U.S. stocks gained on Friday, helped by a rise in economy-sensitive cyclical sectors, with the major Wall Street indexes on track to end the week on a dull note as investors rotated out of technology-related companies.
Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) has a big appetite for content. And that appetite won't be satiated by the old series and films media companies are willing to offer on The Roku Channel, Roku's free ad-supported streaming service.Last month, Roku acquired Quibi's content library from the now
In this video, I will go over Disney's (NYSE: DIS) earnings report, which crushed fiscal first-quarter estimates. How does it compare to Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX)? Is Disney stock a better investment than Netflix in the longer term? With parks still mostly closed around the world, D
TWLO Stock Soars As Earnings & Sales Handily Beat EstimatesTwilio (NYSE: TWLO) has been a top performer on the stock market over the past year. The company is a communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS) business. What that means is that it makes it easy for businesses to c
Alphabet Inc's Google has added Apple Inc's TV app, which includes paid streaming service Apple TV+, to the latest Chromecast TV device, the search giant said on Thursday.
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) raised prices in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. at the end of 2020, and price hikes in other regions could well be in the works, too. But Netflix has more opportunities to grow its subscriber base outside of the U.S., where it hasn't offered its service as
At the onset of 2020, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) management told investors they should expect the company to burn through about $2.5 billion in cash over the course of the year. When the streaming video giant reported its fourth-quarter results last month, its final tally for the yea
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is one of the most popular stocks on the Robinhood investment platform, and it isn't hard to see why. The media giant is at the beginning stages of monetizing its streaming business, allowing investors to get in on the ground floor of a massive growth oppo
In this episode of Industry Focus: Energy, Motley Fool Co-Chairman, Chief Rule Breaker, and host of the Motley Fool's Rule Breaker Investing podcast, David Gardner, joins the show to discuss his approach to investing. He also talks about several energy and industrials themes that
Are These Top Entertainment Stocks Worth Investing In Right Now?Entertainment stocks have been making headlines this year. Investors and non-traders alike have likely heard of the trading frenzy initiated by Reddit users recently. Specifically, internet day traders flocked toward
There has been little question that Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) had the potential to change the streaming video landscape with the debut of Disney+ a little more than a year ago. With early-bird signups, the company had amassed 10 million viewers by the end of the first day of availa
It was a fun run for the meme stocks, but AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE: AMC) is proving mortal. Shares of the leading multiplex chain begin this abridged trading week trading 73% below the peak set three weeks ago.The knocks are real on the movie theater industry, and don't b
It's no surprise Americans spent more time watching TV and streaming video in 2020. With ongoing health restrictions, there wasn't much else to do besides stay in and watch television. Add to that a slew of new streaming services, and it's easy to see why total video consumption
Amazon.com Inc will start making its TV streaming device in India this year via a unit of Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn, the U.S. online retail giant said on Tuesday.
Prince Harry and his American wife Meghan will break their silence in their first interview since they quit Britain's royal family when they sit down with Oprah Winfrey next month.
In this episode of Motley Fool Money, host Chris Hill is joined by Motley Fool senior analysts Jason Moser and Ron Gross to discuss the latest news and share thoughts on Jeff Bezos announcing he's going to step down as CEO of Amazon. On the earnings side, Activision Blizzard (NAS
The race for premium streaming video leadership is basically boiling down to Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) Disney+ and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). The latter will always be in the conversation. Netflix kicks off 2020 with 203.7 million streaming paid memberships worldwide, and by the end