See how COVID’s UK variant took over the world

U.S. streaming video consumers now have an average of seven paid or free subscriptions, up from five last April. The big winner, of course, is Netflix ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

Presented by   U.S. streaming video consumers now have an average of seven paid or free subscriptions, up from five last April. The big winner, of course, is Netflix, followed by names like Amazon Prime, Disney Plus, and HBO Max. The question is, which streaming services are in contention to complete the roster? And is there still room for niche players? BritBox, a joint venture between the BBC and ITV, is one of those niche services looking to make a strategic content play—and prove that it doesn’t need to beat Netflix to carve out its own, profitable lane. Read more here.    streaming Inside BritBox’s strategy to hold the streaming British TV crown Audiences are subscribing to more streaming services than ever, and niche players like BritBox are on the rise to give you exactly what you want.   streaming 6 Netflix tricks to supercharge your streaming Disable those pesky auto-playing previews, browse super-specific genres, block content by title, listen to Netflix like a podcast, and more.   co.design Everything from smartphones to housing can be built without waste. Here’s how To create a truly circular economy, we need to take a page from the natural world.

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