R.E.M.ix: ‘It’s The End Of TV As We Know It’
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“I’d studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines,” Michael Stipe once sang, vicariously, as though channelling Dan Rather.
R… Read more »
Time Warner’s Bewkes: ‘Cordcutting Hasn’t Arrived’
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Warned by an interviewer at today’s Goldman Sachs conference hat he was about to talk about cordcutting, the subject that won’t go away, Tim… Read more »
@ F8: Facebook Unveils New Class Of Social Apps And Redesigned ‘Timeline’
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Facebook unveiled a new version of its social-media platform Thursday designed to help media companies and social-application developers enc… Read more »
Documentary Streamer SnagFilms Adds Drama, Wider Mobile Distribution
Indie documentary video streaming service SnagFilms making good on some of the changes it proposed earlier this year, when it raised $10 mil… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-21-11
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» Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) Signs Expanded Two-Year Streaming Deal With Discovery (paidContent)
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Netflix Signs Expanded Two-Year Streaming Deal With Discovery
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Discovery will continue to stream its library shows on Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) for another two years, with an expanded slate that includes more… Read more »
ABC, Lovefilm Execs Scratch Heads At Netflix’s Split
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Netflix’s decision to divide its DVD and streaming operations is being treated as a joke and a shot in the foot by some observers.
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Netflix’s Split Misses The Trick
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) splitting itself in two for two different media is the wrong strategy at the wrong time. Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-19-11
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» Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) DVD-Streaming Split Extends To Brand: Meet ‘Qwikster’ (paidContent)
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: ‘I Messed Up’
I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation.
It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect… Read more »
Netflix DVD-Streaming Split Extends To Brand: Meet ‘Qwikster’
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings thought separating his company’s DVD and streaming business would be straightforward. Turns out it was a lot like… Read more »
What Does Netflix’s One Million Drop In Subscribers Tell Us?
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So it looks like the honeymoon period with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) may be over. Today’s news that it has lost one million customers after a pri… Read more »
Netflix Says One Million Customers Expected To Depart After Price Hike
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) users are voting with their feet: the company said Thursday that it expects to lose 1 million customers this quarter af… Read more »
As Netflix Price Change Kicks In, Starz Says It Won’t Renew Deal
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After extended negotiations, Starz Entertainment announced today it will not renew or extend its multi-year deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX).… Read more »
YouTube Expands Movie Rentals To Canada
YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) is taking its almost obscure movie rental service to Canada, launching today with 1,000 or so films from Hollywood and… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09-01-11
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» Hulu Japan Launches WIth Movies, TV From CBS (NYSE: CBS), Sony (NYSE: SNE), Fox (NSDQ: NWS) & More But No Ads (paidContent)
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Channel 4, FilmFlex Position Themselves For Possible TV Movie Subscriptions
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Back in November, Channel 4 launched Film4oD, a web-based, on-demand adjunct to its Film4 linear channels that requires payment for movies.… Read more »
Lovefilm Mulls Streaming-Only Service In Some Countries
Lovefilm appears ready to expand in to new countries – minus the DVDs.
The movie subscription service currently operates in the UK, Germany… Read more »
Analyst: Netflix, Lovefilm May Not Get A UK Window Until 2014
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Sky Movies’ stranglehold on UK subscription on-demand rights for movies may not be broken by competition authorities until 2014, according t… Read more »
Miramax Launching Multi-Title Facebook Movie App In U.S., UK & Turkey
Watching movies on Facebook isn’t new — Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), Paramount and Universal each are trying variations on the theme. But toda… Read more »
BSkyB Told To Weaken Stranglehold On Hollywood Movies
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BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) has been ordered to weaken its stranglehold on Hollywood films on pay-TV after an investigation by the Competition Commiss… Read more »
Foursquare Adds Checkins For Movies, Concerts, ESPN Sports
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Sometimes what’s important is what you’re doing, not where you are (I should write Hallmark cards, right?). If you’re going to the movies, f… Read more »
HBO Looks To Extend App Success To Cinemax With MAX Go
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When Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) released its quarterly earnings last week, the company boasted that its HBO app, HBO Go, was pulling in the cro… Read more »
Twilight-Themed Pottermore Parody Gets 300,000 Hits In Three Days
Twimore.com, a Twilight-themed parody site that riffs on J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore.com, has been visited over 300,000 times since its launc… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 8-4-2011: Skype/Android, Chrome OS Hacks, Verizon Leaks
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Here’s a look at some of the top stories in mobile today: Read more »
Time Warner’s Bewkes Is In No Hurry For More Online Video Deals
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While his counterparts at CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) offer new streaming video deals with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Amazon (NS… Read more »
Apple Could Be Near Launch Of iTunes Replay For Re-Downloading Movies
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs said in March that 2011 would be the year of the iPad 2, but it has really been the year of the Internet a… Read more »
Time Warner Film Dollars Rise On Video Game Hits; Mags Gain A Bit
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Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) saw profits and revenues boosted by movie sequels, but did even better thanks to video games tied to film franchises… Read more »
In Battle With MPAA, Zediva Is Down For The Count
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When the Zediva DVD-streaming service popped up earlier this year, its novel legal strategy immediately became a subject of debate among law… Read more »
TV or PC? Study Highlights Differences Between Netflix And Hulu
With the race to transform the living room into a web-connected media hub accelerating, a new report shows the diverging viewer habits acros… Read more »
Amazon Prime Follows CBS Deal With Movies From NBCUniversal
A deal with NBCUniversal (NSDQ: CMCSA) will roughly double the number of movies available for instant streaming by *Amazon* Prime members. T… Read more »
UK Court Agrees With Hollywood: BT Should Block Newzbin2
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Hollywood film studios won a landmark UK high court ruling on Thursday forcing BT (NYSE: BT) to block access to an illegal file-sharing webs… Read more »
Full Stream Ahead For Hastings & Netflix (But DVDs Still Add Fuel)
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For CEO Reed Hastings and his team, consumer behavior provided the sign that it was time for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) to shift from a hybrid str… Read more »
The Oddball U.S. Privacy Law That’s Keeping Netflix Away From Facebook
Under U.S. law, most information exchanges aren’t regulated at all by the federal government. There are a few big exceptions, like health in… Read more »
Netflix Passes 25 Million Subs, Passes On Hulu — And Fails The Street
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) passed 25.5 million subs, including 24.6 million in the U.S. and 970,000 in Canada, producing a $68 million profit on $… Read more »
Updated: How Netflix, Hulu And Amazon Stack Up
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The latest in video on demand: Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) announced new pricing plans, charging separately for streaming video and DVD/Blu-ray dis… Read more »
Harry Potter Helps Fandango Grow Mobile Ticket Sales
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Online movie ticketer Fandango says that 20 percent of its virtual box office this summer was generated by its iPhone, iPad and Android apps… Read more »
Harry Potter iPad App Hits It Big Despite Hefty Price
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Would you pay $12.99 for a Harry Potter book app? Probably, if you’re one of the people who helped shatter records for the midnight screenin… Read more »
UltraViolet Moves Ahead For Fall Launch, Adds Blockbuster And Vudu
Consumers are buying more digital video than ever before, but trying to watch across platforms continues to be a huge headache. A large coal… Read more »
Netflix, NBCUniversal Extend Programming Deal But No More Next-Day ‘SNL’
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Programming from NBC (NSDQ: CMCSA) and some NBCUniversal cable networks will stay on Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) under the terms of a new multi-yea… Read more »
