Apple TV+ Will License Its Movies to Other Services to Reduce Billions in Losses
(bloomberg.com)
Brian Robbins has guided Paramount through the pandemic, two strikes and a sale. Now he’s facing the wicked witch of the west.
Brian Robbins has guided Paramount through the pandemic, two strikes and a sale. Now he’s facing the wicked witch of the west.
Apple TV+ spent $20B on original content. If only people watched
(arstechnica.com)
Apple TV+ launched in 2019. Since then, the company has spent over $20 billion to build an impressive library of original content, Bloomberg reported earlier this year. Yet, despite a highly regarded library of shows and movies with big names in acting and directing, Apple TV+ only garnered 0.3 percent of US screen viewing time in June 2024, per Nielsen.
Apple TV+ launched in 2019. Since then, the company has spent over $20 billion to build an impressive library of original content, Bloomberg reported earlier this year. Yet, despite a highly regarded library of shows and movies with big names in acting and directing, Apple TV+ only garnered 0.3 percent of US screen viewing time in June 2024, per Nielsen.
Netflix streaming issues leaving Mike Tyson-Jake Paul viewers livid
(nypost.com)
Netflix isn’t built for it.
Netflix isn’t built for it.
Netflix customers infuriated by broken and poor livestream of Tyson/Paul fight
(ycombinator.com)
Netflix customers infuriated by broken and poor livestream of Tyson/Paul fight
Netflix customers infuriated by broken and poor livestream of Tyson/Paul fight
Tyson vs. Paul: Netflix suffers significant issues on fight night
(usatoday.com)
With all eyes on the much-anticipated fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, fans took to social media to share their reaction and widespread frustration with Netflix's first boxing event.
With all eyes on the much-anticipated fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, fans took to social media to share their reaction and widespread frustration with Netflix's first boxing event.
Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson
(sportingnews.com)
Boxing fans hoped Netflix's live coverage of Jake Paul's clash with Mike Tyson — and the matches that preceded it —would go off without a hitch.
Boxing fans hoped Netflix's live coverage of Jake Paul's clash with Mike Tyson — and the matches that preceded it —would go off without a hitch.
Ask HNs: Is Tyson vs. Paul Crashing Netflix?
(ycombinator.com)
I thought Netflix paid their engineers well. Their service is absolutely not doing well under this kind of load.
I thought Netflix paid their engineers well. Their service is absolutely not doing well under this kind of load.
Jepsen: Bufstream 0.1
(jepsen.io)
Bufstream is a Kafka-compatible streaming system which stores records directly in an object storage service like S3. We found three safety and two liveness issues in Bufstream, including stuck consumers and producers, spurious zero offsets, and the loss of acknowledged writes in healthy clusters. These problems were resolved by version 0.1.3.
Bufstream is a Kafka-compatible streaming system which stores records directly in an object storage service like S3. We found three safety and two liveness issues in Bufstream, including stuck consumers and producers, spurious zero offsets, and the loss of acknowledged writes in healthy clusters. These problems were resolved by version 0.1.3.
Differential Dataflow for the Masses
(github.com/brurucy)
This library provides an implementation of the DBSP language for incremental streaming computations.
This library provides an implementation of the DBSP language for incremental streaming computations.
Netflix is removing nearly all of its interactive titles
(theverge.com)
Netflix will delist just about all of its interactive shows and films as of December 1st, the company confirms to The Verge.
Netflix will delist just about all of its interactive shows and films as of December 1st, the company confirms to The Verge.
Superstreamer – OSS streaming toolkit from video source to player
(github.com/matvp91)
Superstreamer is a self hostable platform that aims to simplify the complexities of video delivery. Transcode and package your media for online streaming with simple API calls and sane defaults, or craft dynamic HLS playlists on the fly with bumpers, ads and filters.
Superstreamer is a self hostable platform that aims to simplify the complexities of video delivery. Transcode and package your media for online streaming with simple API calls and sane defaults, or craft dynamic HLS playlists on the fly with bumpers, ads and filters.
Everyone Got Lost in Netflix's Endless Library
(nytimes.com)
Ten years after Silicon Valley remade TV, it’s become clear how the streaming revolution distorted our collective viewing habits — and sense of the culture.
Ten years after Silicon Valley remade TV, it’s become clear how the streaming revolution distorted our collective viewing habits — and sense of the culture.
A Vtuber Just Became Twitch's Most-Subscribed Streamer
(kotaku.com)
Ironmouse is a Vtuber, meaning she streams as an anime avatar rather than as herself, and she just became the most subscribed channel in the history of Twitch.
Ironmouse is a Vtuber, meaning she streams as an anime avatar rather than as herself, and she just became the most subscribed channel in the history of Twitch.
Apple TV+ Pivoting Movie Strategy Amid Disappointing Performance
(macrumors.com)
Apple is retreating from its ambitious plans for wide theatrical movie releases after several of its high-budget films failed to meet box office expectations, Bloomberg reports.
Apple is retreating from its ambitious plans for wide theatrical movie releases after several of its high-budget films failed to meet box office expectations, Bloomberg reports.
How streaming LLM APIs work
(simonwillison.net)
I decided to have a poke around and see if I could figure out how the HTTP streaming APIs from the various hosted LLM providers actually worked. Here are my notes so far.
I decided to have a poke around and see if I could figure out how the HTTP streaming APIs from the various hosted LLM providers actually worked. Here are my notes so far.
Displaying RTSP stream on a jailbroken Kindle Paperwhite
(cri.dev)
As crazy/stupid as it sounds, I did it.
As crazy/stupid as it sounds, I did it.
Man accused of using bots and AI to earn streaming revenue
(bbc.com)
A musician in the US has been accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools and thousands of bots to fraudulently stream songs billions of times in order to claim millions of dollars of royalties.
A musician in the US has been accused of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools and thousands of bots to fraudulently stream songs billions of times in order to claim millions of dollars of royalties.