Video renting and streaming services
FILE - In this Nov. 5, 2020 file photo, a sign for Wall Street is carved in the side of a building, in New York. Stocks are off to a solid start on Wall Street, continuing a bounce from a day earlier, but indexes are still on track for weekly losses after three days of drops early in the week. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% early Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Stocks close higher with help from tech, still down for week

By Alex Veiga May. 14, 2021 09:46 AM EDT

FILE - This Aug. 13, 2020 photo shows a logo for Netflix on a remote control in Portland, Ore. Netflix’s rapid subscriber growth is slowing far faster than anticipated, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, as people who have been cooped at home during the pandemic are able to get out and do other things again. The video streaming service added 4 million more worldwide subscribers from January through March, its smallest gain during that three-month period in four years. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Netflix's subscriber growth, stock zapped as pandemic eases

By Michael Liedtke Apr. 20, 2021 04:44 PM EDT

FILE - This Sept. 6, 2012, file photo, shows the Amazon logo in Santa Monica, Calif. The NFL will nearly double its media revenue to more than $10 billion a season with new rights agreements announced Thursday, March 18, 2021 including a deal with Amazon Prime Video that gives the streaming service exclusive rights to “Thursday Night Football” beginning in 2022 (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Amazon gets Thursday night games, NFL nearly doubles TV deal

By Joe Reedy Mar. 18, 2021 04:06 PM EDT

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly discusses a proposal she outlined for cutting state income taxes during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The Democratic governor's proposal is an alternative to a Republican that she calls "particularly irresponsible" during the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
Kansas governor offers rival to Republican tax-cutting plan

By John Hanna Feb. 09, 2021 02:38 PM EST

FILE - This Aug. 13, 2020, file photo shows a logo for Netflix on a remote control in Portland, Ore. Netflix’s video streaming service has surpassed 200 million subscribers for the first time as its expanding line-up of TV series and movies continues to captivate people stuck at home during the ongoing battle against the pandemic. The subscriber milestone highlighted Netflix’s fourth-quarter results released Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Netflix's big 4Q lifts video service above 200M subscribers

By Michael Liedtke Jan. 19, 2021 04:53 PM EST

FILE - People look at a 145 inch Ultra Large UHD display in the LG booth at the CES tech show, on Jan. 8, 2020, in Las Vegas. CES, the annual gadget show that showcases the buzziest and brightest tech, looks different this year — less Vegas glitz, more internet efficiency. With no physical conference in Las Vegas due to the pandemic, 1,800 companies are instead taking to streaming video to show off new products and technology to 150,000 CES attendees across the globe. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
5 CES Trends to Watch

By Mae Anderson Jan. 12, 2021 05:17 PM EST

This image released by DreamWorks shows Guy, voiced by Ryan Reynolds, left, and Eep Crood, voiced by Emma Stone, in a scene from the animated film "The Croods: A New Age." (DreamWorks Animation via AP)
Testing new release strategy, 'The Croods' opens to $14.2M

By Jake Coyle Nov. 29, 2020 12:08 PM EST

A shopper walks past a closed AMC movie theater Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, in Santa Monica, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is imposing an overnight curfew as the most populous state tries to head off a surge in coronavirus cases. On Thursday, Newsom announced a limited stay-at-home order in 41 counties that account for nearly the entire state population of just under 40 million people. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Universal strikes another deal with a major theater chain

By Lindsey Bahr Nov. 20, 2020 10:25 AM EST

FILE - This Aug. 13, 2020 file photo shows a logo for Netflix on a remote control in Portland, Ore. Netflix is raising most of its U.S. prices by 8% to 13% as its video streaming service rides a wave of rising popularity spurred by government-imposed lockdowns that corralled people at home during the fight against the pandemic. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Netflix raising US streaming prices amid booming growth

By Michael Liedtke Oct. 30, 2020 01:31 PM EDT

FILE - This Aug. 13, 2020 photo shows a logo for Netflix on a remote control in Portland, Ore. Netflix Inc. (NFLX) on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 reported third-quarter net income of $790 million. The Los Gatos, California-based company said it had profit of $1.74 per share. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Netflix reports a summer slump in subscriber growth

By Michael Liedtke And Barbara Ortutay Oct. 20, 2020 05:04 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2019 file photo, a Disney logo forms part of a menu for the Disney Plus movie and entertainment streaming service on a computer screen in Walpole, Mass. Disney said Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 that it is reorganizing its business units to focus even more on streaming. The company said in August that its Disney Plus service has more than 60 million subscribers, and subscribers to its main combination of streaming services — Disney Plus, ESPN Plus and Hulu — top 100 million. It still plans to launch another international streaming service called Star. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Disney reorg to further bolster company's focus on streaming

By Tali Arbel Oct. 12, 2020 05:19 PM EDT

In this photo released by Netflix, Kaata Sakamoto, left, director of its content acquisition, and filmmaker Shinsuke Sato attend a livestream held from the Netflix Tokyo office on Sept. 7, 2020. After five years in Japan, Netflix now has 5 million households that have signed with the video-streaming service. The coronavirus pandemic, which has people staying home, has helped. But that number is still a fraction of Netflix's 193 million global paid members, and just 10% of Japan, where old-fashioned TV remains popular. Sato directs a live-action adaptation of cult manga, “Alice in Borderland” for Netflix. (Netflix via AP)
Netflix woos Japan with new original series about a reporter

By Yuri Kageyama Sep. 17, 2020 03:55 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 29, 2020 file photo, a message on the ticket window at the AMC Burbank 16 movie theaters complex informs potential customers that it is currently closed in Burbank, Calif. AMC says its business is suffering because of the coronavirus pandemic and it may not survive. All of the company’s theaters are shut down through June, and while the theaters are closed the company is generating no revenue. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
Cinema chain AMC warns it may not survive the pandemic

By Tali Arbel Jun. 03, 2020 02:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, EVP of Content Acquisitions for TNT, TBS, truTV, HBO & HBO MAX Michael Quigley, from left, Chief Content Officer, HBO MAX and President, TNT,TBS, & truTV Kevin Reilly and Head of Original Content , HBO MAX Sarah Aubrey appear at the HBO Max Executive Sessions panel during the HBO TCA 2020 Winter Press Tour at the Langham Huntington in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabe

By Tali Arbel May. 27, 2020 09:35 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, file photo, an Oscar statue is pictured at the press preview for the 91st Academy Awards Governors Ball in Los Angeles. Movies that debuted on a streaming service without a theatrical run will be eligible for the Oscars, but only this year. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Tuesday announced the change for the 93rd Academy Awards as a response to how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the film industry. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
Streaming films eligible for Oscars, but for 1 year only

By Lindsey Bahr Apr. 28, 2020 05:01 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, April 14, 2020 file photo, a Trader Joe's grocery store employee takes in a shipment of food as the line to get in the store stretches down a city block on 14th Street and U Street in Washington. COVID-19 may have knocked U.S. stocks into a bear market and pummeled the U.S. economy, but the disease has also left some companies asking the question: “What recession?” (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Streaming video, online retailers escape pandemic pounding

By Damian J. Troise Apr. 23, 2020 08:30 AM EDT