Netflix wants to spend up to 15 percent of its content cash on originals
Netflix wants to triple its original content spend within the next few years, according to its Chief Content Officer, Ted Sarandos. Read more »
Netflix may roll out 16 original shows, stand-up comedy specials next year
Netflix continues its competition with HBO by going into the stand-up comedy space. Altogether, the company may launch up to 16 original shows next year. Read more »
For House of Cards and Arrested Development, Netflix favors big data over big ratings
Netflix doesn’t release any ratings for its original content – but it’s keeping a very close watch on who is viewing what in order to greenlight and promote shows. Read more at GigaOM »
How Netflix wants to change television forever
Netflix doesn’t just want to compete with traditional pay TV networks like HBO, Showtime and Starz – it wants to change television forever. The company envisions a future for TV in which old-fashioned things like ratings, schedule and recaps simply don’t matter anymore. Read more at GigaOM »
Netflix just became cable’s biggest TV network
Netflix streamed one billion hours to its subscribers in June, according to a note posted today by its CEO Reed Hastings. BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield calculates that this makes it cable’s biggest TV network, with viewers tuning in 80 minutes per day. Read more at GigaOM »
How Netflix really did save the CW
With around 18 percent of its audience consuming its programs on digital platforms, the CW has emerged as broadcast TV’s most innovative network in terms of tracking and monetizing digital viewers. But without that billion dollars from Netflix, where would it be? Read more »
Cable exec: “Netflix is our frenemy”
Just what do you call a company that hurts and helps your business at the same time? With Netflix draining ratings for some programs, spiking the performance of others, and all the while increasing broadband sales, Cox Communications’ Patrick Esser came up with the perfect term. Read more »
The future of Netflix isn’t just streaming — it’s original programming
On Tuesday, Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos took the stage at the NAB Show in Las Vegas to give a preview of the streaming service’s upcoming slate of original programming, including the return of Arrested Development and other projects. Read more at GigaOM »
Netflix Hit With Class Action Suit By Angry Investors
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has been hit with a class-action suit by a group of disgruntled investors who claim the online movie-rental chain withh… Read more »
Video: Miramax’s Lang & Netflix’s Sarandos Interview Each Other At Mipcom
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Mipcom attendees got an extra course at lunch in Cannes as Ted Sarandos, the chief content officer of Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), joined Mike Lang… Read more »
More Than Half Of Netflix’s Streams Are TV Shows, Not Films
Netflix’s background in DVDs-by-mail means it is often seen as mainly a movies service. However, the balance has tipped more towards TV show… Read more »
Digital Home: Netflix Balances The Benefits And Costs Of Broadband
It’s taken several more years for broadband penetration to get to the level Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) had expected, but now that it has, it’s bee… Read more »
