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Verizon Teams With Redbox for a Netflix-Style Video Service

Peter Kafka in Media February 6, 2012 at 6:22 am PT

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Yahoo Starts Making Wish List, as Asian Deal Huffs to Finish Line and Board Changes Readied

Kara Swisher in News February 6, 2012 at 5:45 am PT

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Viacom Says Netflix Isn’t Hurting Nickelodeon Ratings

in Media on February 2 at 6:28 am PT

Viacom, which has seen ratings decline at its Nickelodeon cable channel, doesn’t think it is losing eyeballs to Netflix, which offers an array of kids programming, including Nickelodeon shows like “Dora the Explorer.” Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, speaking during the company’s earnings call this morning, continues to argue that the ratings decline stems primarily from a Nielsen miscount. Viacom saw revenue increase 3 percent for Q4, while earnings dropped 5 percent.

Hulu’s Jason Kilar: We — And I — Are Here for the Long Haul

in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 9:28 am PT

“I think there’s more reason for Hulu to exist now than four and a half years ago,” said Hulu CEO Jason Kilar, who was amiable but guarded onstage at D: Dive Into Media this morning.
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Visa Places Bet on New Approach to Payments With Rare Investment in TrialPay

in Commerce on January 31 at 7:00 am PT

Visa, Greylock’s Reid Hoffman and others are pouring $40 million into TrialPay, which helps companies like Facebook, Gap and Fandango increase sales through the use of incentives.
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SnagFilms Grabs $7 Million to Share Indie Movies Online

in Media on January 30 at 5:00 am PT

Terry Semel, who used to make really, really big movies for a living, is one of the investors in a start-up that works on the other end of the spectrum.
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130,000 Time Warner Cable Subscribers Go Missing. To Find Them, You Might Ask Verizon and AT&T.

in Media on January 26 at 1:11 pm PT

It’s possible most of Time Warner Cable’s video losses stem from savvy folks like yourself, who cut the cord and get their TV over the Web. But it’s not that likely.
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Netflix Doesn’t Want to Compete With Cable, Hulu, iTunes or GameFly. But HBO …

in Media on January 26 at 8:35 am PT

Reed Hastings make his case, again: We’re just another cable TV network, and people seem to like that just fine.
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Netflix Bounces Back With a Q4 Beat, but Says Amazon Is Coming

in Media on January 25 at 1:24 pm PT

Reed Hastings’s numbers are much better than Wall Street expected. But he warns that he won’t turn a profit in 2012.
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Wither the Giants? The Arrogance of Aging Incumbents.

in Voices on January 25 at 10:40 am PT

Technology forces that bring greater efficiency and transparency to markets simply don’t care about privilege, access, and rolodexes.

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Netflix Shopping for New CMO After Leslie Kilgore Moves to Board

in News on January 20 at 2:47 pm PT

Netflix announced today that Leslie Kilgore, its chief marketing officer since 2000, will join the board as a non-executive director. That leaves the company in the market for a new CMO; VP of Marketing Jessie Becker will serve in the interim. And in one more move, Jonathan Friedland becomes chief communications officer.

Channel Changer: One-on-One With YouTube Content Boss Robert Kyncl (Video)

in Media on January 13 at 9:41 am PT

YouTube is spending millions to get more content on the site. Why not spend even more? “Just because you can afford something doesn’t mean you should do it.”
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Is Dish Punching the Networks With Its Supersized DVR?

in Media, January 9, 2012 at 1:43 pm PT

Dish Gets Ready to Serve Up Broadband and a Giant DVR

in Media, January 8, 2012 at 8:11 am PT

Hollywood Showdown: Blockbuster, Redbox Balk at Warner’s New Window

in Media, January 6, 2012 at 5:08 pm PT

You Watch a Lot of Web Video. You Watch Way More TV.

in Media, January 6, 2012 at 9:41 am PT

Warner Brothers Will Make Netflix, Redbox, Blockbuster Wait Longer for New Movies

in Media, January 5, 2012 at 2:21 pm PT

Where Did Nine Million Cable Subscribers Go?

in Media, January 5, 2012 at 4:24 am PT

Netflix Reminds Us That It’s a Streaming Video Company, Again

in Media, January 4, 2012 at 7:30 am PT

Roku to Launch Cordless Streaming Stick for TVs

in Commerce, January 4, 2012 at 6:59 am PT

Was New Year’s Eve a Netflix Moment for Uber?

in Commerce, January 3, 2012 at 10:10 am PT

Resolutions for 2012 (Comic)

in Voices, December 30, 2011 at 2:30 pm PT

Viral Audio: A Look Back at Tech in 2011, and Forward to 2012

in Media, December 28, 2011 at 1:06 am PT

Survey Sez: Consumers Still Miffed at Netflix, but Give Even Bigger Kiss to Amazon

in Commerce, December 27, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Netflix Really, Really Doesn’t Want Your DVD Money

in News, December 22, 2011 at 12:25 pm PT

Why Netflix Customers Who Haven’t Bailed Probably Won’t

in Media, December 22, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Year of the Talking Phone and a Cloud That Got Hot

in Personal Technology, December 21, 2011 at 6:04 pm PT