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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Swears He's Not Going to Kill HBO: "We Compete Like Football and Baseball"

Peter Kafka in Media on May 6, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

Netflix has nearly 24 million subscribers, which freaks out the TV and movie business. In a one-on-one MediaMemo interview, Hastings tries to explain why they should chill out and keep cashing his checks.

Showtime To Show Less On Netflix [UPDATED]

Peter Kafka in Media on March 22, 2011 at 6:37 pm PT

More evidence that Hollywood and the networks want to rein in Reed Hastings and Netflix: Showtime says it will pull some of its shows off the video service when a new pact kicks in this summer. But that pact hasn’t been finalized, so…

Netflix Adds "Saturday Night Live," "Battlestar Galactica," More NBC U Shows to Web Service

Peter Kafka in Media on September 24, 2010 at 6:02 am PT

This could make a Web-only offering from Netflix that much more appealing: The movie service has signed an expanded rights deal with NBC Universal. The deal gives Netflix Web access to a long list of NBC U shows, from broadcast–every episode of “Saturday Night Live,” to cable–like Syfy’s awesome “Battlestar Galactica.”

CBS' Comcast Deal Clears the Deck for Hulu. Maybe Apple, Too.

Peter Kafka in Media on August 2, 2010 at 3:15 pm PT

The 10-year carriage deal that CBS and Comcast announced today is all about good old fashioned TV, delivered via cable pipes, to be consumed on your 42-inch plasma. But the deal could also give Les Moonves and company the ability to move forward on less conventional Web TV deals, too.

What Should We Watch After MacGyver? "Kicked in the Nuts" or "Cat Falls in Toilet"?

John Paczkowski in News on October 13, 2008 at 7:19 am PT

YouTube is finally expanding its catalog of long-form video beyond the “This video has been removed due to terms of use violation” notice that so often appears in lieu of network video content. A newly-inked deal with CBS in hand, the video site has begun offering full-length episodes of TV series like “Dexter,” “Californication,” “MacGyver” and “Star Trek” alongside YouTube staples like “Cat Falls in Toilet” and “Kicked in the Nuts.”

What Should We Watch After MacGyver? “Kicked in the Nuts” or “Cat Falls in Toilet”?

John Paczkowski in News on October 13, 2008 at 7:19 am PT

YouTube is finally expanding its catalog of long-form video beyond the “This video has been removed due to terms of use violation” notice that so often appears in lieu of network video content. A newly-inked deal with CBS in hand, the video site has begun offering full-length episodes of TV series like “Dexter,” “Californication,” “MacGyver” and “Star Trek” alongside YouTube staples like “Cat Falls in Toilet” and “Kicked in the Nuts.”