Well, this is awkward. Two separate newspapers confidently claimed that BTS’s comeback concert had been watched by an estimated 300 million people on Netflix. However, Netflix… begs to differ. “BTS The […]
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WMG gives Netflix ‘first-look’ deal for music documentaries
This weekend’s BTS livestream showed Netflix’s continued ambitions around music programming. An announcement on Friday risked getting lost in the noise, but is just as interesting. The video-streamer has inked a […]
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Reports claim 300m fans watched BTS’s live comeback on Netflix
Update: boo hiss to the Times and the Telegraph, who published the 300m figure. Netflix has since announced that the concert stream was watched by, ahem, 18.4 million people. These […]
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Harry Styles gets a Netflix deal for his comeback concert
This Friday Harry Styles will be playing his big comeback concert in Manchester in the UK as a warm-up for his residency-focused global tour that begins in May. As you’d […]
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BTS comeback adds Netflix documentary and livestreamed concert
Having sold nearly 2.4m tickets for the next BTS tour, Hybe has now revealed the next plank in the K-Pop group’s comeback strategy: a deal with Netflix. The latter will […]
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Netflix is acquiring avatar-focused startup Ready Player Me
Ready Player Me emerged during Peak Metaverse Hype a few years ago, with a focus on avatars. Now it is being acquired by Netflix.
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Spotify roundup: Netflix podcasts, managed accounts, Ed Sheeran
It’s been a busy 24 hours for Spotify, with three separate announcements. The most interesting is a new partnership with Netflix that will see a slate of Spotify’s video podcasts made available […]
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Huntr/X set for first live performance… with human singers
Having taken music charts by storm around the world, Huntr/X are set for their first IRL live performance – on US talk-show The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon on 7 October. […]
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Four of YouTube’s top five songs are from KPop Demon Hunters
YouTube’s latest weekly music charts reveal the continuing domination of Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters, and the artists involved.
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KPop Demon Hunters has now been watched 236m times on Netflix
Views of animated film KPop Demon Hunters are up to 236m now, making it the most popular film of all-time on Netflix.
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KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack reaches 3bn streams milestone
Lots of people are watching Netflix hit KPop Demon Hunters on TV, tablet and phone screens – as well as playing its soundtrack.
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Spotify’s latest launches are a VR app… and a golf game?
Virtual reality may not be as hyped as it was at Peak Metaverse Moment a couple of years ago, but Meta is pressing on with its headsets and content ecosystem. […]
