December 13, 2010
In a recent New York Times Interview with Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, the subject of Netflix came up. Bewkes held firm to the assertion that Netflix is actually a very small player with no power to affect the industry. He compared the disc rental and …
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December 9, 2010
Barry McCarthy, the Netflix CFO with one foot out the door, will end his tenure at Netflix on Friday and leave the company at least $40 million richer than he began. That’s because McCarthy sold off large portions of his Netflix stock, not once, but tw…
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December 8, 2010
Netflix announced today that they have acquired streaming licenses to a plethora of ABC and Disney owned TV shows. The entire run of Lost will be available, and will popular programs like Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy. For the younger crowd, …
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December 8, 2010
At some point, you have to imagine a company will step into the ring with Netflix and duke it out for online supremacy in the streaming media game. Could OnLive be a contender?
There’s a good chance we’ll find out. The cloud-based gaming service has ev…
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December 1, 2010
If we ignore the occasional price hikes, like the recent one that upped the subscription costs for its DVD rental plans, is there really anything not to like about Netflix? The streaming service just keeps getting better, and fresh off the news wire th…
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November 22, 2010
Netflix has been around for over a decade and began life as a video rental-by-mail business, but it’s the company’s streaming service that’s proving to be its bread-and-butter business model. Starting today, Netflix is offering a U.S. streaming-only…
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November 11, 2010
Let’s face it, Netflix and Hulu rule the streaming media world, both are awesome, and we all want our devices to support them. That hasn’t really been a problem with Netflix, which has burst into our living rooms via set to boxes, consoles, Blu-ray pla…
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November 8, 2010
Time Warner today is launching its Look Back service, which gives subscribers an alternative to sites like Hulu for viewing shows after they’ve already aired. With the Look Back service, viewers can catch up on TV episodes up to three days after they’v…
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