Netflix Agrees To Delay New Releases From Sony
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) will hold off on renting new Sony (NYSE: SNE) releases until 28 days after the DVDs are first available for purchase in… Read more »
Updated: Netflix And NBCU Strike Broader Streaming Deal
Starting next week, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) users will have the choice to stream any episode from the past 35 years of Saturday Night Live as p… Read more »
Companies Hungry For Mobile Expertise Drove Strong M&A In First Half
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Mergers and acquisitions started to pick up in the first half of this year as financial markets started to improve, according to a report re… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.23.10
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» Back in April, when John Cook quit his post as investigations editor at Gawker to join Yahoo’s news site The Upshot, Nick Dento… Read more »
Roku Refreshes Its Set-Top Box Line-Up
Roku, which is facing renewed competition from Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) TV and (soon) Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV, is updating its product line-up. The… Read more »
Blockbuster Reportedly About To File For Bankruptcy
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Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), which had warned for months that it might have to declare bankruptcy, is expected to file for Chapter 11 later this… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.21.10
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» TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and many other tech companies are racing to… Read more »
YouTube Adds Two New Content Executives
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YouTube, which is trying to add more content partnerships, has added two executives to lead the effort: The company says that Dean Gilbert,… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.17.10
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» CNN may have officially stopped using the AP’s content after 30 years, but the news wire begs to differ. [The Upshot]
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Apple May Channel Netflix; Amazon Explores Subscription Video
The invite to Wednesday’s Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) event shows a guitar, which usually suggests music, but that hasn’t stopped the buzz about vide… Read more »
Netflix Adds iPhone, iPod Touch Apps
It’s kind of anti-climactic at this point, but Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has extended its rental service to Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, four m… Read more »
LoveFilm Adds MGM Movie Library; Aims To Be More Than ‘Europe’s Netflix’
LoveFilm, which is often regarded as the “Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) of the Europe,” has struck a major deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that… Read more »
Apple Continues To Push Networks For 99 Cent Video But Switches To Rentals
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has dropped its TV subscription plans — for now — but the company may be closing in on deals to offer 99-cent video ren… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08.19.10
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» Why did Fareed Zakaria, who was on the short list to succeed Jon Meacham as Newsweek editor, jump ship to Time magazine? He wan… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08.18.10
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» Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) may be looking to buy CafeMom for $100 million. [AllThingsD]
» Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV was herald… Read more »
Epix Deal Expands Netflix Streaming Library; New DVD Sales Still Protected
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Epix have made their “multi-year” movie streaming deal official and to be sure, the threat is more towards other pa… Read more »
Netflix Says Subscriber Total Jumped 42 Percent
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) reported yet another big jump in subscribers — and in instant streaming. The company says it now has 15 million subscr… Read more »
Barclays: A ‘Solid’ Q2 For Earnings, Display; Beyond That, Worries Linger
Earnings season is almost upon us and Q2 results are likely to be stronger than expected, says Barclays internet analyst Doug Anmuth in a re… Read more »
Netflix Cracks Movie Pay Window; Exclusive Streaming Deal With Relativity
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has been accruing streaming rights steadily but until now has been unable to crack the pay window. A new deal with Rela… Read more »
Quick Hits: Holiday Round-up
» MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) is looking to restructure its search ad partnership with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) by including Microsoft (NSDQ:… Read more »
Roku To Deliver UFC Live PPV, On Demand
Roku’s 500,000-plus customers already have access to Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), MLB.TV, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) VOD and MMA’s Midwest Cage Championsh… Read more »
Netflix Reports Big Jump In Instant Streaming
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) continues to add subscribers at a fast clip, adding a record 1.7 million subscribers to its roster during its first qua… Read more »
Netflix Agrees To Delay Distribution Of New Releases From Fox And Universal
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Universal Studios and Twentieth Century Fox, which are both trying to protect sales of their DVDs, have now gotten Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) to a… Read more »
Netflix Adds A Trove Of Indie Films To Its Streaming Catalog
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Netflix’s online instant-streaming catalog is getting some indie cred. The company has reached deals with several big indie distributors, wh… Read more »
Netflix Made $1.7 Million On Sale Of Roku Stake
Buried in Netflix’s earnings call Wednesday were some details about the company’s sale of its stake in set-top maker Roku to Menlo Ventures.… Read more »
Roku CEO Says IPO Could Come Next Year; Netflix Sells Stake
Set-top maker Roku is still raising venture capital cash but it is already talking about an IPO. CEO Anthony Wood tells Bloomberg that the… Read more »
Netflix Subs Surpasses 12 Million, Helped By Streaming Deals
Netflix was able to fulfill its high expectations for Q4, thanks in part to the addition of 17,000 streaming video titles via the movie-rent… Read more »
Netflix And Nintendo Agree To Stream Movies, TV On Wii This Spring
After months of negotiations, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Nintendo have mapped out their agreement to partner on streaming movies and TV throug… Read more »
Netflix Agrees To Warner’s New Release Delay In Exchange For More Streaming Rights
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) have reached new content distribution terms — with Netflix agreeing to a 28-day delay on… Read more »
A Look At Netflix’s Plan To Woo The Studios With Digital Distribution
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Amid increasing speculation about which company would be an ideal suitor for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), comes insight into how the movie rental s… Read more »
As Netflix/Wii Talks Heat Up, Sony Adds More Video To PlayStation Network
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More TV shows, movies and online series coming to the PlayStation Network, as talks between Nintendo and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) reportedly hea… Read more »
Sony Crashes Microsoft’s Netflix Party: The PS3 Gets Streaming, Too
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About that “exclusive” agreement with *Netflix* for streaming movies on the Xbox 360 that *Microsoft* was boasting about … It’s not so ex… Read more »
Netflix To Take Its Streaming Business International Next Year
What a difference 10 months can make … Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings unveiled the company’s plans to take its business internatio… Read more »
Earnings: New Subscribers Boost Netflix’s Profits By 48 Percent
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) continues to reap the benefits of an economy that’s making consumers more apt to find cheap sources of entertainment at… Read more »
Warner Bros. Throws DVD Rental Gauntlet Down At Redbox — And Netflix
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The battle between the movie studios and new movie rental services (like Redbox and *Netflix* — but not Blockbuster) is quickly evolving in… Read more »
Earnings: Blockbuster's Revs Slip Amid Tough Competition, Lowers Guidance
*Blockbuster* is trying to do everything it can to stay relevant — from brokering deals to get its OnDemand streaming service in Samsung TV… Read more »
Earnings: Netflix Grows Subscribers, Revenues; Invests In Streaming
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Analysts were expecting strong Q2 numbers from Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) — and even though revenues came in slightly under the consensus of $409… Read more »
With Blockbuster-Samsung Deal, Streaming Wars Heat Up
*Blockbuster* CEO Jim Keyes may have dismissed digital downloads as the movie-rental industry’s “shiny new toy,” but that hasn’t stopped the… Read more »
Earnings: Netflix Rides High On 68 Percent Profit Growth In Q1
Strong demand for cheap entertainment bolstered Netflix’s revenues, and lower subscriber acquisition costs boosted the company’s profits. Ne… Read more »
Netflix To Stream South Park, Nickelodeon Shows
In the latest in the race between Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) to build a better digital library, Netflix has signed a d… Read more »
