For a company known for having cohesive long-term visions, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has spent years fumbling its video-streaming strategy. You might recall that Apple originally bundled original content with Apple Music, a music-streaming service. One of the early projects was a sho
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Kevin Mayer may have to learn some new moves if he’s to succeed as TikTok’s new chief executive. The departing Walt Disney executive brings a lot to the party that the video app needs. He was most recently head of the Magic Kingdom
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has begun to purchase TV shows that are no longer on the air and older movies in an effort to provide more compelling reasons for consumers to subscribe to the Apple TV + service.
Family-friendly entertainment powerhouse Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) got the cold shoulder from Wall Street on Tuesday. One analyst firm downgraded Disney's stock while another lowered its price target for the House of Mouse.
Streaming-media technologist Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) will look a bit different in the year 2025. We'll be halfway through what Roku's management calls the "streaming decade," and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 should be a fading memory.
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Google's parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG) are two high-quality companies that should continue to grow for a very long time. Netflix is the global leader in subscription video-on-demand (SVOD), while Alphabet is the global leader in
One of the tried and true methods of investing in the stock market is to latch onto the leaders in emerging industries and hang on for the ride. However, as these businesses begin to mature, some of that momentum eventually fades, while up-and-coming businesses find different pa
Peter Lynch is a name that may be lost on some younger investors, but no one dominated the mutual fund game in the 1980s the way he did. His no-nonsense approach to identifying winners made the Fidelity Magellan fund he managed at the time the industry leader with market-trounci
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Netflix Inc (Symbol: NFLX), where a total volume of 123,047 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately
Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) nascent streaming service, Disney+, only debuted in November, and is already taking the streaming world by storm. Expectations are ratcheting higher as the platform continues to attract bullish investor sentiment. Disney+ will accumulate 202 million su
The COVID-19 crisis has transformed the way many of us live. And while it may be a privilege to remain safely at home, life in isolation can be pretty boring. That has huge numbers of people in the United States and beyond turning to streaming video for entertainment. In fact, T
There have been a number of unexpected consequences from the stay-at-home orders that have blanketed the globe. Many of them have been negative, but there've been some beneficiaries from the global lockdown. A small number of industries have reaped the lion's share of the stock
We all know that the coronavirus, as well as the lockdowns associated with its spread, wreaked havoc on both stocks and the overall market. At the peak of the stock decline in February and March, the S&P 500 lost almost 35% of its value within a few weeks. Though the market
On May 12, medical device maker DexCom (NASDAQ: DXCM) and pie purveyor Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) joined an exclusive club comprised of some of the most famous large-cap stocks: the S&P 500 index. DexCom replaces Allergan, which has been acquired. Domino's slides in for fas