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Netflix’s Fast Laughs is a TikTok-style comedy feed for your phone

March 3, 2021

Sometimes, all you want from Netflix is a good laugh. The service's latest mobile feature is designed to do just that. Fast Laughs is a TikTok-style feed of clips from stand-up specials as well as comedy shows and movies.
It even has a "LOL&…

‘Dota: Dragon’s Blood’ trailer gives a clearer view of Netflix’s new anime series

March 2, 2021

It's only been a couple of weeks Netflix and Valve revealed a teaser trailer for the anime series based on Valve's hit game Dota 2, but now they're back with a longer trailer showing off more of the characters and story elements. As we&#3…

Netflix’s first ‘Shadow and Bone’ trailer shows off the fantasy world of Ravka

February 26, 2021

Netflix has shared the first trailer for Shadow and Bone, its live-action adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s best-selling fantasy novel series. The clip introduces us to protagonist Alina Starkov, played here by Jessie Mei Li, as she sets off on a journey…

Nickelodeon builds on Aang’s adventures with Avatar Studios project

February 25, 2021

Fans of award-winning animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel, The Legend of Korra, are in for a treat. ViacomCBS execs announced on Wednesday that its subsidiary, Nickelodeon, will launch a new production studio dedicated to expand…

Valve’s ‘DOTA: Dragon’s Blood’ teaser unsurprisingly includes dragons

February 19, 2021

Valve has shared the first teaser for its upcoming Netflix Dota 2 animated series. The trailer for Dota: Dragon's Blood introduces us to Davion, who fans of the company's MOBA will know as the Dragon Knight. Here, he's voiced by Yuri Lowe…

Netflix is working on its own Britney Spears documentary

February 15, 2021

Hulu's documentary Framing Britney Spears is getting a lot of attention right now, so it shouldn't surprise you that there are other films in the works documenting the pop star. According to Bloomberg, Netflix has its own Britney Spears docum…

Netflix is testing a sleep timer on Android

January 29, 2021

If you enjoy watching an episode or two of a show before you drift off, Netflix’s latest feature might be useful. It’s testing a sleep timer function on Android devices. A select number of users will see a clock icon when they watch something. If you…

Netflix delivers ‘studio-quality’ sound upgrade for Android viewers

January 24, 2021

Don’t be surprised if Netflix sounds nicer the next time you marathon a show on your Android phone. Netflix has upgraded its Android app to stream audio in xHE-AAC (Extended HE-AAC with MPEG-D DRC; yes, it’s a mouthful), promising “studio-quality” so…

Pixar’s ‘Soul’ was so popular on streaming that it beat ‘The Office’

January 23, 2021

There was little doubt Pixar’s Soul would find a large audience by going straight to Disney+ in many countries, but it’s now clear just how successful that strategy was. Deadline reports that the existential movie topped Nielsen’s streaming rankings…

Netflix grows to over 200 million subscribers globally

January 19, 2021

As the company predicted, Netflix has topped 200 million subscribers, reporting (PDF) 203.66 million paying customers worldwide. Netflix also noted that its original TV shows accounted for nine of the top ten most Google’d series in 2020. Netflix Ne…