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Netflix Advice Revisited

Six years ago, I wrote Netflix should introduce ads and suggested the best way it could do that. It's a recommendation worth revisiting...

In the beginning, Netflix would let you rate the content you watched using a five-star system. But in 2017, they chose to abandon that...

If you want to earn people's attention, do the work to make something remarkable...

How much is an ad-free experience worth to you?

I watched four very different films this past weekend, and there are two simple takeaways from my weekend film fest...

The best advice I've heard in the past few years came from what is arguably one of the best moments of TV ever to appear on our screens...

Can you think of something you buy today that's doubled in price over the last five years... and yet you remain a happy customer?

Don't let anybody else decide what you're worth.

What hit HBO show does telecom giant Rogers most closely resemble? The answer is obvious, as this Cameo video hilariously demonstrates...

This week, Netflix took its consumer merchandise plans one enormous step forward by announcing the launch of Netflix Hub at Walmart...

Need a quick laugh? If you have an Android phone and a Netflix subscription, you're in luck thanks to "Fast Laughs"...

When it comes to inclusivity, where there's a will, there's a way...

Last week, Cineplex Inc. announced plans to launch a monthly subscription program. Here's what we know, and what I'd like to see...