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  • Thailand News

    Chicken Run 2: Nuggets of laughter and Bond-level weirdness hit Netflix

    In the clucking sequel to the animated sensation Chicken Run, Aardman Studios spills the beans on why chickens are comedy gold and shares nuggets of hilarity with a daring rescue mission. Peter Lord, co-founder of Aardman, and the genius behind Wallace and Gromit, and Shaun the Sheep, claims that chickens are fundamentally funny creatures but horses on the other hand…

  • Business News

    Netflix expands password crackdown to US and 100+ countries

    In an effort to tackle password sharing and increase revenue, Netflix has expanded its crackdown on account sharing to the United States and over 100 other countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, Singapore, Mexico, and Brazil. The streaming giant has been seeking new ways to generate income as it faces potential market saturation, with measures such as limiting…

  • World News

    Netflix to invest US$2.5 billion in South Korean content over next four years

    Netflix has unveiled ambitious plans to invest US$2.5 billion in South Korean content over the next four years, following a meeting between the streaming giant’s CEO Ted Sarandos and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol in Washington. The announcement comes as South Korea’s star continues to ascend as a global cultural heavyweight, bolstered by the phenomenal success of the Oscar-winning…

  • World News

    Record high Netflix subscriptions, imminent password crackdown

    Netflix Smashes Records with 232.5 Million Subscribers, and Ad-Supported Tier Going Brilliant Ace stuff from Netflix as they revealed that the number of subscribers reached a staggering 232.5 million in the first quarter, setting some serious records. Not only that, their swanky new ad-supported tier is getting a thumbs up from tv lovers. The streaming titan flexed those financial muscles…

  • Entertainment

    A ‘Hunger’ for Thai movies? You’re in luck, Netflix serves up a spicy Thai Thriller (video)

    Get ready to indulge in a thrilling feast for the senses with Hunger, the latest eagerly anticipated action-packed thriller set in Thailand from Netflix. The US subscription-based streaming platform yesterday released a trailer to whet the appetite of those who crave dramatic Thai thrillers. The movie stars Chutimon Chuengcharoensukying as Aoy, who came to international prominence for her lead role…

  • Tourism News

    TAT teams up with Netflix to create new Thailand travel guide

    The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has teamed up with Netflix to create an exciting new guide called Uncover Thailand: A Creative Travel Guide. The interactive guide will help tourists discover beautiful locations in Thailand that have been featured in popular films and shows on Netflix. The up-and-coming guide will also provide useful travel advice and fascinating facts to enhance…

  • Entertainment

    Netflix looking to pay cabin crew staff 12.7 million baht

    United States movie-streaming giant Netflix is prepared to pay US$385,000 (12.7 million baht) to secure the world’s best-trained cabin crew members for one of its private airlines. The US subscription-based streaming platform announced on its platform yesterday that it is searching for “individuals with independent judgement, discretion, and exceptional customer service abilities and can work with little direction and a…

  • Entertainment

    Nepal releases Pattaya’s ‘bikini killer’ – Charles ‘the Serpent’ Sobhraj

    Nepal has released Thailand’s “bikini killer,” Charles Sobhraj, a serial killer also known as “The Serpent,” said to be responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s. Nepal’s Supreme Court’s spokesperson Bimal Paudel said… “The court has ordered that if there is no other reason to keep him in jail, he should be released and sent back…

  • Entertainment

    VIDEO: Harry and Meghan haters out in full force ahead of Netflix series

    The Harry and Meghan haters are out in full force ahead of a new Netflix series featuring the royal couple. A trailer has been released ahead of the six-part series, aptly titled Harry and Meghan, which starts on Thursday and appears to have stirred a hornet’s nest of hostility toward the royal couple. Far-right British tabloid The Daily Mail accused…

  • Hot News

    Famous US actor Kevin Spacey does about-face in court on sex assault claims

    In what seems to be an about-face, famous US actor Kevin Spacey told a federal court that he regretted apologising over an unwanted sexual advance accusation. The now 50-year-old actor told the court that the allegation was “not true” saying that he was never alone with actor Anthony Rapp who made the claims. According to South China Morning Post, the…

  • Entertainment

    Netflix’s Q1 losses spark crackdown on shared accounts, impending ads

    Netflix is facing the threat of stagnation, after losing subscribers for the first time in more than a decade. Stock prices drove about 35% on Wednesday, eliminating US$50 billion in market cap. The news comes after the Netflix reported a loss of just 0.1% of its overall user base, or some 200,000 people yesterday morning. The company’s stock had already…

