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Netflix Starts Cracking Down On Password Sharing In Households, Viewers Likely To Be Charged More

Netflix has long ignored that over 100 million households share passwords. But given that their growth has stalled and the fact that for the first time in 10 years, they have actually lost more customers than they have acquired, Netflix has decided to make some swooping changes.

Netflix and no chill: How the giant's loss of subscribers has shaken up the streaming industry

Netflix’s performance could also cause rivals to reconsider their own international expansion plans, potentially making more targeted efforts overseas.

Oscars 2022: Streaming dominates nominations again, with Netflix's The Power of the Dog, Apple TV's The Tragedy of Macbeth

Oscar voters rewarded Netflix, Apple TV+, and Amazon films with nearly 40 Oscar nominations — 27 for Netflix alone, with Jane Campion’s Western The Power of the Dog recognised in an impressive 12 categories, including best picture.

A to Z of entertainment and pop culture in 2022: Alt Bollywood, superheroes, K-frenzy, OTT craze, Pan-India pitches

A glossary for the year ahead, of all that should shine in the world of showbiz and entertainment.

Trends in Tamil cinema of 2021: While male star vehicles brought back audience to theatres, women dominated streaming

The question of the year has been, ‘Will people come back to the theatres?.' They did and how. 2021, even with a hiatus in between, saw some major star vehicles that set the cash registers ringing.

Aarya 2, Mumbai Diaries 26/11 are masterclasses on how to get background score for long-form storytelling right

“The point of an OTT score isn’t just to enhance the onscreen drama. The music should do the storytelling": composers Vishal Khurana and Ashutosh Phatak talk about composing for Aarya Season 2 and Mumbai Diaries 26/11 respectively.

The Sameer Nair interview | Dubbed and subtitled content have always been there but adaptations make global shows Indian

"Call My Agent: Bollywood was not supposed to be an authentic documentation of the industry. Everyone loved Scam: 1992 so much. But if you actually spoke to financial experts, they'll call it nonsense for so simplistically explaining away complicated finance," says Sameer Nair.

Akshay Oberoi makes waves with Inside Edge 3, Dil Bekaraar: 'It's always about the story, not the platform'

Akshay Oberoi has featured in 10 shows across seven different platforms. He has not only seen the streaming landscape grow, he has grown with it.

Johnny Depp opens up on cancel culture: Not one of you is safe

“It takes one sentence, then there’s no more ground, the carpet has been pulled,” Johnny Depp said at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, where he was honoured, without mentioning the legal battle against his ex-wife Amber Heard.

Emmy Awards 2021: Streaming outperforms cable TV with wins for Netflix, Apple

From 2013 to 2020, Netflix earned a whopping 30 nominations in best drama, comedy, and limited series, but had never pulled off a win in those categories, often losing out to HBO, the perennial Emmys heavyweight.