Finding what you want to watch on TV is going to be a big problem in the coming years as more video choices crowd into your living room. As a result, recommendations will play an increasingly important role in our video discovery. To that end, NDS, […] Read more »
Netflix’s streaming service is reportedly coming to Nintendo’s Wii game console “very soon,” if Streaming Media‘s anonymous sources are to be believed. Evidently, the service was originally planned to be out on the Wii before the end of this year, but may be held for the […] Read more »
On Friday, I was waxing eloquent about Netflix and its streaming video service, which has become part of my media consumption. And like me, many Netflix fans were accessing the new but fast-growing video streaming service via their DVD players, televisions, Rokus and Xboxes. Well, add […] Read more »
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A few weeks ago, I relegated my 6-year-old Sony DVD player to exclusive CD playback duties and replaced it with a new, network-enabled Samsung Blu-Ray DVD player, which includes access to Netflix’s streaming service for that company’s subscribers. So I signed in and before you know […] Read more »
Court Orders Pirate Bay to Delete Torrents; site operators are found responsible, but don’t have to block access to Dutch users. (TorrentFreak) The Sales-Only Window Is Real; studio sources confirm Netflix CEO’s assertion that the industry will block more than just Redbox discount rentals — though […] Read more »
Netflix announced its 2009 third quarter results today, and gave a whopper of an earnings call with our first official stats on how many people are streaming Netflix, thoughts on the company’s kiosk and cable competition, a mystery new CE partner, and its first international moves. […] Read more »
We gave you a heads up last week about a new horror web series called Splatter that will be streamed on Netflix, is produced by schlock legend Roger Corman and stars Corey Feldman. Today Netflix doled out a few more details about the show. First, a […] Read more »
A new online dating service called Gelato is based on the notion that your life stream could be the way to find love online. Rather than relying on static (and often woefully outdated) profiles that people post, Gelato taps into your Facebook, Twitter, Hulu or Netflix […] Read more »
CBS Launching Katie Couric Web Show; weekly “online conversations” with the CBS news anchor to feature big names and run for 20-30 minutes each. (Media Decoder) Report: MySpace Plans to Launch New Vid Service; with some help from Hulu, the site will supposedly offer more feature […] Read more »
Netflix’s newly announced Netflix Prize 2 would challenge competitors to recommend movies based on demographic and behavioral data. But one privacy expert says the company should pull the contest before it even launches, because the data Netflix is offering up about its users cannot truly be […] Read more »
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Three years after the competition started, the first Netflix Prize was awarded today to “BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos,” a seven-member squad that combined three competing teams (and included two AT&T scientists, the company is touting today). And after all that, the winning team only won by 10 […] Read more »
One of the good aspects of returning from a long trip is that you’re forced to catch up on a lot of stuff, which often entails reading emails, web sites and my favorite blogs in a sequential manner. And when you do that, you can sometimes […] Read more »
Kyte Launches Pro Service; allows publishers to broadcast HD streams from multiple sources; TV Guide using the service for red carpet coverage at the Emmys. (Kyte Blog) MTV Video Awards Generated More than 5 Million Streams; Kanye West’s controversial comments help drive plays within 24 hours […] Read more »
Vudu has announced its second deal in as many days to embed its movie service directly into TVs, eliminating the need to purchase a Vudu set-top box. Today’s news that Mitsubishi has started shipping Diamond Unisen models with Vudu’s movie service baked in follows yesterday’s announcement […] Read more »
NetfliXbox Went Down Last Night; (another) technical snafu for the streaming service, company offers a 3 percent credit to the next billing statement. (emailed apology) California Fire Videos on YouTube; scenes from the blaze can be found in the site’s CitizenTube section. (YouTube) The FCC says […] Read more »
The good news that came out of TiVo this week was that, encouraged by an initial $105 million patent-infringement ruling against DISH/Echostar, the company is now suing AT&T and Verizon with similar complaints. The bad news is that this is what passes for good news at […] Read more »
I’m sure I wasn’t alone in thinking that Netflix invented the rent-movies-by-mail business. But Hacking Netflix has unearthed a gem about a company called Video Mailbox that offered rent-by-mail — on VHS, no less — way back in 1987, long before little red envelopes clogged up […] Read more »
Battle Brewing Between Warner and Netflix? Amidst the windowing of new releases for kiosks, Warner looking to renegotiate how soon the mail-order company can receive discs as well. (Deadline Hollywood) Qik Launches iPhone App; can’t stream live video, though; you have to record first, then upload. […] Read more »
Netflix Prepping Another Prize Contest; company said it will provide more details around a second recommendation improvement contest in late September. (USA Today) Meanwhile, the first Netflix Prize contest is still going on, and more than 30 competitors joined forces to overtake the initial — though […] Read more »
We’ve got our eye on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 as it has not-so-quietly transformed from a mere game console to a full-fledged entertainment hub. Updates for the device rolled out today, adding some new functionality for its Netflix offering. From the Xbox press announcement: Now you can […] Read more »
