Neowin News Feed for: Subscribers

Snapchat+ gained four million subscribers in its first year

Paul Hill — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 17:16:02 +0000

Snap has announced that it now has more than four million subscribers. The service launched a year ago today. Despite the introduction of Snapchat+, it saw lower revenues in the first quarter. Read more...

YouTube lowers the criteria to join its partner program, adds more benefits for US creators

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:38:01 +0000

YouTube has introduced a new policy for its YouTube Partner Program. The policy cuts down the number of watch hours and subscribers needed by creators in select countries to join the program. Read more...

Apple will help developers retain app subscribers with new sheet starting in the summer

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 03:58:01 +0000

Apple will introduce a new billing sheet in the summer to help developers retain subscribers. It'll help customers to rectify billing issues without even having to leave the app they're in. Read more...

Snapchat reveals it has crossed 3 million paid subscribers

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 20:04:01 +0000

Snapchat flaunted its latest achievement along with new features and big changes at SPS 2023. The app now has over 3 million paid subscribers of its premium tier Snapchat+ which launched in June 2022. Read more...

Netflix plans to monetize account sharing starting 2023

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 07:58:01 +0000

Netflix's password sharing crackdown is set to be rolled out globally. The streaming service will charge extra to viewers watching from locations other than the set primary residence. Read more...

Things are looking good for Netflix again in latest financial results

Usama Jawad — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 05:04:01 +0000

Netflix is finally turning things around again with the company reporting a strong quarter and $7.9 billion in revenue. It has also forecasted a significant growth in subscribers in the next quarter. Read more...

Netflix lost 'just' a million subscribers and is on track to recovery, suggests report

Alap Naik Desai — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 22:04:02 +0000

Netflix confirmed it lost about a million subscribers in Q2 2022. But the streaming service also gained a million new members in the same quarter. Its share prices have jumped and so has its revenue. Read more...

Netflix forced to axe 300 more jobs after subscriptions fall for the first time in a decade

Paul Hill — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:56:01 +0000

Netflix has cut a further 300 staff after continuing to lose subscribers. It has lost 200,000 customers this year and by July expects this figure to rise to a staggering 2.2 million. Read more...

Netflix bleeding new and old subscribers, but not due to quality of content

Alap Naik Desai — Thu, 19 May 2022 06:38:01 +0000

Netflix is losing new and loyal subscribers, indicates a survey that has found some concerning patterns that could impact all streaming services. But the main reason to leave is not content quality. Read more...

Netflix loses subscribers for the first time in over a decade, share price falls 20%

Usama Jawad — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 08:10:01 +0000

Netflix has reported a decline in its total subscriber count for the first time since October 2011. The firm has attributed this to its exit from Russia and cancellations due to price hikes. Read more...

Apple Music set to overtake Spotify in the U.S.

Paul Hill — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 17:46:01 +0000

A new report suggests that Apple is attracting subscribers in the U.S. at a faster rate that its Swedish rival, Spotify. Luckily for Spotify, the growth seems to be contained to the U.S. Read more...

Sway for Office 365 subscribers adds new functionality

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:22:01 +0000

In the 10 short months since its general release, Microsoft's Sway has been regularly updated to add additional functionality. Now, three additional features are available to Office 365 subscribers. Read more...

Spotify reaches new milestone of 30 million subscribers

Adrian Potoroaca — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 02:56:01 +0000

Despite the fierce competition from other streaming services such as Apple Music, the Spotify family is now 30 million strong, and it's not showing any signs of slowing down. Read more...

Tim Cook reveals that Apple Music has 6.5 million paid users

Andy Weir — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:34:01 +0000

Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed that the company's music streaming service, which launched at the end of June, now has over 6.5 million paid subscribers, with millions more using the 90-day trial. Read more...

You can now get £399 off a top-of-the-range Surface Pro 3... if you're subscribed to Adobe CC

Andy Weir — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 13:50:01 +0000

Adobe Creative Cloud subscribers can now get almost £400 off a bundle including the range-topping Surface Pro 3 with 512GB SSD and Intel Core i7 processor, and a black Type Cover 3 keyboard. Read more...

Beats Music, reportedly acquired by Apple, has just 110,000 paying subscribers

Max Slater-Robins — Tue, 13 May 2014 19:10:32 +0000

A royalty report leaked to music blog Trichordist shows that Beats Music, the streaming service linked to Beats headphones, has just 110,000 subscribers as of March, 49k of those being single-user. Read more...

Time Warner Cable loses 215,000 viewers

Jett Goldsmith — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 00:28:10 +0000

United States-based television provider Time Warner Cable lost 215,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2013, amidst a potential bid for takeover. Read more...

Hulu Plus has 875,000 paid subscribers

John Callaham — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:54:02 +0000

Even as the Hulu streaming TV show and movie service has a "For Sale" sign up, the company is promoting the growth it has achieved so far with its paid Hulu Plus subscription service. In... Read more...

Time magazines now free on iPad for print subscribers

Piers Hausjell — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:05:36 +0000

Russell Adams, over at The Wall Street Journal, is reporting that Apple and Time Inc. have now reached an agreement which will allow all United States subscribers of print editions to get a same copy... Read more...

World of Warcraft reaches 12 million subscribers

Joshua Seed — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 23:22:26 +0000

For a while, it seemed that World of Warcraft had been stuck at around 11.5 million subscribers. Blizzard Entertainment announced today that World of Warcraft has finally reached more than 12 million subscribers around the... Read more...

Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked

Fri, 16 May 2008 10:37:32 +0000

Cox Communications appears to be interfering with file-sharing by its Internet subscribers in the same manner that has landed Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) in hot water with regulators, according to research obtained by The Associated Press.... Read more...

Netflix offers Subscribers Unlimited Streaming

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:25:27 +0000

For those about to yell "dupe story!", this is a follow-up to the previous newspost. It turns out that the Associated Press’ information was correct. Since introducing PC-based movie watching last year, the company had... Read more...

Sirius Radio Exceeds 8.3 Million Subscribers

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:04:12 +0000

Sirius Satellite Radio today announced that it ended 2007 with 8,321,785 subscribers, up from the company's 2006 ending subscriber base of 6,024,555. During 2007, SIRIUS added approximately 2.3 million net subscriber additions. "Sirius' subscriber base... Read more...

AT&T threatens to disconnect subscribers who criticize them

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:34:52 +0000

AT&T has rolled out new Terms of Service for its DSL service that leave plenty of room for interpretation. From our reading of it, in concert with several others, what we see is a ToS... Read more...

World of Warcraft Has More Subscribers Than NYC Population

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:31:05 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced on Tuesday that it's incredibly successful MMORPG, World of Warcraft, has surpassed more than 9 million subscribers worldwide. "We're thrilled that gamers around the world have continued to embrace World of... Read more...

China heads toward 500 million cell phone subscribers

Tue, 29 May 2007 19:46:12 +0000

China had 487.4 million mobile phone subscribers at the end of April, an increase of 6.7 million over March, China's Ministry of Information Industry said on its Web site. The country added 6.8 million new... Read more...

World of Warcraft surpasses 5 million subscribers

Todd Tanner — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 19:46:12 +0000

Blizzard today announced that its massively multiplayer online role playing game World of Warcraft has now passed the 5 million subscriber mark. This figure is worldwide and includes all active regular monthly accounts, prepaid cards,... Read more...

World of Warcraft Surpasses 2 Million Subscribers

Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:35:16 +0000

Blizzard Entertainment has announced that its massively successful MMORPG World of Warcraft now has over 2 million subscribers worldwide. This latest surge in subscriptions is credited to WoW's new PvP Battlegrounds, which were introduced... Read more...

WoW subscribers top 1.5 million as stock shortages continue

Sun, 20 Mar 2005 15:05:07 +0000

More than 1.5 million subscribers have signed up for MMORPG World of Warcraft, according to developer Blizzard Entertainment, but stock shortages of the game continue to afflict UK retailers. The game was released in North... Read more...

Microsoft plan lets subscribers download away

Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:53:02 +0000

Chris Gorog is convinced people won't continue to pay $1 a song for online music. That is despite Apple's record string of recent achievements, including 200 million songs sold at its iTunes Music Store, and... Read more...

RuneScape passes 100,000 subscribers

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:14:34 +0000

Browser based MMORPG achieves 101,184 subscribers today. 11th August, Cambridge, UK. Jagex, the developer and operator of the 3D Java online adventure game RuneScape today announces that it now has more... Read more...

TiVo tries rebate to lure subscribers

Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:14:58 +0000

TiVo will drop the price of its low-end digital video recorder to $99, the company said Monday, as part of a plan to rapidly increase subscribers to its service. The San Jose,... Read more...

Xbox Live Passes 1 Million Subscribers

Thu, 15 Jul 2004 21:48:40 +0000

Microsoft's million-member online gaming service reaches membership milestone in less time than HBO, America Online and TiVo. Microsoft Corp. today announced that more than 1 million people are now members of the... Read more...

Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Available for MSDN Subscribers

Tom Warren — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 11:16:18 +0000

Microsoft have made available the latest bits of Whidbey (beta 1). Beta 1 was compiled and finalised as beta 1 early this week and MSDN subscribers are one of the first groups to receive the... Read more...

Subscribers to Sun's Java Tools Program to Get Free Opteron

Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:43:43 +0000

Sun Microsystems is giving away free Opteron-based Sun workstations to Java developers. The catch is you have to sign on for a three-year subscription to Sun Java Studio Enterprise. For serious Java developers... Read more...

Comcast to Offer Subscribers On-Demand Video Games

Wed, 02 Jun 2004 20:02:26 +0000

Comcast Corp., the largest U.S. cable television operator, on Wednesday said it will offer subscribers to its high-speed data service a new bundle of on-demand video games. Comcast said that for a separate monthly fee... Read more...

Windows Longhorn Client Preview For MSDN Subscribers

Tom Warren — Thu, 13 Nov 2003 23:11:24 +0000

Thanks to Params for posting this in our BPN As predicted here at Neowin, MSDN has posted for download various components of Microsoft's "Longhorn Client Preview". This includes the following:... Read more...

AOL woos subscribers with 'Communicator' preview

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 10 Mar 2003 03:22:02 +0000

After over two years of development, AOL has made available a preview release of its new standalone e-mail client dubbed AOL Communicator. Communicator is one of many applications and services AOL plans to offer members... Read more...

XM Satellite subscribers rise, lift stock price

Michael Stanclift — Wed, 08 Jan 2003 22:32:32 +0000

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. said on Wednesday it has signed up more than 360,000 total subscribers to its satellite radio broadcast service, and expect further strong demand in 2003. The announcement,... Read more...

BT hits 500k subscribers for ADSL

Fri, 29 Nov 2002 00:38:11 +0000

BT is on target to get one million ADSL subscribers by the end of next summer I'm amazed they even have that many members;) Confirmation that it's on course came... Read more...