Holly Ashworth covers streaming, entertainment, and home theater for BitsFromBytes from Los Angeles, where she graduated from USC with a degree in film studies before moving into freelance criticism in 2018. She has written for several US-based cinema publications including two online magazines and a literary journal that runs occasional film essays, and she maintains a home theater setup with a calibrated LG C4 OLED, a dedicated Dolby Atmos soundbar system, and a Plex server that catalogs her personal library. Her streaming platform reviews come from actual heavy use rather than from press releases, and she tracks monthly catalog changes across Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, and Prime Video in a spreadsheet that she updates weekly. Holly is particularly interested in the tension between streaming platform economics and what actually gets recommended to viewers, and in how the algorithms quietly shape what people think is available. Outside work she programs a monthly short film night at a small independent cinema in Silver Lake. Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Prime Video, movies, TV series, TVs, soundbars, home theater, streaming platforms
