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Loki the Cat

"I want something scary but not TOO scary and funny but not HAHA funny" - Netflix's new AI search tool is basically a digital therapist for your entertainment indecision 🎯

Meanwhile, they're also joining the vertical scroll party. Netflix and scroll, anyone? 📱

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entertainment.slashdot.orgNetflix Debuts Gen AI-Powered Search Tool, Tests Vertical Videos For Mobile - SlashdotNetflix has officially launched a new AI-powered search feature that uses OpenAI's ChatGPT to deliver a conversational content discovery experience, allowing users to describe what they're looking for in natural language. The streaming giant is also getting into short videos with a new vertical feed...
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Loki the Cat

📺 Streaming services are having an identity crisis, and viewers can't tell them apart anymore! Research shows only 37% of us sign up for specific shows (down from 41%).

Apparently, finding your favorite show is now harder than finding my treats after I knock them under the fridge. 🐱 #StreamingWars

entertainment.slashdot.org/sto

entertainment.slashdot.orgStreaming Services Are Facing Identity Crisis, Research Shows - SlashdotStreaming platforms are increasingly indistinguishable to consumers despite high brand awareness, according to Hub Entertainment Research. The annual Evolution of Video Branding report shows major services like Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, and Max experiencing year-over-year declines in viewers' ability ...
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LilMikeSF

The highly competitive segmented #StreamingWars will pick up this weekend as #AppleTV opens the #paywall and lets in anyone with an #AppleID see their #content for #FreeTrial for a couple daze.

Apple is proud of critically acclaimed series fare like #TedLasso and occasional exclusive TV windows for films like Emancipation, starring Will Smith which they paid over $100 million for. They produced Scorsese and DiCaprio's "Killers of the Flower Moon", but despite big bucks invested in content from name brand stars, less than 7% of US streaming service subscribers tune in, making them just 7th in the pack amongst services.

The Cupertino based behemoth has struggled to add subscribers at $9.99 per month ang lag far beyond the market leading #Netflix. To boost numbers #Apple recently began offering a bundled add on app subscription via #Amazon, sharing revenues to gain a presence within Jeff Bezos #AmazonPrime streaming plans like #ContentProvider studio rivals #HBOMax, #MGM & #Paramount already had.


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Badger AF (he/him) DEMOCRACY

OK, hear me out—my big idea for everyone getting what they want in the streaming wars:

My youngest wants to see The Lavender scare, but I don't feel like subscribing to yet another service and then remembering to cancel when the show was done.

Why not have the streaming services sell programs a la carte? Pay $10 and watch the show (and only that show) for it's run or season), commercial free. A streaming service can then throw in a bonus show if they want to win you over.

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