Disney to buy most of 20th Century Fox for $52 billion

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

As far as blockbuster deals go, you can't do better than this. In its efforts to consolidate a roster of properties in order to counter the surging popularity of Netflix, Disney will be buying most of 20th Century Fox for an unprecedented $52 billion dollars.

The Mouse House stands to gain a number of marquee properties from Rupert Murdoch's Fox that it can very well spin off into movies, toys and merchandising and even theme park rides. We're talking huge properties including cable channels FX and National Geographic as well as Fox's stakes in streaming service Hulu, which positions it nicely against Netflix. Fox will retain the mosre serious side of their portfolio of products including Fox News, Fox Sports and Fox Business Networks.

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Netflix Canada reveals what (and how) we binged in 2017

By Sonya Davidson

Canadians watched A LOT of Netflix this past year and the popular streaming service just released some interesting data on just what got most of our attention in 2017. What immediately caught our attention was January 1st being the most popular streaming day of the year! Canada also ranked second globally for having the most members to binge Netflix every single day.

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Netflix Original Series Stranger Things 2 is turning our world upside down again

Things just got even stranger for the launch of Stranger Things Season 2. We pick up in the year 1984 when hanging out at the Arcade to play video games was fun and Ghostbusters was released in theatres. We really don't want to spoil anything but all you know is that Hawkins is getting darker. If you haven't watched any of the series, please, please go and start at Season 1. You need the background info to move on.

If you've binged through the first season and ready to jump right into Season 2, be prepared to be stuck on your couch for a while unless you're like many other Netflix members who like to sprint through episodes as fast as you humanly can! Yes, all of Season 2 can be streamed of this series because the show's directors and producers  probably know that we need answers after each show. But again, we won't give anything away but it seriously fun for those who grew up in the 80s and all the references from cars to shoes to food. Keep a close eye! And the soundtrack to this series is so good! 

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How Netflix is turning everyone into an influencer

It use to be called the power, or the art, of persuasion. That is, the act of getting people to do things that they may not have initially done themselves. But today, we often hear the term "influencer" and yes, we are all influencers amongst our circle of friends, family and co-workers. We are constantly influencing, and being influenced by, others in our daily lives. We're interested in finding out ourselves if that movie was worth the Rotten Tomatoes rating or curious to try that charcoal ice cream cone that others are willingly waiting in line for. We don't want to miss out on something that sounds interesting!  

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