News tagged with netflix
Review: Netflix and Hulu's new scripted originals
Within just over a week, Netflix and Hulu are both debuting their first stabs at original scripted programming.
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Netflix light on flicks as viewers soak up TV shows
Like most fresh faces that arrive in Hollywood, Netflix wanted to be a movie star. But now it's learning what many in Tinseltown have known for decades: Movies are sexy, but the real money is in television.
20 hours ago |
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Amazon in streaming video deal with Viacom
Amazon announced a deal with entertainment giant Viacom on Wednesday, building up its arsenal of television shows as it takes on video streaming market leader Netflix.
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Coinstar's stock soars on strong 4Q for Redbox
(AP) -- Coinstar's fourth-quarter earnings soared past analyst estimates as the company's Redbox kiosks for renting DVDs picked up customers who stopped getting their discs through Netflix's rival service.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Verizon-Redbox deal adds to online video choices
(AP) -- A new Internet streaming venture built around Redbox's DVD-rental kiosks adds to a crowded field of online video-viewing services dominated by Netflix.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Verizon to set up streaming service with Redbox
Challenging Netflix, phone company Verizon Communications Inc. says it will start a video streaming service later this year in cooperation with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Netflix customers return in 4Q; stock soars 16 pct
(AP) -- Netflix has regained almost as many customers as it lost following an unpopular price increase, signaling that the video subscription service is healing from its self-inflicted wounds.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Hulu to launch first original scripted show
(AP) -- Hulu will broadcast its first original scripted series next month, a political comedy that will debut during the real-life Republican presidential primary.
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Home video spending in US falls 2 percent in 2011
(AP) -- Home video spending in the U.S. fell 2 percent to about $18 billion in 2011. A surge in the popularity of movie streaming services like Netflix Inc. and gains in Blu-ray disc sales helped offset some of the drop ...
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Netflix unveils video service in UK, Ireland
(AP) -- Netflix's Internet video service made its debut in the United Kingdom and Ireland Monday as part of a previously announced expansion that is expected to saddle the company with its first annual loss in a decade.
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Review: Everybody's streaming Netflix, but what?
Netflix's streaming-video audience of more than 20 million subscribers has led many to label it a kind of digital TV network, and one that may grow into an HBO rival - if it's not already.
Jan 06, 2012 |
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HBO stops selling DVDs to Netflix
(AP) -- HBO fired a shot across Netflix's bow this week, confirming it will no longer sell discounted DVDs of hit shows like "Boardwalk Empire" to the subscription video service.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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6 tech trends to watch for in 2012
For tech companies, 2011 was feast or famine.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Netflix stock surges with Internet video streaming
(AP) -- Netflix has released some statistics that indicate the video subscription service must be doing something right, even though investors and customers have been ridiculing it for much of the past six months.
Jan 05, 2012 |
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Netflix original program puts New York mobster in Norway
Online film and television show titan Netflix will make its original programming debut in February with "Lilyhammer," a "fish-out-of-water story" about a New York mobster starting anew in Norway.
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Netflix
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is an online DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental service, offering flat rate rental-by-mail and online streaming to customers in the United States. Established in 1997 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, it has amassed a collection of 100,000 titles and approximately 10 million subscribers. The company has more than 55 million discs and, on average, ships 1.9 million DVDs to customers each day. Netflix previously claimed to spend about $300 million a year on postage. On February 25, 2007, Netflix announced the billionth DVD delivery. Two years later, on April 2, 2009, the company announced that it had mailed its two billionth DVD, and awarded the recipient with a complimentary lifetime membership. It topped the ForeSee Results’ Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index with an American Customer Satisfaction Index score of 86, well over the industry average of 75.
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