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By: All Hail The Cord Cutters: Tech News «

All Hail The Cord Cutters: Tech News « — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:46:06 +0000

[...] “There’s no new media. It’s all new consumption”.) In 2009, I compared Netflix to the iPod of broadband. When talking about the future of video, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings (speaking at our 2008 NTV Live [...]

By: The Real Cost of Netflix Streaming is the Movie, Not the Bandwidth

The Real Cost of Netflix Streaming is the Movie, Not the Bandwidth — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:32:20 +0000

[...] $1 million versus the prior-year period. Netflix is benefiting from bandwidth costs continuing to fall exponentially as it grows its streaming [...]

By: Netflix + Broadband = Watch Instantly, Even on Big-screen TVs

Netflix + Broadband = Watch Instantly, Even on Big-screen TVs — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:16:35 +0000

[...] I think of all the points made by Greeson, No. 1 and No. 4 are the primary drivers of Netflix’s streaming strategy. The service is embedded in most popular game machines, including Sony Playstation and Xbox, and more than a dozen televisions and DVD players. Several dozen TVs and other devices are going to follow soon. And that is what is going to help prevent Netflix from becoming the next Blockbuster, Redbox or whatever and in the process become the iPod of Streaming Video. [...]

By: Forget TV Everywhere, How About Netflix Everywhere?

Forget TV Everywhere, How About Netflix Everywhere? — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:01:44 +0000

[...] business, but the cost of streaming a video title is much cheaper than delivering a DVD by mail — about 5 cents a gig for bandwidth — or about a nickel per [...]

By: Netflix Swaps Longer DVD Window for More Streaming Titles from Warner Bros.

Netflix Swaps Longer DVD Window for More Streaming Titles from Warner Bros. — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:27:58 +0000

[...] per title for the company to stream a single film online. On the other hand, Netflix spends about $600 million a year in postage fees delivering DVDs and Blu-ray discs by mail. In addition, the 28-day window, while limiting the [...]

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Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:41:22 +0000

[...] business costs the company $600-$700 million annually, ‘Watch Instantly’ only costs about a nickel per movie. Which is quite a [...]

By: Netflix Urges Users to ‘Watch Instantly’ With Design Switch

Netflix Urges Users to ‘Watch Instantly’ With Design Switch — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:20:23 +0000

[...] in 2010. But the cost of streaming a video title is much cheaper than shipping by mail — about 5 cents a gig for bandwidth — or about a nickel per movie — according to [...]

By: Netflix Sheds Light On Streaming Costs : Media & Entertainment Services Alliance

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:37:49 +0000

[...] Speaking at the NewTeeVee Live conference, Netflix’s Reed Hastings said that the company’s expenses in delivering streaming media were falling thanks to the effect of Moore’s law. “What’s funding the whole system,” he said, is “users paying $40 to $60 a month” for broadband service. By GigaOm [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:27:34 +0000

I’d like to see Netflix anywhere else in the world beyond the US before we start calling it the iPod of anything. The universal availablility and appeal is not yet proven. The iPod was a fast-follower on the MP3 market, Netflix doesn’t pick up on the current MKVs so misses out on the international downloadable “market” driven by piracy. Apple managed to pickup the value of an MP3 player that supported pirated MP3s and then transition people over to iTunes for legal purchasing – I don’t know if I see that with Netflix. Great start (for Americans), but I’ll believe it when I see it working in France and Korea.

By: gbp

gbp — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:37:43 +0000

Om,
Excellent question !!!! ,
No wonder I visit Giga
Yesterday I used the PS3 streaming disk for the first time ,
I wouldn’t watch any site for streaming anymore.

The interface is simple yet elegant.
The quality is great.
Its built to last and have provisions to improvise.
Best of all , it is idiot proof ( The reason why iPod and iPhones were a hit).

Manage your ques from the netflix website.
Put the DVD in PS3 , the rest is taken care.

It works.
I am sure Netflix will start live streaming of mainstream TV channels soon.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:50:31 +0000

Yes you are right. but well the analogy is *almost* similar. I think netflix is a demand driver for the broadband at least in the near term. one of the reasons why i stream my movies and don’t rent DVDs anymore.

By: cheese

cheese — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:06:16 +0000

Netflix is the iTunes of Broadband. While there are several boxes out there that do Netflix, a box with the halo effect of iPod is yet to hit the shelves. And let’s not forget that while iPod came with the halo effect, it was iTunes that made Apple sing all the way to the bank.

By: SELECT « TheWaterRat

SELECT « TheWaterRat — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:09:11 +0000

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