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The gloves are off as Disney’s announcement of a new streaming service puts it in direct competition with Netflix. Will subscription giant Netflix survive the onslaught? Shashank Venkat explores the angles

After Disney’s foray into the video streaming space last week, tech-giant Apple has decided to take the plunge. In this week’s subscription roundup, Apple’s $1 billion investment towards its new video streaming service is our main feature. Our second story is about Cisco’s steady rise with subscriptions. In addition, we feature an interesting article that explores the popularity of subscriptions.

Everybody anticipated this, but no one was quite sure when Disney will take the plunge. In this week’s subscription roundup, our main feature revolves around Disney’s announcement to launch its own streaming services and the impact it will have on its distribution partners such as Netflix. In addition, we feature two in-house stories covering Netflix’s first acquisition and Amazon’s Australia launch.  

After a lot of hype surrounding Amazon’s Australia launch, the company has finally taken the first concrete step towards launching a full-fledged shopping service in Australia. Will Jeff Bezos find success down under? Shashank Venkat explores

Netflix recently acquired comic book publisher Millarworld. Will the addition of the Millarworld universe continue to attract subscribers to its fold? Shashank Venkat finds out

Time Warner, one of the world’s leading media and entertainment businesses, has reported better-than-expected results in the second quarter. The strong performance is led by a big surge in subscriptions across divisions. This is our main feature in this week’s subscription digest. In addition, we feature an interesting development in Facebook’s journalism project with publishers. Lastly, we feature News Corp’s…

In this week’s subscription roundup, we highlight e-commerce giant Amazon’s first entry into the competitive Southeast Asian market. The company’s fastest delivery service, Prime Now, is now available in Singapore. In addition, we also feature a Cerillion blog on Amazon Spark, the company’s first social media platform. Apart from these stories around Amazon, we also feature a unique subscription service by a router…

The tech world is abuzz with the possibilities that lie within quantum computing. When the technology matures, it will hold immense promise for every industry and business process. So, will quantum computing give rise to all new ‘quantum billing’ and transform BSS? Saleh Bari certainly thinks so

Amazon has just ventured into unchartered territory where it is now taking on the likes of Pinterest and Instagram with a new social network for shoppers called Amazon Spark. With this social media feature, Amazon wants to push its Amazon Prime subscribers to spend even more. Shashank Venkat with the report 

Game of Thrones season 7 is out, and it has taken the world by storm. This week we feature the sweet and sour impact of this superhit show on the subscription numbers of Foxtel’s streaming service. In addition, the subscription space is seeing some interesting strategic moves as Sodexo has purchased an additional stake in Benefit Seven, a Romanian sports and wellness subscriptions provider. Lastly, we feature Netflix which has…