Netflix wants to further expand into international markets next year, according to the company’s CFO David Wells, who said at an investor event Tuesday that it plans a “sizable expansion” for 2015. Wells added that the expansion will be similar to what Netflix did in 2014, when the company entered six new countries in Europe, or potentially even “a little bit more.”…
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Netflix is eyeing France, Germany for future expansions
Bonjour and guten Tag: Netflix executives have visited Germany and France as they are looking for additional markets to launch their service.…
Read MoreHBO’s no-cable experiment goes nowhere: Netflix handily beats HBO Nordic in Sweden
HBO Nordic isn't getting much love in Sweden, where a recent survey found Netflix more than ten times as popular.…
Read MoreChanneling Netflix
Unless Congress and/or the FCC does something to change the rules of the retransmission game, pay-TV providers will need to do something to re-balance their negotiating leverage with the networks.…
Read MoreNetflix starts testing 4K videos, wants to launch Ultra HD next year
Netflix wants to become a major provider of 4K content next year. To prepare for that, it has already started to test 4K streaming.…
Read MoreComcast doesn’t want to hook up with Netflix any time soon
Don’t hold your breath for a Netflix (S NFLX) app on your Comcast (S CMCSK) set-top box: Netflix has started to strike…
Read MoreFive things Netflix is going to disrupt next
First, Netflix brought us binge viewing. Now it wants to shorten the time between TV seasons, stream in 4K and give us access to movies sooner.…
Read MoreStrong growth sets the stage for Netflix’s next international expansions
Netflix now has more than 40 million subscribers worldwide, and with strong results, it is now looking to expand into large additional markets in 2014.…
Read MoreCountering the traps of complexity and growth by creativity and context: the Netflix model
Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix, has a presentation at Slideshare called Netflix Culture: Freedom and Responsibility. I am not going to…
Read MoreDutch Netflix apps point to an imminent launch in the Netherlands
Netflix won't say when it is going to launch in the Netherlands, but apps for the service started popping up on Dutch app stores this week.…
Read MoreHow Reed Hastings’ busy 2005 winter vacation led Netflix to embrace big data
Netflix CEO thought he could do a better job at developing a recommendation algorithm than his engineers. He failed - and the episode shaped the way the company has looked at data ever since.…
Read MoreGigaOM Reads: A look back at the week in tech
Well no one saw this one coming: a comparison between Steve Ballmer and Tim Cook; the Future of Television according to Netflix; 3D printers and guns; plus Touchscreen Toddlers and San Francisco's real estate inflation are some of topics covered this week.…
Read MoreThe future of TV, according to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings
TV is fundamentally changing from a linear delivery model to a world in which apps compete with each other, and Netflix is spending billions to be part of that future.…
Read MoreNetflix CEO: password sharing is not a big deal
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings doesn't really think that many people are sharing their accounts with extended family members. His remarks came in response to an estimate that 10 million people watch Netflix without paying for it.…
Read MoreNetflix users watched more than four billion hours of video in Q1
Netflix streamed more than four billion hours of movies and TV shows to its members in the first quarter of this year.…
Read MoreAre times getting desperate for Lovefilm?
With Netflix on a roll, its big European rival — Amazon-owned Lovefilm — seems more and more desperate to staunch the flow of subscribers quitting the service and moving elsewhere.…
Read MoreSilicon Valley’s most important document ever
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg just called Netflix's famous company culture presentation "the most important document ever to come out of the Valley."…
Read MoreNetflix in trouble over Facebook post — feds show poor grasp of social media
The SEC says Netflix is in trouble for sharing news on Facebook rather than through a more traditional method like a press release. The incident shows how regulators can fail to recognize transformations in our communications infrastructure.…
Read MoreShopping Netflix
I still don't see the case for technology company buying Netflix. Content services are valuable to technology companies only insofar as they're proprietary to a particular technology platform, which is at odds with Netflix's core value proposition of ubiquitous access. Plus, most of Netflix's profits still come from its fast-declining DVD business, which I can't imagine any technology company would want, let alone be willing to pay a premium to acquire.…
Read MoreFollowing the money: What Carl Icahn sees in Netflix
Carl Icahn is clearly betting he can force Netflix into a sale that will produce a windfall for his stake. But if that doesn't work he will almost certainly go after the cash Reed Hastings is now spending in Latin America and Europe.…
Read MoreNetflix could partner with others to enter Asia
Asia is a tough market for Western companies, which is why Netflix is considering to partner with a local player as it looks for further international expansion options. The revelation was made during Tuesday's Q3 earnings call, which had a somewhat sobering tone.…
Read MoreAmplification & the changing role of media
As more sources of news start to go direct by posting their thoughts to their blogs, Twitter and Facebook pages, a journalist's role becomes more about deciding what to amplify and what to ignore.…
Read MoreNetflix CEO Reed Hastings on Amazon Prime Instant: “A confusing mess.”
Reed Hastings just doesn't understand Amazon Prime Instant.…
Read MoreNetflix exec: Canada’s broadband caps “almost a human rights violation”
Low broadband caps in Canada put that country close to third-world countries, and overage charges almost amount to human rights violations: Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos blasted broadband caps and usage-based-billing employed by Canadian ISPs during an investor event Thursday afternoon.…
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