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Peter Kafka in Media on November 16, 2011 at 12:01 am PT
Miramax will distribute its movies, like “Good Will Hunting” and “Pulp Fiction,” in the U.K. via Netflix when the streaming service opens up there next year. Netflix has also recently announced U.K. content deals with Lionsgate Entertainment and MGM. Miramax, which spun out from Disney a year ago, has signed Netflix distribution pacts for the U.S. and Latin America, as well.
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Peter Kafka in Media on October 24, 2011 at 4:04 am PT
Netflix says it will bring its streaming video service — but not its DVDs — to the United Kingdom and Ireland in “early 2012.” The announcement confirms earlier reports and speculation that the company would target the U.K. after a Latin American expansion in 2011; other reports have the company moving into Spain as well. Unlike other Netflix expansion moves, in the U.K. the company will run up against its first entrenched digital competitor: Amazon’s LoveFilm, most often known as “the Netflix of Europe.” Netflix reports Q3 earnings this afternoon.
Kara Swisher in News on September 27, 2011 at 8:15 am PT
According to sources, AOL’s head of Europe Kate Burns has left the company and has been replaced by Goviral chairman and co-founder Jimmy Maymann.
Kara Swisher in News on September 26, 2011 at 3:17 pm PT
Guilherme Ribenboim, VP and managing director of Latin America and U.S. Hispanic markets, has left Yahoo for another job at a start-up.
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Kara Swisher in Media on September 5, 2011 at 2:35 pm PT
As has been expected, Netflix has officially launched its online video streaming service in Latin America. In a blog post today, the company said: “By September 12, people throughout the Americas will be able to instantly watch a broad selection of movies and TV shows streaming from Netflix on computers, game consoles like the WII and PS3, and Smart TVs.”
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Peter Kafka in Media on August 17, 2011 at 4:16 am PT
The next stop on the Netflix tour could be Spain. Trade journal
Screen Daily (via
Deadline) cites a single source — the head of a Spanish industry group — which says the video rental company “had contacted various Spanish producers ahead of its launch.” Netflix has already announced
a major expansion into Latin America, but has said it is targeting another territory for international expansion in 2012; many observers have believed that the United Kingdom will be its next target.
Kara Swisher in AsiaD on August 9, 2011 at 5:00 pm PT
Here’s the latest list of speakers for the upcoming
AsiaD conference, which will take place October 19 to 21 in Hong Kong.
Kara Swisher in News on August 9, 2011 at 2:20 pm PT
Rachael Ray might dole out spam recipes on Demand Media, but the company said on its Q2 conference call that its business was not hurt by the spam-killers of Google.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 16, 2010 at 1:50 pm PT
There wasn’t a lot new on RIM’s conference call, but we did learn that the company isn’t expecting tablet revenue anytime during the quarter, which runs through the end of February. Looks like if you had March in the PlayBook launch pool, you are a winner.
Ina Fried in Mobile on December 2, 2010 at 12:02 pm PT
Arguably no company gained as much from Verizon’s lack of an iPhone than Motorola. But with a Verizon iPhone appearing imminent, it’s also true that it is one of the companies most at risk.
