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As Promised: Here’s Hulu Plus, for Some of You

Peter Kafka in Media on June 29, 2010 at 10:42 am PT

Here it is, finally: Hulu Plus. Otherwise known as: “The chance for some of you to fork over $9.99 a month to watch Hulu.” Alternate title: “Here’s how to watch Hulu on Your iPad.”

Wall Street Punishes Netflix for Making Wall Street Happy

Peter Kafka in Media on December 4, 2009 at 10:11 am PT

Shares in Netflix, which have have more than doubled in the last year, are a bit down today. What gives? Best to be wary of anyone who tells you why a stock moves on a given day, but a good bet here would be: Shares in Netflix have more than doubled in the last year.

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"Blue Bell" Democrats Ask FCC to Tone It Down on Net Neutrality

Amy Schatz, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 19, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

In the long fight over open Internet, or net neutrality, rules on Internet providers, we’re still essentially in pre-game. You’d never know it from the flurry of lobbying across the country last week.

Here Comes the Video Shakeout: Joost Scales Down, CEO Mike Volpi Steps Out

Peter Kafka in Media on June 30, 2009 at 8:49 am PT

Here’s the beginning of the inevitable online video shakeout: Joost, the once-hyped video service that was supposed to rival Google’s YouTube, is restructuring to focus on “white label” services, i.e., a back end for other video players. The site is laying off the majority of its 100-plus employees, and CEO Mike Volpi is out, replaced by Matt Zelesko, who had been SVP of engineering.