  • Travel Guides

    Movie Guide: Top Thai films to watch on Netflix 2022

    There are countless movies to watch at home, whether it’s on one of the many streaming services, that dusty DVD collection you have laying around, or even your favourite pirating site (not recommended). But what about Thai films? When it comes to local Thai entertainment, choosing a movie to watch after work, on a date or on vacation can be…

  • Thai Life

    Movie Guide: Top Thai films to watch on Netflix 2022

    There are countless movies to watch at home, whether it’s on one of the many streaming services, that dusty DVD collection you have laying around, or even your favourite pirating site (not recommended). But what about Thai films? When it comes to local Thai entertainment, choosing a movie to watch after work, on a date or on vacation can be…

  • World News

    North Korea sentences man to death for smuggling copies of Netflix’s “Squid Game”

    A man has been sentenced to death by firing squad in North Korea. A student has been jailed for life, and his teachers and school administrators were fired, facing banishment to work in remote mines or themselves. Six people were also sentenced to five years in prison. And their crime? Smuggling and watching Netflix’s most popular South Korean TV show,…

  • Thailand News

    Thai documentary “Hope Frozen: A Quest To Live Twice” wins Emmy Award

    A documentary film about a story of a Thai family who cryogenically preserved their deceased two year old daughter in the hopes of bringing her back to life, won “best documentary” at the 49th International Emmy Award in New York on Monday. Pailin Wedel, a Bangkok-based Thai-American photojournalist, film director and founder of 2050 Productions, has directed the 79 minutes…

  • Thailand video news

    Thai announcements, Graphic violence, Vaccinated foreigners, COE | Thaiger Bites | Ep. 36

    Jay and Tim go through viewer comments from our Youtube shows and the Thaiger talk forum as they go deep into the dark red zone!

  • Crime News

    Netflix’s “Squid Game” draws concern from Thai police about impact on youth

    Thai police are warning youth to not imitate the violent games from the popular Korean series on Netflix “Squid Game.” With people spending more time at home due to tight restrictions, such as curfews and business closures, people are watching more TV shows and movies. The deputy spokesperson for the Royal Thai Police say they are concerned that the violence…

  • Environment News

    Environmentalists criticise Netflix fishing doco for inaccuracies and misinformation

    As Thailand accuses a Netflix documentary of using outdated and inaccurate information about the country’s fishing industry, a number of global environmental experts are echoing similar criticisms. According to a report in Coconuts, Seaspiracy has been slammed for being full of inaccuracies and twisting the science behind the damage to the world’s oceans, minimising the role of climate change and…

  • Technology News

    Uh oh: Netflix may stop allowing the sharing of passwords

    Netflix is announcing that it may stop allowing users to share passwords with others who live elsewhere, in a worrying move for those who love to freeload off of their friends. Some free loaders took to Twitter to share the news of an apparent ban on sharing passwords as they say they were notified that they needed to be subscribers…

  • Northern Thailand News

    Tham Luang exhibition opens in Chiang Rai, including a replica of part of the cave – VIDEO

    A replica of parts of the Tham Luang Cave has been opened for visitors to learn more about the famous cave rescue and experience some of the difficulties faced by rescuers in a replica of parts of the cave, well 30 metres of it anyway. The exhibition attempts to simulate some of the key incidents that happened during the cave…

  • Northern Thailand News

    The Isan Project honours a hero of Tham Luang cave rescue

    The Isan Project has collaborated with the TAT on new marketing campaign featuring music commemorating the Tham Luang cave rescue. The story of how 13 young men, members of the Mu Pa (Wild Boar) football team, were saved in the caves of Chiang Rai continues to ignites interest in the miraculous internationally-followed rescue in July 2018 from the flooded Tham…

  • Việt Nam

    Phim ‘Da 5 Bloods’ quay tại Việt Nam có Ngô Thanh Vân và Johnny Trí Nguyễn được khen tới tấp

    Da 5 Bloods, dự án mới nhất của đạo diễn Spike Lee và Netflix có sự góp mặt của đả nữ Ngô Thanh Vân và Johnny Trí Nguyễn được các nhà phê bình khó tính Mỹ khen ngợi hết lời về cả hình thức lẫn nội dung. Da 5 Bloods (Năm chiến hữu) là dự án có kinh phí đầu…

