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Verizon Plans Streaming Video Service; Would Rival Netflix

Dec 6, 2011 5:27 PM CST

Verizon Plans Netflix Rival

Could be available sometime next year

(Newser) - As if Netflix's year hasn't been tough enough. The streaming movie company may soon face a new rival in the form of a Verizon online video service, Reuters reports. The service would be available to 85 million households outside Verizon's current FIOS broadband and cable markets, and...

Disney, ABC
Shows Coming
to Netflix, Amazon

Oct 31, 2011 9:47 AM CDT

Disney, ABC Shows Coming to Netflix, Amazon

New streaming deals signed with both

(Newser) - Finally, some good news for Netflix subscribers: More streaming content is being added thanks to an expanded deal with Disney-ABC Television Group, Mashable reports. The agreement extends the existing deal in order to introduce new shows including Alias and Switched at Birth. The caveat is, however, that Disney-ABC also signed...

Netflix Won't Die,
It Just Won't
Rule the World

OPINION

Oct 26, 2011 12:57 PM CDT

Netflix Won't Die, It Just Won't Rule the World

The streaming video service will be fine, it just won't rule the world

(Newser) - Yes, its stock has plunged 70% since July , and yes, it has shed 800,000 subscribers , but Netflix isn’t doomed, writes Holman Jenkins of the Wall Street Journal —it’s just not going to rule the world, either. The problem isn’t so much that people loved their...

Netflix Stock Tumbles 35%

Oct 26, 2011 9:56 AM CDT

Netflix Stock Tumbles 35%

Aggressive expansion, subscribers' departure add to woes

(Newser) - Amazon’s plunging profits may have Jeff Bezos worried, but he can take solace in the misery of a competitor: Netflix stock dropped a whopping 35% to $77.37 yesterday following some bleak announcements the day before. On Monday, the company said its US subscribers had plummeted and that...

Blockbuster
Launching
Netflix Rival

Sep 22, 2011 3:49 PM CDT

Blockbuster Launching Netflix Rival

But consumers shouldn't expect an end to streaming headaches

(Newser) - A new contender is emerging in the streaming-content wars: Old standby Blockbuster appears set to launch a new streaming video service tomorrow. Right now, the Dish Network-owned company offers pay-per-view on-demand service, but it could make a big splash with its own unlimited-streaming plan, CNNMoney notes. So what does all...

Netflix-Qwikster Split: Insanity or Genius?

Netflix Split:
Insanity or Genius?

reactions

Sep 19, 2011 9:13 AM CDT

Netflix Split: Insanity or Genius?

Following news of Qwikster, some are leaping to defend the move

(Newser) - Netflix CEO Reed Hastings certainly sent tongues wagging when he announced last night that Netflix was spinning off its DVD business into something called "Qwikster." Was the move visionary or boneheaded? Here’s what people are saying:

Hastings’ post “feels like yet another failure to communicate,”

...

Will Netflix Changes
Make Us Dumber?

OPINION

Aug 3, 2011 3:17 PM CDT

Will Netflix Changes Make Us Dumber?

Convenience could kill off quality: Sam Adams

(Newser) - Netflix probably only had its bottom line in mind when it announced the separation of its streaming and DVD services, but does it signal something more sinister? "It increasingly seems like we’re moving toward a world in which the success of a given work of art is determined...

Amazon Scores
NBCUniversal
Streaming Deal

Jul 28, 2011 3:17 PM CDT

Amazon Scores NBCUniversal Streaming Deal

Amazon Prime customers can now access 7K shows, 2K movies

(Newser) - Netflix and Hulu beware: Amazon has struck a new blow in the battle for streaming content. A deal with NBCUniversal has added some 1,000 movies and TV shows to the web giant’s streaming library. Alongside a deal with CBS, Amazon now provides its Prime customers—who pay $79...

2M+ to Cancel Netflix

Jul 26, 2011 5:27 AM CDT

2M+ to Cancel Netflix

Consumer backlash hits share price

(Newser) - Netflix users are so unhappy about the company's plan to raise prices and separate DVD subscriptions from streaming packages that up to 15% are planning to ditch the service entirely, a survey finds. As many as 2.5 million dual-service subscribers are heading for the door, reports MSNBC . Those...

Netflix Was Ready for Your Hate

Jul 14, 2011 9:02 AM CDT

Netflix Was Ready for Your Hate

Call centers added employees to prepare for price hike backlash

(Newser) - Well, now we know what a portion of those new, higher Netflix fees could be used for: to pay call center reps to deal with angry customers . Customer service reps have been telling callers that the company not only told them to be ready for a backlash, it hired extra...

