News tagged with netflix inc

Review: OnLive Desktop brings the PC to tablets

So you love your iPad, but you wish you could work on Microsoft Office software, watch Flash video and generally have more of a PC-like experience? OnLive Desktop is one way you can.

Technology / Software

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Cable cos to share access on 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots

(AP) -- Cable TV companies are trying to give their customers another reason not to cancel their service: better access to Wi-Fi hotspots.

Technology / Telecom

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netflix loses 800,000 US subscribers in tough 3Q (Update)

(AP) -- Netflix jolted its shareholders again with a third-quarter financial report that portrayed a company in crisis.

Technology / Business

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Humbled Netflix CEO still thinking, talking big

(AP) -- To hear Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tell it, the bone-headed decisions that have dragged down the Internet's leading video subscription service during the past five months eventually will be forgotten like a bad movie ...

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Netflix light on flicks as viewers soak up TV shows

Like most fresh faces that arrive in Hollywood, Netflix wanted to be a movie star. But now it's learning what many in Tinseltown have known for decades: Movies are sexy, but the real money is in television.

Technology / Business

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Netflix's 1Q tops forecasts, stock still plummets (Update)

(AP) -- Netflix's comeback from a customer backlash accelerated during the first quarter, but the recovery wasn't impressive enough to ease more pressing concerns about the Internet video subscription service's ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netflix settlement trims 14 pct off 4Q earnings

(AP) -- Netflix pressed the rewind button on its fourth-quarter earnings after settling allegations that the video subscription service violated a consumer-privacy law.

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created Feb 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paramount to add 500 films to YouTube rentals

(AP) -- YouTube and Paramount Pictures have reached a deal to make nearly 500 films available to rent online, even while their parent companies continue to feud over a $1 billion lawsuit.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netflix customers return in 4Q; stock soars 16 pct

(AP) -- Netflix has regained almost as many customers as it lost following an unpopular price increase, signaling that the video subscription service is healing from its self-inflicted wounds.

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Gaps in Netflix's online library likely to persist

(AP) -- Peruse Netflix's catalog of DVDs, and you'll find just about any movie or TV series you want. Look for many of the same titles in Netflix's Internet video library, and prepare to be exasperated.

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created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Home video spending in US falls 2 percent in 2011

(AP) -- Home video spending in the U.S. fell 2 percent to about $18 billion in 2011. A surge in the popularity of movie streaming services like Netflix Inc. and gains in Blu-ray disc sales helped offset some of the drop ...

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created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hulu to launch first original scripted show

(AP) -- Hulu will broadcast its first original scripted series next month, a political comedy that will debut during the real-life Republican presidential primary.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HBO stops selling DVDs to Netflix

(AP) -- HBO fired a shot across Netflix's bow this week, confirming it will no longer sell discounted DVDs of hit shows like "Boardwalk Empire" to the subscription video service.

Technology / Business

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Netflix unveils video service in UK, Ireland

(AP) -- Netflix's Internet video service made its debut in the United Kingdom and Ireland Monday as part of a previously announced expansion that is expected to saddle the company with its first annual loss in a decade.

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created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher Netflix prices equals fewer subscribers

Netflix's decision to raise prices by as much as 60 percent is turning into a horror show.

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created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Netflix

Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is an online DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental service, offering flat rate rental-by-mail and online streaming to customers in the United States. Established in 1997 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, it has amassed a collection of 100,000 titles and approximately 10 million subscribers. The company has more than 55 million discs and, on average, ships 1.9 million DVDs to customers each day. Netflix previously claimed to spend about $300 million a year on postage. On February 25, 2007, Netflix announced the billionth DVD delivery. Two years later, on April 2, 2009, the company announced that it had mailed its two billionth DVD, and awarded the recipient with a complimentary lifetime membership. It topped the ForeSee Results’ Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index with an American Customer Satisfaction Index score of 86, well over the industry average of 75.

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