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[DIS] [NFLX] Disney+ Launches With A Bang, Is Netflix Being Knocked Out?

Disney launches its own video streaming service Disney+ on 12 Nov 2019, recording over 10 million subscriptions on the very first day. How is it performing after its first month of release? Stock price of Disney on Nasdaq skyrocketed the day after the launch and continued to have a generally good performance throughout November until […]

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Is the Pokemon Craze Dying? New Game “Pokemon Masters” Records Downturn in Sales after Successful Launch

“Pokemon Masters”, the new Pokemon mobile game developed by DeNA, has reported a significant drop in revenue after its outstanding launch in August. Reportedly, the game captured $33 million revenue in its first month, beating other Pokemon games such as “Pokemon Quest” and “Pokemon Duel”. Just as everyone’s anticipating that the newbie can be the […]

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[$SPOT] Exceptional Purchase Retention of Spotify and Its new Podcast Strategy

Spotify has drawn huge attention since its release of the third-quarter financial report with flying numbers and seen its stock price rallying by 19% during the day. The monthly active users grew to 248 million by 30 %, and subscribers increased by 31% to 113 million. Podcast hours increased 39% and 14% of all monthly […]

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[$NFLX] Netflix’s Earning More Than Expected With Weak Local Subscriber Growth, Accounts Sharing Might Be Banned

After its release of the Q3 Financial Report in mid October, which discloses the company’s higher-than-estimates income, Netflix’s stock price has uproared to its recent peak on Oct 17. Unfortunately, the rise doesn’t last long. The stock falls back to 266.69USD within 5 days and is still fluctuating at around 280USD currently. Netflix has recorded […]

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Call of Duty Is Making A Killing Already In Its First Week, Dethroning PUBG and Fortnite

Well-loved game series Call of Duty has just launched its mobile version in regions like the US, Europe, India and Latin America. The classic first-version shooter game records more than 100 million downloads within its first week, surpassing PUBG Mobile (28 million) and Fortnite (22.5 million). Can COD also beat the two battle-royale mega-hits in […]

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[$MTCH $FB] Bye Tinder, Hello, Facebook Dating?

Social media giant Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) finally enters the game of dating app. Earlier this month, Facebook has launched in the United States its very own dating service “Facebook Dating”. Leading dating service provider Match Group (Nasdaq: MTCH), owner of Tinder and Hinge, records a major drop in stock price since Sep 6, the day […]

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[$NFLX] Will Netflix’s retention rate helps it go through the price war?

In the year of 2019, Netflix has to watch the arrival of Apple TV Plus, Disney Plus, WarnerMedia and more similar services, following its first biggest drop in subscriber number and stock. It might be a good thing though, for almost every company that has contents to offer has officially joined the game. It’s finally […]

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Pokemon Go Just Has Its Best Month Ever In 3 Years

The augmented reality game Pokemon Go recently brings the animation’s villain Team Rocket to its mobile app. The evil enemy “invades” Pokestops in the game, where Pokemon trainers can battle with the team and win to get newly added Shadow Pokemon. The new game mode boosts Pokemon Go’s sales to be the highest over the […]

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[$AAPL]iPhone 11, Apple TV, Apple Arcade… Apple Stepping Up to Boost Sales, 2019’s Highest Stock Price Recorded

On September 10, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) in its annual launch event unveiled a whole range of new products, including iPhone 11, Pro and Pro Max, Apple Arcade, new iPad and Apple Watch models. Apple TV+’s latest details were also disclosed at the occasion. Apple’s stock price rose and dropped sharply during the first half […]

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[$HUYA]Chinese Gaming Live-Stream Platform Huya beats Douyu in Revenue, With Fewer Paying Users

Since major player Panda TV gone bankrupt in March, the Chinese gaming broadcast industry was left with Huya (Nasdaq: HUYA) and Douyu (Nasdaq: DOYU) competing neck and neck. In July this year, Douyu got listed on Nasdaq and revealed in its Q2 report that the company is catching up with Huya’s 56 million MAU with […]

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