Show about the extraordinary incidents at Joe Exotic's zoo has proved hugely popular

Netflix is cutting down traffic to ease internet capacity as more people work from home. Here’s what it means for Australians’ streaming experience

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Netflix has agreed to reduce the data it uses to stream movies and TV shows across Australia as more and more people are working from home due to the coronavirus shutdown. But what will it mean for your viewing habits while you’re staying at home?

Related: Australian government asks Netflix and Stan to reduce data to avoid broadband overload

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It won't shock you to hear that livestreaming services are seeing an upswing in viewership due to the COVID-19 pandemic keeping people at home, but now it's clear just what kind of effect the outbreak has had on viewing habits. Streamlabs and Stream Hatchet have determined that watch hours surged 23 percent between February and March, to just over 1.2 billion. Other services saw increased demand as well, but their gains were relatively slight. Microsoft's Mixer saw a 15.9 percent gain, while YouTube's gaming streams saw a 10.7 percent boost. Facebook Gaming saw a modest 3.8 percent increase.

The European Medicines Agency has begun a rolling review of data on Gilead’s remdesivir, positioning it to cut the time it takes to decide whether to approve the drug in COVID-19 patients.

Today at Claremont McKenna College, a new bipartisan public forum—the Dreier Roundtable—will convene leaders in politics, business, journalism and academia to hold constructive, substantive discussions about immigration reform. Just days after the midterm elections of 2014, the panel of experts will examine the strengths and weaknesses of current immigration policy and debate the economic and…

In Japan, celebrating the transient beauty of flowers is a beloved custom when the cherry blossoms spring to life.

The 248-square-foot vacation cabin in Iceland lets you sleep under the stars ... while inside.

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Viewing figures have steadily dipped following Simon Cowell’s departure in 2011, but The X Factor was dealt an embarrassing blow on Saturday when the much anticipated live final pulled in less than 10-million viewers.

Usually the men are left off the fashion radar at events such as the Emmy Awards. However, E! host Ryan Seacrest found himself to be a talking point for all the wrong reasons on Sunday afternoon

As the Netflix docuseries Cheer has gained a massive following, Harris has become one of the show's biggest breakouts with his 'mat talks,' hyping up his teammates before a routine.

The Brexit Party leader was being lined up for a 30-minute Question Time special in the run-up to the December 12 vote because of his plans to field 600 candidates nationwide.

From one reality show juggernaut to another. Kim Kardashian and her younger half-sister Kendall Jenner got together for a Bachelor finale viewing party this Tuesday with Hailey Bieber.

The broadcaster, 56, said on Thursday's This Morning that even after weeks of preparations he's still more nervous than during his famous interview with Diana in 1995.

Patrick Holland, controller of BBC Two, spoke after the BBC told its staff that the corporation will have to make savings of £125 million this year after coronavirus affected its income.

The BBC2 show, which saw Monty Don self-filming footage from his garden, drew an audience of 2.7million on April 24 as the programme was made for the first time by a socially-distanced crew.

Firms are accusing each other of 'profiteering' from the pandemic. An estate agency in the Lake District sparked a debate after it said it had completed a viewing on a £1.25m home.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: The Six Nations powerbrokers are largely content with the existing deal, which is worth £90m a year between the BBC and ITV and is delivering record viewing figures.

Brett Harriss, 26, had served just two years of a 32 month sentence and had been barred from using the internet but he secretly acquired the games console to go online.

Agents have called for more guidance as those due to move home, whether completing on a purchase or having committed to a rental are left unsure what will happen. 

For the poor, the choice is often between health care in private systems that are beyond their reach, or death. That is a choice no citizen should be forced to make. To overcome this, the idea of a right to health should foreground policy debates on health care, says Kalpana Sharma.

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An editor's not-so-occult revelations.

Sometimes your bright ideas don't pan out.

Across the United States and around the world, in-person survey data collection has been halted to protect against COVID-19 spread; now what?

Actor Abhay Deol, who has made his digital debut with "Chopsticks", feels censorship on the over-the-top (OTT) platforms would be a "futile exercise". He finds it baffling how sexuality is considered more offensive than violence as far as the OTT content is concerned.

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We're celebrating Preservation Week with a lecture and open collection display with conservators and archivists that showcase the value of preserving the first-person accounts of those we send to fight in wars.

Monday, April 23 from noon-2:00 pm in the Whittall Room (Jefferson Building, Ground floor)

Click here to register for the live webcast of the lecture and for more information about the Library's Preservation Week programming.

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