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GUEST OPINION:  Artificial intelligence (AI) is already woven into our daily lives. Whether it's predicting the fastest route home through traffic, suggesting what to watch on Netflix, what to listen to on Spotify, or protecting your bank account from suspicious transactions, AI is quietly transforming how we live and work. Some AI systems announce themselves with a friendly voice or personalised notification, while others work invisibly behind the scenes, powering everything from email spam filters to weather forecasts. As AI continues its rapid evolution, it sparks both excitement and debate about how it will reshape our future - and nowhere is this conversation more critical than in the insurance industry, where data holds the key to protecting people's homes, health and livelihoods.

GUEST OPINION:  Netflix’s Zero Day delivers a gripping cyber thriller, dramatising a large-scale attack on U.S. critical infrastructure. It’s suspenseful, and packed with high-level political intrigue, but like any Hollywood production, it bends the truth to fit the narrative. Robert De Niro’s character, former President Mullen, makes a statement early in the pilot that feels eerily close to reality:

American telecommunications company Verizon announced its customers will gain exclusive access to new streaming savings featuring Netflix’s Premium Plan and Peacock Premium, claiming they can save US$275 in value.

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox is entering the UK market with the launch of Tubi, an ad-supported streaming service.

GUEST OPINION: Just over a decade ago, the idea of having a subscription for your exercise bike would have been extraordinary. Today, there are subscriptions for just about anything from streaming services for your favourite TV shows or music to toilet paper, wine, beer or software tools. The buying experience has evolved from a one-time transaction to a dynamic exchange with subscriptions that allow products and services to grow with you.

Traditional cable TV has been in the limelight for quite some time before streaming services took their place. According to Statista, the number of households with pay TV declined from 100.5 million to around 65 million within eight years (2014-2022). Unfortunately, this big of a number hasn’t risen in the past years because of the rise of both on-demand and live TV streaming services (which has been a popular option for younger individuals, by the way).

Workflow provider in film and digital production The Rebel Fleet has deployed digital infrastructure company Equinix’s services in its International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Sydney and leveraged its Platform Equinix to get access to fibre, security, and colocation, as well as Equinix Fabric to connect all digital ecosystems such as major cloud service providers.

Subscription video on demand (SVOD) providers spent $324 million on Australian programs in the 2022–23 financial year, down from $335 million in 2021–22, but more Australian shows were available to audiences across streaming services, according to data from the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Amazon plans to introduce advertisements to its Prime Video streaming service in 2024 in order to churn more content and create more TV shows and movies.

Telecommunications company Optus is seeking the approval of the Federal Government to charge content streamers so they can financially contribute to network costs as revealed in the telco's position paper Fair Share Contribution Submission.

Remember those old days with antennas, cable boxes, and jumbled signals? The thought of gaining immediate access to any TV show or movie at a moment's notice was only wishful thinking. But then, streaming services emerged, turning this daydream into a reality. We're no longer tied down by the random broadcast schedules of TV networks or the operating hours of local movie theatres.

The constant talk by the federal Opposition about the need to embrace nuclear power as an option for satisfying the country's energy needs appears to be just another diversionary tactic, which is unlikely to be followed up were the Coalition to gain power sometime in the future.

Whether by accident or design, federal Opposition climate change and energy spokesman Ted O'Brien chose to write an op-ed about introducing nuclear power in Australia on a day [Wednesday] when the world remembers the destruction of Nagasaki, the second Japanese city to be smashed to smithereens by an American nuclear device in three days, the first having been Hiroshima on 6 August 1945.

Switching providers becomes more prevalent, as do free trials and ad-supported plans.

Video on Demand (VoD) enabled households that have access to at least one video streaming service in Australia increased to 6.24 million, up 114k, quarter on quarter, representing 62.6% of households, according to a new Entertainment on Demand study by evidence-based insights and consulting company Kantar.

Security vendor Bitdefender has published a report lifting the lid on dark web marketplaces including the types of products and services offered and the asking prices asked for stolen consumer credentials.

Streaming giant Netflix has now implemented its crackdown on password sharing in Australia, charging more fee for users sharing their accounts.

Streaming company Netflix’s crackdown on password sharing in Spain in Q1 2023 has resulted to a loss of over one million users, according to media company Kantar.

The movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honour among thieves is now in cinemas and tells an epic adventure filled with intrigue, courage, treachery, magic, and danger. You don’t have to leave the excitement in the theatre though; now is a great time to get into the world of Dungeons & Dragons - or D&D - yourself.

RSP Aussie Broadband is dramatically expanding its Netflix caching capacity, and has expanded its local and international network capacity.

A rough estimate of 6.11 million Australian households subscribed to at least one video streaming service in Q422 representing 61% households—a decline of 38,000 households quarter on quarter (a softer fall from the 180,000 decline last quarter), according to Kantar Worldpanel’s Entertainment on Demand study in Australia, which examined consumer behaviour within the Video on Demand (VoD) market over three months to December 2022.