Netfix plans to start streaming some of its VOD content in 1080p later this year, doesn’t plan to support 1080p streaming in 2010, according to a CNET report, which was updated after the company reportedly said its own road map had incorrectly identified 1080p streaming as […] Read more »
The threat of cord-cutting is real, but not as big as one might expect, according to new research from Parks Associates. The Dallas-based market research company is estimating in its new “All Eyes on Video” report that less than 8 percent of U.S. households are thinking […] Read more »
Netflix has been busy boosting the amount of content available through its Watch Instantly streaming service, adding 300 new titles from independent distributors The Criterion Collection, Gravitas Ventures, Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Oscilloscope Laboratories and Regent Releasing. Adding just 300 titles may not sound like […] Read more »
When Netflix first announced that it would delay rentals of Warner Bros. new release titles by four weeks to help the studio increase DVD sales, we argued that the subscription rental firm was making the deal to focus more on the long tail. But there’s one […] Read more »
Nintendo America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime recently told CNBC that the company isn’t even close to releasing a second-generation Wii console. Consumers don’t want HD as much as they want a compelling experience, he argued, and more than 26 million Wii owners seem to support […] Read more »
In Hollywood, the opposite of a blockbuster is a flop. This week, it’s starting to look like Blockbuster, the video-rental chain that once dominated the industry, might have to change its name. A more accurate one might be Mega-Flop. That, at least, is the consensus after […] Read more »
In GigaOM Pro’s latest Connected Consumer quarterly wrap-up (sub required), we analyze how the world of NewTeeVee continued to shake the foundations of old media in Q4 2009. From the rapid growth of connected consumer electronics, the consumer’s ever-increasing appetites for online video, the socialization of […] Read more »
Netflix’s access to streaming video content from Disney and might be limited come 2012, unless Starz can negotiate a deal that will keep the studio’s new release titles online, according to Bloomberg. That would comes as a huge blow to Netflix, which depends on Starz for […] Read more »
Netflix subscribers, after months of rumors, will soon be able to view its “Watch Instantly” streaming service on the Wii gaming console, the NY Times is reporting. But while the deal will open up the service to a whole new group of potential subscribers, there are […] Read more »
The New York Times has a great interactive map up that matches the popularity of various top rentals at Netflix against different area codes in 12 major metropolitan areas. And while some of the information seems obvious — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is popular […] Read more »
Looks like Netflix CEO Reed Hastings had a change of heart about everyone’s favorite casual video gaming console, as he told Peter Kafka on Friday during an All Things D panel at CES that the chances of launching Netflix on the Wii are “excellent,” according to […] Read more »
The New York Times Bits blog has an interesting piece up today that sheds a little more light on the deal Warner Bros. and Netflix announced earlier this week. As we reported before, Warner agreed to give Netflix a better rate for its DVDs as well […] Read more »
It seems Netflix has already reached a tipping point in the consumer electronics market, as it signed up five more CE manufacturers to enable its streaming services on their devices. Panasonic, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba and Funai (the CE maker behind the Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania and Emerson […] Read more »
Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. that will lengthen the wait for subscribers to get new DVD releases, but will add more streaming titles from the studio’s film catalog to Netfix’s “Watch Instantly” streaming service. Under the deal, Warner Bros. will continue make discs […] Read more »
