Netflix

Netflix Won’t Let Your Kids Binge (Quite as Much) With “Turbo,” Its Newest Original

Peter Kafka in Media December 3, 2013 at 8:39 am PT

Why Your Cable Bill Won’t Get Smaller When Big TV Gets Bigger

Peter Kafka in Media November 26, 2013 at 8:03 am PT

News Byte

Former Netflix DVD Boss Andy Rendich Joins Payments Startup Clinkle

Jason Del Rey in Commerce on December 4 at 4:01 am PT

Andy Rendich, the longtime Netflix vet whom Reed Hastings had at one point tapped to run the quickly-killed DVD business Qwikster, has been hired by Clinkle, the yet-to-launch payments startup that recently hired ex-Netflixer Barry McCarthy as COO. At Clinkle, which has already experienced high turnover despite its high-profile backers, Rendich will run customer service and data warehouse operations.

Katie Couric Deal to Become Yahoo’s “Global News Anchor” Set to Be Announced Monday

Kara Swisher in Media on November 23 at 7:16 am PT

It looks like the deal that AllThingsD wrote about in August is finally happening.

The Ratings Are in for Alpha House, Amazon’s First Made-for-the-Web TV Show

Peter Kafka in Media on November 19 at 6:37 am PT

Wouldn’t it be cool if Amazon shared them?

AllThingsD Week in Review: Snapchat’s Many Suitors, and Finding the Fastest 4G LTE Signal

Eric Johnson in General on November 16 at 7:00 am PT

The Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD this week, in one convenient post.

Netflix Gives Most, but Not All, of Its TV Viewers a New Look

Peter Kafka in Media on November 12 at 9:01 pm PT

Guess why Netflix can’t overhaul its look for some devices — like Apple’s Apple TVs, and Microsoft’s new Xbox One.

Netflix + YouTube = Half Your Broadband Diet

Peter Kafka in Media on November 11 at 4:00 am PT

1 + 1 = 3!

Voices

Sports Programming Dominates the Living Room

Warren Packard, Founder and CEO, Thuuz Sports in Voices on November 8 at 11:35 am PT

How sports programming is reshaping the TV landscape and driving a new generation of technology.

Reed Hastings Has a Long Memory, Sharp Wit

Oh well. No one is right all the time.

– Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, on Facebook, linking to a 2005 MarketWatch story in which analyst Michael Pachter put a $3 price target on Netflix and said the company “continues to underestimate Blockbuster’s market position.”

Yahoo’s Mayer Now Chit-Chatting With Ryan Seacrest About Content Ideas

Kara Swisher in Media on November 5 at 3:04 pm PT

Maybe a singing competition? Nope, he’s been there. Maybe a radio show? Yipes, he’s done that. Perhaps a New Year’s broadcast from New York’s Times Square. Does this guy get any sleep?