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The BBC licence fee should be replaced by a Sky-style subscription, a new poll has found. Forty per cent of those polled backed subscriptions, compared with 37 per cent who favour the present £157.50 annual charge. The survey, commissioned by the Defund The BBC pressure group, also found 15 per cent of viewers say they … Read more
From food and booze to beauty products, entertainment and even eco-friendly loo roll, there’s very little you can’t buy on subscription these days. With just a few clicks, you can pay weekly, monthly or annually for pretty much anything to be delivered to your doorstep, phone, TV or tablet. In fact, stuck at home for … Read more
Credit scores can now be boosted by Netflix or Spotify subscriptions: Experian launches new feature and millions are likely to see instant uptick Experian announced its new ‘boost’ feature for its 8m UK customers today It will use data from people’s bank accounts to help ‘thicken’ their credit file This means payments which didn’t count … Read more
Video conferencing app Zoom has added two-factor authentication (2FA) as a new layer of security following its soar in popularity during the current pandemic. The log-in standard requires users to provide an additional piece of information, such as a pin code sent via text message, as well as a password. Zoom said the addition of … Read more
Britons spending £46 a month on subscriptions as entertainment and delivery services boom in lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 00:04 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 00:04 BST, 24 August 2020 Britons are spending £46 a month on subscriptions as entertainment and delivery services boom in lockdown. Even as shops reopened … Read more
Lloyds Bank will let customers cancel monthly subscriptions like television streaming and food boxes in its app with three quick clicks The bank with 11m mobile customers will launch the service after a pilot Subscription services boomed in lockdown It said it would eventually alert people prior to their free trial running out to avoid … Read more
Video streaming giant Netflix has revealed it is starting to cancel user accounts that have been inactive for a year. In an effort to ‘help’ users who haven’t been using the service to save their ‘hard earned cash’, Netflix is eliminating unused accounts that are still billing the user. Emails or app notifications will be … Read more
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings fortunes continue to rise as a new SEC filing reports the streaming service’s co-founder received a total of $38 million in 2019. Hasting’s total pay package last year was up 16 per cent from what he was paid in 2018, reports Netflix in its annual proxy statement Wednesday. Hastings’ most recent … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That forced … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES Cancelled The Olympic torch relay in Greece was cancelled on Friday March 13 – just a day after the flame was lit in Olympia. Large crowds mobbed Hollywood actor Gerard Butler as he lit the cauldron in the Greek city of Sparta despite repeated warnings for spectators not to attend because of coronavirus. That … Read more