  • Technology News

    Cyber minister wants Netflix-like Thai streaming platform

    Thailand’s minister of digital economy and society, aka. “cyber minister” says that Thailand should have its own streaming platform to bring in revenue and promote Thai movies and television overseas. Puttipong Punnakan remarked at a forum that creating a Netflix-like platform to stream and sell Thai films and series to foreign audiences would reel some sweet, sweet subscription revenue into…

  • Việt Nam

    Tập 12 “Quân Vương Bất Diệt” lộ cảnh “giường chiếu” khiến fan bấn loạn

    Cảnh hôn của bệ hạ Lee Gon và vương phi Diana – Tae Eul trong Quân Vương Bất Diệt tập 12 đang khiến fan náo loạn. Hôn hít xong là đến cảnh đèn mờ. Tập 12 The King: The Eternal Monarch (Quân Vương Bất Diệt) đã xoa dịu khán giả với loạt “thính” cực phẩm với phân đoạn tình cảm chất lượng…

  • Việt Nam

    Rating tập 6 Quân Vương Bất Diệt có chút khá khẩm, nhưng vẫn bị đánh giá tệ

    Qua nhiều tuần công chiếu, nhưng The King: The Eternal Monarch (Quân Vương Bất Diệt) vẫn có diễn biến ‘bình bình’ mà không có chút đột phá, gay cấn nào khiến tác phẩm trở lại của Lee Min Ho lẫn biên kịch Kim Eun Sook chìm nghỉm trong trận chiến phim Hàn tháng 5. Vậy là Quân Vương Bất Diệt đã…

  • Việt Nam

    Quân vương bất diệt tập 6: Tạm xa Tae Eul, Lee Gon phải đích thân ra trận khi chiến tranh Hàn – Nhật nổ ra

    Mới đây, Netflix đã tung ra preview mới cho tập 6 The King: Eternal Monarch (Quân vương bất diệt) hé lộ sẽ có một trận chiến trên biển giữa đất nước của Lee Gon (Lee Min Ho) và kẻ thù. Lee Gon dặn dò Tae Eul chờ anh trở về. Trong khi đó, ở một diễn biến khác, nữ thủ tướng…

  • Covid-19 News

    Thailand’s “Wild Boar” vows to save his province

    The northern province of Lampang been hit by Covid-19, despite the best efforts of its famous governor, Narongsak Osotthanakorn. Who? Narongsak was the face of the rescue mission to retrieve the 13 young men from the Tham Luang cave two years ago and was the Chiang Rai governor at the time. “When I heard of the first Covid-19 infection in…

  • Việt Nam

    21 kiệt tác Anime Nhật Bản sẽ lên sóng trên Netflix

    Người hâm mộ anime có thể thưởng thức những bộ phim hoạt hình Nhật Bản đã từng thắng Giải thưởng Viện Hàn Lâm như Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro,… Hôm qua, Netflix công bố thông tin về việc đưa 21 bộ phim được yêu thích của Studio Ghibli đến với người dùng trên toàn cầu (ngoại trừ Mỹ, Canada và…

  • Northern Thailand News

    Netflix and ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ production team announce cave rescue project

    PHOTO: Yahoo.com Netflix, the most popular TV streaming service in Thailand, are teaming up with the producers of the hit film “Crazy Rich Asians” for a production about the rescue of the MuPa (Wild Boar) football team from Chiang Rai’s Tham Luang caves last July. The 12 young men and their coach were trapped in a flooded cave after going…

  • Northern Thailand News

    Netflix scores production coup with major documentary about cave rescue

    The world’s leading TV streaming service ‘Netflix’ is bringing the drama of the Tham Luang cave rescue to the small screen. The 13 young football players will net around 3 million baht each, with other monies going to other volunteer services and foundations. The international rescue of the 13 young footballers, who were trapped for nearly two weeks in a…

  • Business News

    Burn baby burn – The Netflix cash strategy to stay on top

    Netflix, the online TV streaming service, is gaining more viewers in the US and around the world, but is burning through astonishing amounts of cash in producing new content. In 2018 Netflix churned through $3 billion in losses. Negative cash flow that accelerated to $1.3 billion in Q4, more than double the year before. But it’s all a part of…

  • Bangkok News

    Even Chris Hemsworth hates Bangkok traffic

    MONTAGE IMAGE: Coconuts Once again it seems that even the gods must succumb to one of life’s most dreaded challenges, traffic. Even worse, Bangkok traffic. Last month in a previous post from India, Chris Hemsworth is seen in his car trying to deal with the traffic of Ahmedabad, amazed the Australian actor and Marvel’s cinematic universe ‘Thor’ is heard saying “beautiful…