Archive - Always Be Watching

My ongoing struggle to recommend Shrinking

I enjoy watching Shrinking and I’m certainly very happy to see both that there are new episodes of the show and that it has been renewed for a fourth…

Jan 30 • Dan Barrett

Relaxing Netflix's death grip on streaming

Is this what the big N is going to do to keep regulators at bay?

Jan 29 • Dan Barrett

Start up? No, sit down Bari Weiss

ALSO: Ticket sales for Melania hover in the single digits down under

Jan 28 • Dan Barrett

Mystery surrounds streamer Criterion as Shanghai Blossoms bloom

Also: Skyscraper Live viewership announced as copycats climb the building

Jan 27 • Dan Barrett

Is an Australian app about to replace TikTok?

After years of concern about China’s influence on the Bytedance-owned TikTok, late last week the deal for US companies to take ownership of the US…

Jan 26 • Dan Barrett

Netflix was king of the world as skyscraper climbing stunt nails it (almost)

“If I was there watching this, I would want to climb the building too.”

Jan 25 • Dan Barrett

The new show from DailyWire+ looks every bit as unwatchable as you'd expect

Straight up if you want to know what you should check out this weekend, it is the new Prime Video heist drama Steal. It’s Sophie Turner from Game of…

Jan 23 • Dan Barrett

Everything is becoming TV, from the Substacks you read to the radio you listen to

Substack launched its Connected TV app as an Australian radio network looks to "TV"

Jan 22 • Dan Barrett

Hollywood is a dream factory - as long as your dream isn't having a job

I get a bit frustrated with The Studio, a satire that is beloved by those in the industry, with how little it reflects the reality of those actually…

Jan 21 • Dan Barrett

Netflix warns it is under threat of Instagram, TikTok, YouTube as it chases Warner Bros

Also: Canadians embrace Heated Rivalry

Jan 20 • Dan Barrett

Fire-impacted Bendigo is getting its TV back

It’s a fairly quiet news day with the US off with the Martin Luther King Jr Day national holiday.

Jan 19 • Dan Barrett

Netflix admits that it got the value of cinema theatrical wrong. But still don't expect Netflix films in cinemas.

Netflix co-chief Ted Sarandos says that following the acquisition of Warner Bros, it will run that business with 45-day [theatrical exclusive] windows.

Jan 18 • Dan Barrett

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