clips from its catalog of movies and shows. It's available only on iOS for now.
Netflix has added a new "screen lock" button to its Android app in order to stop accidental touches. However, it does not prevent swipe gestures in Android's system even if it is enabled.
Netflix's Smart Downloads feature is now on iOS. It was introduced to its Android app in July 2018 to automatically download the next episode and delete the previous ones after you've watched them.
Netflix now allows you to stream video content in High Dynamic Range on a new batch of supported mobile devices including the LG G7 One, Sony Xperia XZ3, and the Xperia XZ2 Premium.
Netflix is offering approximately $2 billion of senior unsecured notes to qualified institutional buyers as part of its efforts to acquire, develop, and produce original content in the future.
Netflix will be investing around $8 billion on some 700 original TV series and movies this year, with the spending marking a $2 billion increase from the amount the company spent last year.
According to a report by Bloomberg, several Hollywood movie studios are in talks with Apple and Comcast to launch a premium movie rental service where films may release just two weeks after theaters.
Movie studios and content distributors are looking for a new way to bring their movies inside viewers' homes, shortly after the cinema release. iTunes is one platform that may get access to this.