Showtime hit Dexter, which recently wrapped its eighth and final season, is coming to Netflix Watch Instantly. The first four seasons of the show will be available October 1; seasons five through eight will start streaming January 1, 2014.…
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Five 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 MoreNetflix gets first dibs on comedian Aziz Ansari’s new stand-up show
Netflix will be first to air Aziz Ansari's new comedy special, "Buried Alive." It airs November 1. After that, Ansari will also sell it as a $5 download.…
Read MoreNetflix’s decision to renew Hemlock Grove shows its algorithms are working
Most people have never heard of Hemlock Grove. Critics who watched it hated it. But Netflix nonetheless decided to renew the original series for a second season.…
Read MoreNetflix wants to spend up to 15 percent of its content cash on originals
Netflix wants to triple its original content spend within the next few years, according to its Chief Content Officer, Ted Sarandos.…
Read MoreNetflix may roll out 16 original shows, stand-up comedy specials next year
Netflix continues its competition with HBO by going into the stand-up comedy space. Altogether, the company may launch up to 16 original shows next year.…
Read MoreFor House of Cards and Arrested Development, Netflix favors big data over big ratings
Netflix doesn't release any ratings for its original content - but it's keeping a very close watch on who is viewing what in order to greenlight and promote shows.…
Read MoreHow Netflix wants to change television forever
Netflix doesn't just want to compete with traditional pay TV networks like HBO, Showtime and Starz - it wants to change television forever. The company envisions a future for TV in which old-fashioned things like ratings, schedule and recaps simply don't matter anymore.…
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.…
Read MoreNetflix just became cable’s biggest TV network
Netflix streamed one billion hours to its subscribers in June, according to a note posted today by its CEO Reed Hastings. BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield calculates that this makes it cable's biggest TV network, with viewers tuning in 80 minutes per day.…
Read MoreHow Netflix really did save the CW
With around 18 percent of its audience consuming its programs on digital platforms, the CW has emerged as broadcast TV's most innovative network in terms of tracking and monetizing digital viewers. But without that billion dollars from Netflix, where would it be?…
Read MoreCable exec: “Netflix is our frenemy”
Just what do you call a company that hurts and helps your business at the same time? With Netflix draining ratings for some programs, spiking the performance of others, and all the while increasing broadband sales, Cox Communications' Patrick Esser came up with the perfect term.…
Read MoreFear and loathing at NAB 2012
If this week's NAB Show is any indication, by 2020 "broadcasting" is a term that will be foreign to anyone under 40. Based its programming, it seems that pretty soon no one will be concerned about how content is distributed -- just whether or not it's good.…
Read MoreThe future of Netflix isn’t just streaming — it’s original programming
On Tuesday, Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos took the stage at the NAB Show in Las Vegas to give a preview of the streaming service's upcoming slate of original programming, including the return of Arrested Development and other projects.…
Read MoreNetflix Hit With Class Action Suit By Angry Investors
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has been hit with a class-action suit by a group of disgruntled investors who claim the online movie-rental chain withh……
Read MoreVideo: 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 MoreMore 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 MoreNetflix bets on more exclusive programming with Lilyhammer
Netflix continues to invest in content that will help it stand out from the growing crowd of streaming video services and traditional cable TV networks. The latest evidence is a deal that will bring Norwegian-produced mobster TV show Lilyhammer to its original-programming lineup…
Read MoreNetflix turns on the TV
For all the head-scratching and chin-pulling over Netflix’s decision to separate its DVD and streaming businesses, one important aspect of the move…
Read MoreNetflix Content Chief: We Would Have Loved to Have Modern Family
Netflix is now at the table pretty much every time Hollywood is selling the syndication rights to one of its new TV shows, but it doesn't always seal the deal. One show that it would have loved to have but didn't get is Modern Family.…
Read MoreDigital Home: Netflix Balances The Benefits And Costs Of Broadband
It's taken several more years for broadband penetration to get to the level Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) had expected, but now that it has, it's bee……
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