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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google adds Diamond tier to Play Points in the US  9to5Google Source link

Netflix (NFLX) is set to report fourth quarter financial results after the bell on Thursday as investors seek greater clarity surrounding the streaming giant’s profitability efforts, including its crackdown on password sharing and its recently debuted ad-supported tier. The Street will also continue to keep a close eye on subscriber numbers, which fell in each of the first quarters of the year, but are expected to grow again in Q4 after rebounding in the third quarter. Here are Wall Street’s… Source link

LUSAIL, Qatar — Lionel Messi began his ride off into soccer’s golden sunset with teammates streaming across the field. He’d just scored the goal that Hollywood had scripted, in the 108th minute of a manic World Cup final, his last game on soccer’s biggest stage. Limbs flailed all around him. Friends mobbed him. An ear-splitting roar filled the Lusail Stadium. It crescendoed again as Messi wound up for an undercut pump of his right fist, and louder still as he spun to all sides of the… Source link

Disney’s ad tier officially launched Thursday as the media giant looks to curb accelerating streaming losses. “We expect Disney to generate anywhere from about $500 million to even up to $1 billion dollars in ad-supported revenue on the Disney+ product in their first year of operation,” Geetha Rangathan, analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, told Yahoo Finance Live. Rangathan said ad-supported revenue rise by up to $3 billion over the next three years, reiterating her confidence in the media… Source link

Netflix stock (NFLX) is at a 7-month high after three straight sessions of gains, buoyed by bullish investor sentiment surrounding the streaming platform’s newly launched ad-supported tier. Shares of the media giant, down roughly 50% since the start of the year, have climbed nearly 60% over the past six months. The stock rose about 3% in premarket trading on Tuesday. The ad plan, dubbed “Basic with Ads,” rolled out on November 3 with a price tag of $6.99 a month in the U.S. — just below… Source link

Disney (DIS) faces an ultra-competitive landscape as it gets ready to roll out its $7.99 Disney+ ad tier in December, one month after Netflix’s (NFLX) much-anticipated debut. Despite the slowdown in ad spending, analysts remain bullish on the profitability prospects of ad-supported services. That said, investors will be watching Disney’s execution carefully as the fight for ad dollars escalates. “Disney has a burden of the brand where there’s a higher expectation in the quality of the ads… Source link

Netflix (NFLX) has chosen an ad partner. The streaming giant will partner with Microsoft (MSFT) to help roll out its new ad-supported offering later this year. The tech giant, which generated $10 billion in advertising sales last year, will serve as the streamer’s technology and sales partner. Netflix stock rose to a session high on the heels of the announcement, up more than 2% in midday trading. “Microsoft has the proven ability to support all our advertising needs as we work together to… Source link

Comcast Corp.’s NBCUniversal and Alphabet Google have emerged as top contenders to work with Netflix and help the streaming company create an advertising-supported tier of its service, according to people familiar with the matter. Netflix, which is hoping to boost revenue by selling ads around its programming, is still in the early stages of developing the strategy and has explored a range of tie-ups in recent weeks. Source link

Google has announced a new, free tier of its Workspace suite, Workspace Essentials Starter. Basically, it lets workers use tools like Google Docs, Sheets, Chat, etc. with their co-workers without requiring them to switch over to Gmail if they’re already using something like Exchange or Zoho. While employees have long been able to replicate this use case with personal Google accounts, having an official product for it could help with security and make it easier to manage a team of people… Source link

Google Workspace Individual, the company’s Workspace plan designed to give one-person businesses access to some premium features in the software suite, is now available in five countries (via 9to5Google). With Workspace Individual, you’ll be able to host group meetings in Google Meet for longer than 60 minutes on a computer as well as record Meet calls and use noise cancellation. Workspace Individual also makes it easy to let others schedule time on your Google Calendar, thanks to… Source link