Emma Roth

News Writer

Colorado governor signs first right-to-repair law for farmers

Emma RothApr 27, 2023

Peacock added two million paid subscribers last quarter.

The streaming service now has a total of 22 million paying subscribers, according to Comcast’s earnings report today — a major increase from the 13 million paid subscribers it had at the same time last year.

This increase could be related to the company’s decision to take away Peacock’s free tier in February, but it’ll be even more to see how many Xfinity customers stick around for Poker Face once Comcast starts making them pay for Peacock this June.

NBCUniversal reports higher Peacock losses as it shows CEO the door

[TechCrunch]

Google Meet finally supports 1080p video calls

Emma RothApr 26, 2023

Roku OS remains the top-selling smart TV platform in the US.

In its earnings report today, Roku says it was still the most popular smart TV OS in the country last quarter. This is a title Roku has held in 2020, 2021, and 2022, making the company’s decision to release its own Roku-enabled smart TVs seem like a no-brainer.

Roku does the obvious thing and announces its own TV line

Chris Welch

Jan 4

New Motorola Razr leak shows off sizable outer display

Emma RothApr 26, 2023

Disney sues Florida for ‘government retaliation’ in escalating feud

Emma RothApr 26, 2023

Emoji Kitchen IRL.

For $3, Google is selling actual stickers of its Emoji Kitchen combinations, in case you want to deck out your belongings with a cat bread or a thinking Earth emoji.

It would’ve been even cooler if Google let us customize the stickers with our own combinations, but we’ll have to stick with these premade ones for now.

Emma RothApr 26, 2023

Netflix lost one million users in Spain following its password-sharing crackdown.

That’s according to data Bloomberg obtained from analytics group Kantar, which says subscription cancellations in Spain tripled in the first quarter of 2023 when compared to the same time last year. Meanwhile, one-tenth of the country’s remaining subscribers say they plan on canceling in the future.

While Netflix says it expects this kind of “cancel reaction” in Spain, Portugal, Canada, New Zealand, and the other countries where it rolled out anti-password sharing rules, one million users seem like a pretty big loss.

Netflix Password Sharing Crackdown Leads to 1 Million Customer Losses in Spain

[Bloomberg.com]