Telcos wants Big Tech help to pay for 5G upgrades
Want EU to make it happen
Big tech companies accounting for more than five per cent of a telecoms provider's peak average internet traffic should help fund the rollout of 5G and broadband across Europe, according to a draft proposal by the telecoms industry.
Netflix password controls are backfiring
Lost a million Spanish subscribers
Netflix's moves to increase subscribers by clamping down on password controls are backfiring as customers are leaving the streaming outfit in droves.
Microsoft might buy Netflix
Netflix and chilling blue screen of death
The dark satanic rumour mill has manufactured a hell on earth yarn claiming that Microsoft might be thinking of buying Netflix next year.
Telcos call for more money from Big Tech
Users should pay
Europes big telcos including BT, Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom want users to pay for the costs of data fuelled by the global streaming and internet boom.
Netflix's ad-supported service is pants
Adverts will be the least of your worries
Netflix's desire to boost its bottom line with advertising might be coming with more problems than hopeful users might think, according to a bloke who has had a look at the new code.
Euro governments want Big Tech to pay for internet improvements
This will go down well
After failing to get Big Tech to pay any significant amounts of tax, the government's of France, Italy and Spain are stepping up pressure on the European Commission to come up with legislation that ensures Big Tech firms partly finance telecoms infrastructure.
Netflix works a way around Apple's tax
Expect a visit from the boys
Media streaming outfit Netflix has earned the wrath of the Tame Apple Press by working a way around paying a huge amount to the fruity cargo cult Apple for doing very little.
Microsoft might snap up Netflix
Vole adverts plan could be the beginning of a take over
Software King of the World Microsoft might be thinking of snapping up the streaming outfit Netflix.
Russia fines Meta for not persecuting gays
Time to return to the 16th century
A Russian court fined Meta Platforms $54,030 for failing to delete posts that contained what it calls "LGBT propaganda.”
Exynos 2200 officially supported by Netflix
Dimensity 1200, Unisoc also made on the list
Netflix has a demanding rule for qualifying to play in HD, HDR, and supported chipsets. The chips from HiSilicon, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Samsung, and Unisoc made it on the list, but surprisingly, Netflix announced official support for Exynos 2200.