Posted June 1, 2011, 1:11 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The WebWith Video
Hulu announced today that Miramax films are coming to Hulu and the Hulu Plus subscription service. On Hulu Plus, 27 titles are available today, with hundreds more to be added steadily over the next month or so.
Posted May 27, 2011, 10:43 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
Netflix has updated its Android app for smartphones. The streaming giant has added support for three new devices, but even more importantly, it has removed the check that prevents users trying to playback content on unsupported devices. You can download…
Posted May 17, 2011, 4:00 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The WebWith Video
Sandvine today announced the release of its Global Internet Phenomena Report: Spring 2011, including Internet trends from North America, Latin America, and Europe. Since the last report in the fall of 2010, the general trend appears to be a growing…
Posted May 16, 2011, 2:00 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Netflix and Miramax today announced a multi-year agreement under which Netflix members in the US will be able to instantly watch some of the motion pictures from the Miramax film library. Financial terms of the deal were not being disclosed.
Posted May 16, 2011, 8:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
Netflix recently released an Android app for smartphones. Unfortunately, the company limited the app to just five phones: the HTC Incredible with Android 2.2, the HTC Nexus One with Android 2.2 or Android 2.3, the HTC Evo 4G with Android…
Posted May 13, 2011, 8:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Software
Netflix has finally released an app for Android, although only for smartphones and not for tablets. You can download the app now from the Android Market.
Posted May 2, 2011, 5:50 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in The Web
At one point unlimited bandwidth was almost regarded a universal right in the United States and many other developed nations, but the growing demand for on-demand video and peer-to-peer traffic has left ISPs scrambling for ways to avoid excessive burdens…
Posted April 28, 2011, 8:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Industry News
DirecTV recently asked a subset of its customers to fill out a web survey that was pretty much all about Netflix. The company was interested in Netflix usage patterns, and also proposed the same two options Netflix has for movies:…
Posted April 25, 2011, 9:51 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News, The Web
Netflix released its first quarter results today with a profit of $60 million on revenue of $719 million, up 88% and 46% on-year. The video streaming service added 3.6 million global subscribers (US and Canada) between January and March, pushing…
Posted April 14, 2011, 12:54 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Microsoft, Gaming
The Netflix app on the Xbox 360 has been updated with Kinect support. The next time you start up Netflix, you'll be prompted to accept the update (43MB download).
Posted March 28, 2011, 2:53 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Industry News
Netflix has announced a new five-year licensing agreement with Paramount Pictures, which is owned by media conglomerate Viacom, in Canada. The deal means over 350 new movie titles, including the exclusive subscription television rights to all first-run films, will be…
Posted March 24, 2011, 1:29 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Two days ago, Netflix was down for several hours. Many users were frustrated as they could not stream videos from the Watch Instantly service, via all of its many forms.
Posted March 18, 2011, 1:01 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Netflix has confirmed a rumor from earlier this week saying the company wants to rival traditional cable networks by acquiring an original television series. In late 2012, the video streaming giant will exclusively offer its American and Canadian members at…
Posted March 16, 2011, 8:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Industry News
Video streaming giant Netflix is reportedly looking to rival traditional cable networks as it negotiates to acquire an original television series directed by "The Social Network" 's David Fincher and starring actor Kevin Spacey. According to Deadline Hollywood, the company…
Posted March 15, 2011, 1:46 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Digital video now makes up one quarter of all home video volume. Netflix's share of digital movie units, downloaded and streamed, reached 61 percent between January 2011 and February 2011. This was followed by Comcast in second place at 8…
Posted March 3, 2011, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming
Acknowledging the shortcomings of its WiiWare and DSiWare stores, Nintendo revealed new plans for delivering digital content to its 3DS console. During a keynote presentation at GDC 2011, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata and COO Reggie Fils-Aime revealed that company's latest…
Posted February 25, 2011, 1:25 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Nearly a year after Netflix finally began adding subtitles to its collection of streaming content in the US, more than 3,500 TV episodes and movies now have subtitles available, representing about 30 percent of viewing. More subtitles are being added…
Posted February 14, 2011, 4:35 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Industry News, Software
Boxee has released a small Valentine's Day gift for D-Link Boxee Box owners. After a series of delays, the media-streaming device has finally received support for Netflix, which has been the most requested feature since the system's debut last November.…
Posted January 28, 2011, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web
Netflix has released a chart that ranks popular Internet service providers based on how well they deliver videos to users. "We find ourselves in the unique position of having insight into the performance of hundreds of millions of long duration,…
Posted January 27, 2011, 12:51 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
In a letter sent to its shareholders (PDF), Netflix reported excellent results for its most recent earnings report. In Q4 2010, the company saw revenue of $596 million, an operating income of $78 million, and a net income of $47 million.
Posted January 18, 2011, 3:48 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Industry News
Netflix currently pays up to $1 per DVD mailed round trip, and the company mails about 2 million DVDs per day. By comparison, the company pays 5 cents to stream the same movie. In other words, the company pays 20…
Posted January 3, 2011, 5:44 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
After a delayed arrival, the Boxee Box finally began shipping in early November -- albeit without support for today's go-to premium video streaming service, Netflix. While that's a pretty significant shortcoming, Boxee pledged to set things straight by adding Netflix…
Posted December 29, 2010, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Industry News
Netflix is reportedly in talks with advertising and media agencies around the world as it considers the possibility of expanding its streaming service overseas. According to Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings, who was recently cited by The Hollywood Reporter,…
Posted December 24, 2010, 10:46 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Netflix has officially embraced HTML5 video. The company doesn't just want to just push forward with its own flavor of HTML5 video, the way Apple did with its iOS devices, but it wants to build an industry-wide consensus on issues…
Posted December 13, 2010, 12:31 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
Netflix has announced licensing agreements with various content providers that add hundreds of new titles for Canadian Netflix members. Many of the new titles are available now while others will be made available over the next few weeks.
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