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Netflix just launched a new video player for web-based viewing, and it’s hot: Viewers can preview all other episodes while watching an episode of a TV show, the player allows seamless size changes and the overall design is much slicker than before. Read More »

Fresh from its IPO, the increasingly good-looking online sports video and betting outfit Perform is buying big to add live match data to its services. Read More »

Netflix saw close to 42 billion API requests in January. The company originally released its API with third-party developers and their quirky mashups in mind, but these days, most of these requests come from Netflix’s own apps on mobile and connected devices. Read More »

 
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When we talk about making web content for niche audiences, moms come up a lot. But CafeMom, a web community for moms that is also now one of the latest participants in YouTube’s Made For Web channel initiative, believes that it has a unique approach. … Read More »

A survey of the top 10 publicly traded cable, satellite and telco TV services providers reveals video subscriber growth of only around 494,000 in the first quarter. First-quarter subscriber growth among these companies was over 900,000 just four years ago. Read More »

The future of TV may not be about apps, second screens and over-the-top at all but about new types of screens that fill entire walls and work together in a modular fashion. And the TV of the future may be a bit like your dog. Read More »

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Expansion into the Southern Hemisphere is proving more costly and time-consuming than Netflix anticipated. But the company has made another significant content investment in the region, bringing 24, Glee, How I Met Your Mother and other Fox TV shows and movies to Latin America. Read More »

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