Netflix‘s “Watch Instantly” service went on the blink for a time last night, reminding some subscribers (including myself) that there are still perils in streaming video from the cloud. Hacking Netflix reports that the outage went across the Roku, PC and Xbox platforms, and messages from […] Read more »
Fox Goes to War with Redbox; studio orders wholesalers to stop supplying discs to the DVD rental kiosk company for 30 days after a film is released. Fox says the $1 rental diminishes rental revenue and cannibalizes DVD sales. (The Hollywood Reporter) Comcast: Canoe will Generate […] Read more »
Given Redbox got its start with movie rental kiosks in local McDonald’s franchises, it’s perhaps not surprising that both businesses have been remarkably successful in recent years selling goods for a buck. Both the golden arches and the red kiosks have not only weathered down times ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple’s Board; move comes as the two companies increasingly compete head-to-head in multiple sectors. (GigaOM) Report: Netflix Coming to iPhone/Touch and the Wii? Multichannel’s unnamed industry source says you’ll be able to watch on additional devices (though probably only over WiFi). (Multichannel […] Read more »
Netflix and Disney announced today that the online movie rental company will make earlier seasons of hit shows such as Lost, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy available via its “Watch Instantly” streaming service. Under the agreement, Netflix will stream the first five seasons of Lost (the […] Read more »
Vudu said this morning that its content would soon be available — sans set-top box — directly on select models of LG televisions. At the same time, Vudu unveiled its second-generation service platform for net-connected televisions, which means more deals such as the one with LG […] Read more »
(Updated to include the previously overlooked “The Ensemble”) Netflix posted an announcement yesterday that it has closed its Netflix Prize recommendation improvement contest. Though no official winner has been announced, the two leading teams, The Ensemble and BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos (Team Pragmatic Theory and Team Bellkor […] Read more »
Netflix reported its second-quarter earnings today, and during its conference call, CEO Reed Hastings beat the same drum he did during this year’s first-quarter call: kiosks and streams. Netflix continued on its anti-recession roll in the latest 3-month period, beating analysts’ average profit expectations. By the […] Read more »
Disney CEO Bob Iger told a tech conference crowd yesterday that his company is interested in putting up more content online, but it won’t be free, and it might require a subscription. From MediaWeek: “The notion of going online at some point as a subscribe-to, robust […] Read more »
Freedom of choice is great… until there are too many choices. And the Internet-connected televisions headed to market will soon open up millions of TV-watching options. Right now, most folks use the standard TV grid to scroll through channels and programming. But the move from linear ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
As a cash-poor graduate student in Arizona, I couldn’t afford to go out much. So instead of hanging out in my small, hot apartment on Friday nights, my wife and I did what any no-money schmoes with a love for books and air conditioning would do: ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Apple, during its quarterly earnings call yesterday, didn’t bring up its stepchild set-top box, the Apple TV. For those who follow the video industry, this is more of a predictable disappointment than a shocker. But as the video world evolves all around it, Apple appears to […] Read more »
Colin Dixon is a Senior Partner with The Diffusion Group (TDG) and a GigaOM Pro analyst. Here is a synopsis of his recent report “The Evolution of Over-the-Top Video,” which is available for GigaOM Pro subscribers. As the number of companies seeking to bring Internet video […] Read more »
With a new product and new name, Rovi is perhaps one of the best-positioned companies to provide software, metadata and guide support to the various hardware and service providers looking to navigate the world of multiscreen video entertainment. The challenge will be trying to provide solutions ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Shares of Netflix have risen as much as 7.6 percent today on rumors that Amazon might buy the DVD — and increasingly web — rental giant. At last check, shares were changing hands for $42.17 after $40. We haven’t seen any detail as to where these […] Read more »
Starz announced yesterday that it was joining Comcast’s OnDemand Online trial, making content from its pay TV channels available for viewing online — if you’re a Starz subscriber. Starz joins Time Warner, which announced last month that its TNT and Turner networks would be part of […] Read more »
Add Sony TV sets to the long list of hardware devices that will stream Netflix movies. Netflix announced this morning that starting this fall, net-connected Sony Bravia TVs and older Bravias that use the Internet link module will be able to access its “Watch Instantly” movie […] Read more »
[qi:115] As the economic downturn has hammered companies’ advertising budgets, many businesses have turned to user-generated web content to get their messages out on the cheap rather than shelling out thousands of dollars to ad firms. Tech companies, including Amazon and Nokia, also are turning to […] Read more »
Can the folks at Netflix actually see the future or something? Because it’s seriously impressive how narrowly out of reach they made the margin of improvement for their recommendation algorithm contest. Established in late 2006, the Netflix Prize promises $1 million to the first entrant that […] Read more »
Brightcove CEO Says Company is Profitable, Cash-Flow Positive; Jeremy Allaire credits the revenue growth, in part, to traction in the enterprise and government verticals. (Business Insider) What’s Going on With Move Networks? After keeping quiet for a couple of months, company plans to shift strategy to […] Read more »
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