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Netflix Has Launched In UK, Price War With Amazon’s Lovefilm

Syndicated News — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:02:30 +0000

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) executives launched the service in the UK and Ireland on Monday morning with a £5.99 ($7.79) monthly pricepoint for unlimited online movie and TV subscription streaming - £1 more than Lovefilm’s equivalent offering.

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Lovefilm Adding More ITV, BBC Worldwide Archive TV

Syndicated News — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:29:37 +0000

Amazon’s Lovefilm is extending existing deals with ITV (LSE: ITV) and BBC Worldwide to gain a larger catalogue of their shows for online streaming, as it begins to defend against Netflix’s imminent UK arrival.

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Netflix Faces Higher Prices For HBO, Agrees To Doubled DVD Delays From WB

Syndicated News — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:28:45 +0000

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is facing changes to its DVD business with two Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) programmers after months of CEO back-and-forth about the competition perceived and real between the subscription service and HBO.

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News Corp’s Shine Buying Web Video Producer ChannelFlip

Syndicated News — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:47:41 +0000

News Corp.‘s newly-owned Shine Group is acquiring ChannelFlip, an independent online TV and video producer that has successfully developed brand-funded short-form formats.

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Disney, Comcast And Why TV Everywhere Alone Is Not Enough

Syndicated News — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:16:22 +0000

Yesterday’s press release from Disney (NYSE: DIS) and Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), announcing a comprehensive new ten-year distribution agreement covering over 70 different services is a testament to the idea that improved access to programming is key to maintaining the appeal of the traditional multichannel pay-TV business model.

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Chinese Video Sites Accuse Each Other Of TV Show Piracy

Syndicated News — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:08:45 +0000

China’s two largest video-streaming sites, Tudou (NASDAQ:TUDO) and Youku (NYSE:YOKU), are heading for a legal battle after Tudou announced that it is taking action – together with its license partner Cti TV – over alleged piracy of a popular TV series on Youku.

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Netflix Will Rely On Rival Amazon’s Cloud For Years To Come

Syndicated News — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:46:41 +0000

Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) may compete in online movie streaming - but the former plans to remain a customer of the latter even as the pair fight each other in global markets.

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Why Is Reed Hastings Selling So Much Netflix Stock?

Syndicated News — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:24:55 +0000

As the bloodbath for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) (NFLX) investors carries on, perhaps the CEO could boost a little confidence in the company if he would stop selling his own shares.

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Google TV 2.0 Rolls Out But No New Hardware Til 2012

Syndicated News — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 06:59:26 +0000

A year after the much-hyped launch of Google TV with partners Sony (NYSE: SNE), Logitech, Intel (NSDQ: INTC) and Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH)—and disappointing reception, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is upgrading the software and resetting expectations.

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The Challenges That Lie Ahead For Netflix

Syndicated News — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:23:20 +0000

Investors have continued to punish Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) for failing to meet expectations with yesterday’s disappointing Q3 earnings report, sending the stock down nearly 35 percent by early afternoon as the video renter lost more subscribers than expected during the period. That obscured some otherwise stellar performance numbers: a 42 percent increase in total subscribers to its video rental services year-over-year, posted 63 percent higher profits and a 49 percent revenue gain—all of which suggests that Netflix should be able to ride out the storm, though it will take a while until it’s out of the woods.

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