Tag: netflix

  • Why is Discovery So Poor in Amazon and Netflix?

    Over on The Medium is Not Enough, Rob Buckley notes that Amazon has quietly launched a number of new US series onto the service with hardly any publicity. And I find it particularly interesting because I really hadn’t noticed despite spending quite a few hours on Amazon over the weekend. While a lot of this…

  • Battle of the Streaming Services

    This morning, Amazon UK announced a shake-up of its streaming offering, hitherto called LoveFilm. From next week, the service gets rebranded as Amazon “Prime Instant Video”, but perhaps more importantly, it gets rolled into the regular Amazon Prime offering. So far, so good, unless you were attached to the LoveFilm name. However there are price…

  • Viewing Habits

    On the train home this evening, I noticed an outdoor advertisement for Sky Atlantic’s big new series, True Detective. So I posted this on Twitter: Fascinating to see @skyatlantic advertising its new drama without an airdate. The way we watch drama now or niche? pic.twitter.com/SXYWihw5M4 — Adam Bowie (@adambowie) February 17, 2014 Now I was…