New Conventional Wisdom:
Netflix Really Stinks

OPINION

Jul 13, 2011 10:34 AM CDT

New Conventional Wisdom: Netflix Really Stinks

Movie darling now scorned by millions in light of price hike

(Newser) - Netflix's new subscription plan, which hikes the cost of enjoying both streaming videos and sent-in-the-mail DVDs from $9.99 to $16—that's 60%—isn't winning it many friends. Amid a sea of anger, Newser picks some favorite reactions:

Points for brevity: "Netflix sucks," opines Pat'

...

Netflix to Customers:
Choose DVDs or Streaming

Jul 12, 2011 4:53 PM CDT

Netflix to Customers: Choose DVDs or Streaming

Or pay more for both, under new pricing plans

(Newser) - Alert to subscribers: Netflix is making big changes to its pricing structure. The movie rental company is separating its DVD subscriptions from its streaming-content plans. Subscribers will have a few options, the company’s blog notes: They can pay $7.99 a month for one DVD at a time, with...

Netflix Streaming Traffic Overtakes Web Browsing

May 17, 2011 12:55 PM CDT

Netflix Streaming Traffic Overtakes Web Browsing

Just last year, the opposite was true

(Newser) - Streaming Netflix movies and TV shows: more popular than browsing the Web? Not exactly, but it does account for more Internet traffic. A new study shows that Netflix accounts for nearly 30% of traffic into North American homes during peak nighttime hours; Web browsing accounts for less than 17%. Even...

New to
Facebook:
Movie Rentals

Mar 8, 2011 8:18 AM CST

New to Facebook: Movie Rentals

Warner Bros service launches with Dark Knight

(Newser) - Look out Netflix? Warner Bros. has decided to test out a movie rental service on Facebook, according to the Hollywood Reporter . Anyone who "likes" The Dark Knight will be able to spend 30 Facebook credits, meaning $3, to stream the movie to their computer, where it'll be viewable for...

Amazon Unveils Movie
Streaming Service

Feb 22, 2011 1:17 PM CST

Amazon Unveils Movie Streaming Service

Amazon Prime subscribers get Netflix-esque service

(Newser) - Amazon threw down the gauntlet against Netflix today, offering its own streaming movie service. From now on, subscribers to Amazon Prime—which offers customers free two-day shipping for $79 a year—will also get access to more than 5,000 movies and TV shows, CNET reports. You can see the...

Netflix Offers
Streaming-Only Plan

Nov 22, 2010 4:51 PM CST

Netflix Offers Streaming-Only Plan

Users already watch more content online than on DVD

(Newser) - Netflix has rolled out a subscription plan in which users can pay only for streaming video content, Mashable . The plan costs $7.99 a month—coincidentally, the same price as Hulu Plus. The rollout is significant because Netflix has declined to offer a DVD-only plan (the existing plans offers both...

Man Streams
Suicide to Web
as Chat Room
Eggs Him On

Nov 11, 2010 2:46 PM CST

Man Streams Suicide to Web as Chat Room Eggs Him On

Japanese police get there too late

(Newser) - A Japanese man committed suicide live on the Internet this week, the Telegraph reports. The 24-year-old had been talking about his plans with members of a chat room from his apartment in the city of Sendai. Encouraged by some, he set up a webcam so he could stream it via...

YouTube Working on Pay-Per-View

Aug 30, 2010 7:19 AM CDT

YouTube Working on Pay-Per-View

In talks with studios for movies, TV

(Newser) - Pay-per-You-Tube? Don’t worry, you’ll still be able to watch all the goofy home movies and webcam confessions you can stomach for free, but Google is hoping to launch a new, paid section of its video behemoth by the end of the year, the Financial Times reports. Google executives...

Apple TV Adds 99¢ Rentals

Jul 9, 2010 1:05 PM CDT

Apple TV Adds 99¢ Rentals

Price covers streaming shows, not downloads

(Newser) - Apple is trying to hammer out deals with TV programmers to allow it to rent individual programs for 99¢ rather than the $1.99 it currently charges to permanently download a program in standard definition, sources tell NewTeeVee . Users will have 30 days to watch each rental, and unlike the...

Hulu to Add $9.95
Subscription Plan

Apr 22, 2010 8:34 AM CDT

Hulu to Add $9.95 Subscription Plan

But some content will still be free

(Newser) - Hulu is done giving out all its content for free. The web's second most popular video site plans to implement a $9.95-per-month subscription service as soon as May 24, sources tell the LA Times . But don't panic, cheapskates; the most recent five episodes of most shows will still be...