Updated: Chart: How Amazon Prime Video Stacks Up To Netflix & Hulu Plus
What are some of the programming differences between Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Prime Videos, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Hulu Plus? Amazon has some p… Read more »
Why Netflix Can Do Better Than CBS
With Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) finally throwing its hat in the ring into the subscription-video business today, it was nifty timing on Netflix’s p… Read more »
Streaming Begins For Amazon Prime Members; One-Month Free Trial
Amazon’s anticipated video streaming service launched this morning with nearly 5,000 movies and TV shows.. Instead of starting from scratch… Read more »
Bankrupt Blockbuster Puts Itself Up For Sale
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Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), which filed for bankruptcy in September, is now putting itself up for sale. The video rental chain says in a statem… Read more »
What Worries Netflix About Amazon Isn’t Just Competition
Speculation kicked up last month that Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is preparing to challenge Netflix in the online-video subscription business. But A… Read more »
The ‘Subscription Economy’ Is Growing, And It’s Bigger Than Just Media
Tien Tzuo is CEO of Zuora, a subscription-billing company based in Silicon Valley. Previously, he was the chief strategy officer and chief m… Read more »
What Bob Iger Values Most In TV’s Digital Future
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If there was any doubt as to how Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger sees the changing TV world, it became abundantly clear in the closing hours… Read more »
Netflix Surges In Nielsen’s First Video Data In 7 Months
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Welcome back, Nielsen, which publicly issued late Friday its first set of online video metrics since June 2010 due to computer glitches that… Read more »
iTunes Faces New Threat In Film Rentals
While new data out today from IHS Screen Digest shows Apple’s iTunes is as dominant as ever in the electronic-sell-through business, the sou… Read more »
Amid IPO Reports, Pandora Adds Two Big Media Names To Board
Pandora, which is widely expected to go public this year, has added two big-name media executives to its board: Former News Corp (NSDQ: NWS)… Read more »
Hulu By The Numbers: Hulu Plus Projections & More
How is Hulu Plus doing? According to CEO Jason Kilar, the new subscription service is on track to pass one million subscribers and is set fo… Read more »
Why Bewkes’ Q4 Bluster Won’t Rattle Netflix
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It wouldn’t be a Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) earnings call without some tough talk from CEO Jeff Bewkes, who suggested he’ll put the screws to N… Read more »
First Look: Comcast Xfinity Flips The Switch On iPad Streaming
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) cable subs with iPads or iPhones and the Xfinity TV app are now part of the (some) TV Everywhere club. The TV show and… Read more »
Facebook Could Turn Netflix Into $400 Stock, Says Jim Cramer
What does Facebook have to do with Netflix? (NSDQ: NFLX) Everything, according to CNBC’s Mad Money anchor Jim Cramer (see video below), who… Read more »
Amazon Appears Ready To Challenge Netflix
If these screen grabs unearthed by Engadget on Saturday are as legitimate as they appear to be, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) could have a new rival… Read more »
Why Jason Kilar Will Leave Hulu
The portrait of Hulu that emerged from today’s Wall Street Journal is that of a hopelessly dysfunctional venture at odds with itself over it… Read more »
Netflix Offers Mixed Message To Time Warner In Q4 PR Blitz
What a difference a day makes for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX). Less than 24 hours after an executive fired a shot across Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s… Read more »
@ NATPE: How Netflix Will Hurt HBO: Bidding Away Warner Bros. Films
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) will attempt to outbid HBO for streaming rights to the movies the pay-TV giant gets from its current output deal with W… Read more »
@ NATPE: Jeff Zucker Defends Hulu, Netflix Deals
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The Jeff Zucker Farewell Tour made another stop Monday morning in his hometown of Miami, host city to the National Association of Television… Read more »
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Netflix Subscriber Scorned
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Queue-tastrophe? Queue-pocalypse? Whatever you want to call the fallout from Netflix’s decision to drop the DVD queue from streaming devices… Read more »
More Ads On Roku Could Lure More Channels, But What About Viewers?
Roku is maturing fast this week: First came news of its first cable-channel partner, WealthTV, and now a deal with mDialog that will allow f… Read more »
Netflix Enrages Subscribers By Limiting DVD Queue
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Converting to a streaming-only business isn’t easy, as Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) discovered Monday when the company’s blog was bombarded by compl… Read more »
Can Jack Bauer Rescue Hulu? Or How About Barbie?
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As the protagonist of the Fox hit series 24, Kiefer Sutherland mastered the delicate art of escaping difficult situations. But what Jack Bau… Read more »
Google, Weinstein Co. Strike Film Deal
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Given the pressure Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is under to land premium content deals for YouTube, you would think they would shout from the rooftop… Read more »
For Netflix And Lovefilm, Online Choice Pales Against DVD Business
Reality check: The prospect of Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Lovefilm becoming online-first subscription businesses looks a long way off – they h… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 01.07.11
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» Having lost the music battle against Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and iTunes, despite undercutting its rival with deep download discounts… Read more »
@ CES: Hollywood Digital Czars Rain On Smart TV Parade
Television manufacturers, take note: All those new sets you’ve crammed with apps and other internet-derived content experiences aren’t impre… Read more »
CES: Ballmer Mum On TV Plans In Microsoft Keynote
If the reports are true that Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is preparing to make big moves in the TV space, CEO Steve Ballmer wasn’t about to tip hi… Read more »
Turner Chief Explains How TV Industry Will Neutralize Netflix
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If there was ever any doubt that the animus towards Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) runs deeper throughout Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) than chairman and CE… Read more »
Wal-Mart Could Pay $40 Million To Settle Claims It Colluded With Netflix
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Did Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) illegally divide up the DVD market back in 2005? Wal-Mart has denied the allegations, but… Read more »
New iTunes Features Aim To Outdo DVD
Some of the coolest so-called “extras” embedded only on the iTunes’ version of several recent film releases from Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures a… Read more »
Paul Allen Refiles Lawsuit, Says He Patented ‘Related Links’
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) co-founder Paul Allen has refiled his patent lawsuit against 11 big internet companies and e-retailers, and the new c… Read more »
U.S. Mobile Video Momentum Amounts To More Than Just Price
Chris Hoerenz is chief marketing officer for the Fox Mobile Group, which was recently acquired by Jesta Group. FMG launched its on-demand mo… Read more »
The End Of Hulu As We Know It (And Comcast Feels Fine)
What the hell is going on at Hulu? Monday’s mysterious story in The Wall Street Journal portends significant changes in 2011 that may just b… Read more »
Jon Rubinstein Joins The Board Of Amazon
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Have you been wondering about where Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) might go next with its device strategy, on the back of its success with the Kindle?… Read more »
Report: Google’s YouTube Eyes Acquisition Of Next New Networks
Google-owned YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) is in talks to buy original online content studio Next New Networks, The New York Times reported Wednesday… Read more »
Comcast’s ‘Xcalibur’ Seeks The Edge On Google TV
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) is testing a new set-top box that would bring together Web and TV programming, reports The Wall Street Journal. Little… Read more »
Netflix TV Bill Could Kill $200 Stock Price
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You’d think an invitation to the S&P 500 would mean nothing but sunshine Friday for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX). But along comes a little rain cour… Read more »
Reed Hastings: Netflix Doesn’t Need New Starz Deal
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) founder Reed Hastings told an investors conference Wednesday that he “can live without” renewing a deal for streaming r… Read more »
Correction: Netflix And Disney Agree On 15-Day Window For Some Streaming
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Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) have a new agreement that will allow the rental service to run some new episodes 15 days after t… Read more »
