LoveFilm Hits Back At Netflix With Warner Bros UK Deal
Amazon’s LoveFilm has struck back against deal-happy video streaming rival Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), signing its first UK rights agreement with… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix Targets Kindle Fire, Nook Owners With Redesigned Android Tablet App
In a year during which it has shown no fear of dancing to the beat of a different drummer, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) once again bucked the conven… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix Adds Lionsgate To UK Line-Up; Look Out, Lovefilm
Lovefilm and even Sky Movies, be afraid. Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is reeling off its second exclusive studio deal as it prepares to launch in th… Read more at paidContent »
Kindle Fire Will Have Hulu Plus App, Too
When Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) announced the new Nook Tablet on Monday, it appeared to have an app-vantage over the Kindle Fire: Hulu Plus.… Read more at paidContent »
Why Video Apps Are Key For Consumer Electronics Makers This Holiday Season
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It’s no secret that consumer electronics makers have long relied on content to help sell their devices. After all, people buy devices becaus… Read more at paidContent »
What Twitter's Latest Move Means For Other Social TV Players
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As social TV emerges as something beyond an experiment for advertisers and TV networks, Twitter is eager to take a bigger role in connecting… Read more at paidContent »
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Netflix And MGM Ink Exclusive Streaming Deal For UK And Ireland
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is laying some content groundwork for its launch in the UK and Ireland, expected in early 2012: today it announced a de… Read more at paidContent »
@ pcE11: Angry Birds 'The Movie' Or 'The App'? It's Just 'The Experience'
Angry Birds is one of the the most popular game apps, but as various offshoots develop — merchandise, TV shows, more animated movies — the… Read more at paidContent »
Amazon Prime Kindle Lending Library Opens For Business — With A Catch
Two weeks ahead of the shipping date for the Kindle Fire, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) is adding more to its all-you-can-eat media buffet for Amazon… Read more at paidContent »
Why Is Reed Hastings Selling So Much Netflix Stock?
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As the bloodbath for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) (NFLX) investors carries on, perhaps the CEO could boost a little confidence in the company if he… Read more at paidContent »
Google TV 2.0 Rolls Out But No New Hardware Til 2012
A year after the much-hyped launch of *Google* TV with partners Sony (NYSE: SNE), Logitech, Intel (NSDQ: INTC) and Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH)… Read more at paidContent »
CW Cuts Another Streaming Deal: Current Season Shows To Hulu, Hulu Plus
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Gossip Girl is headed to Hulu Plus. On the heels of a past-season, library deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) that could be worth as much as $1… Read more at paidContent »
In Fight Over DVD Window, Warner Bros Cuts Off Blockbuster From New Films
Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) has refused to give DVD rentals chain Blockbuster (NSDQ: DISH) its latest films, including The Hangover Part II and… Read more at paidContent »
The Challenges That Lie Ahead For Netflix
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Investors have continued to punish Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) for failing to meet expectations with yesterday’s disappointing Q3 earnings report,… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix Puts Global Expansion On Hold As Costs Drag It Down
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is on the road to profitability in Canada, but costs for its global roll-out are set to turn the company loss-making ne… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix’s Hastings: No Grand Gestures Needed To Win Back Consumers
Following the disappointing Q3 results, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings dispensed with the usual earnings report overview that accomp… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix Fails To Meet Lowered Expectations On Subscriber Losses
Although Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has recently tried to make up for the PR disaster it fell into when it announced a major price hike for its DV… Read more at paidContent »
What To Look For With Netflix’s Results Today
After the market closes today Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) will release its highly anticipated Q3 results, which will lay bare the full consequences… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix Cleared For UK & Ireland Take-Off Early In 2012: TV And Movies
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), which was already known to be planning a UK launch in its global expansion, has press-released an “early 2012″ launch… Read more at paidContent »
Online Movie Choice In UK Pales Against DVDs
Ahead of the coming connected TV opportunity, availability of movies through UK online services is still poor – and Lovefilm has amongst the… Read more at paidContent »
paidContent Entertainment, Nov. 3, LA: Ostroff, Maisel Among New Speakers
Join us for paidContent Entertainment: Everything Everywhere event on November 3rd in West Hollywood, our one-day, fast-paced conference tha… Read more at paidContent »
Updated: Skype, Rdio Co-Creator Tries Again At Online Video
The world is about to get another online video service. Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, who co-created KaZaA, Skype, Joost and Rdio, is se… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix Goes For Fountain Of Youth With Full-Season CW Deal
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has locked in a full slate of teen angst from now through the 2014-15 season. The four-year pact covers full past seaso… Read more at paidContent »
Apple working to bring movies to the cloud
Part of Apple’s iCloud offerings is iTunes in the Cloud, which allows users to download past music, app and TV show purchases on any iOS or Mac associated with their account. A new report says Apple will soon add movies to the mix, too. Read more »
Chart: How Netflix, Blockbuster, Hulu And Amazon Stack Up
This category changes as fast we update charts. The latest shift: Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has abandoned plans to spin off its DVD-by-mail busin… Read more at paidContent »
That Was Qwik: Netflix Dumps Qwikster, Won’t Split DVD-Streaming Accounts
It took Coca-Cola 77 days of New Coke to bring back Coke Classic. It took *Netflix* co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings less than three weeks t… Read more at paidContent »
YouTube Brings Movie Rentals To UK
YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) has upgraded its fledgling UK Movies rental section with a proper catalogue of over a thousand rental titles. Read more at paidContent »
Oh my: Bravo now casting Silicon Valley reality show
Bravo, the cable television network known for such reality shows as The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and The Millionaire Matchmaker, is apparently looking for young professionals to star in an upcoming reality show based on Silicon Valley. Read more »
The Court Decision On Streaming Shakespeare At UCLA — What It Really Means
UCLA just won a court case over DVD streaming of Shakespeare plays, but the decision is actually a bigger victory for another school — the… Read more at paidContent »
Hulu Adds Univision; Hulu Plus On Track To Supply Majority Of Revenue
The latest news from Hulu underscores how important it is for the video startup to keep moving while it waits for its fate to be decided, sh… Read more at paidContent »
Random House To Develop More Movie, Video Game, TV Properties
Publishers see transmedia–storytelling across a variety of platforms–as a key part of their future strategy: With many types of entertainm… Read more at paidContent »
Video: Miramax’s Lang & Netflix’s Sarandos Interview Each Other At Mipcom
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 at paidContent »
Mobile media stores: Apple vs. Amazon vs. Samsung
Blogger John Gruber noted that Apple and Amazon are the the mobile content kings as all others have no “razor blades” to sell. Actually that’s not true, as Samsung and HTC are building up their media offerings. Here’s a comparison between Apple, Amazon and Samsung. 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 at paidContent »
Netflix’s Red Pill, Lovefilm’s Blue: DVDs Dowsing Amazon’s Fire?
In the movie The Matrix, the main character Neo is offered a choice between a blue pill (“the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believ… Read more at paidContent »
Shakeup At Paramount Claims Digital Vet Lesinski; Maguire Gets Home Media
Tom Lesinski, who has headed digital at Paramount (NYSE: VIA) as long as it’s mattered, is out in a major reorganization that folds the Para… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix Gains DreamWorks Animation But Faces Stiffer Competition In Brazil
I don’t know many video subscribers — TV or or streaming — who make decisions based on whether or not their package includes Shrek 2. But… Read more at paidContent »
