Peter Kafka in News on April 23 at 2:06 pm PT
The company delivers the Q1 numbers it predicted, and says it could become profitable again ahead of plan. But investors aren’t happy, anyway.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 30 at 5:13 pm PT
The Netflix CEO — and Facebook board member — uses the social network to gripe about Comcast.
News Byte
Peter Kafka in Media on March 14 at 6:41 am PT
Amazon has added shows from Discovery’s cable networks to its “Prime Instant Video” service, which offers free videos for Amazon Prime members. Like other video licensing deals Amazon has struck, this one will give it access to “library” content from channels like Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet. Amazon says the deal brings its Prime catalog to more than 17,000 titles. Discovery and Netflix struck a similar deal last year.
Voices
Sam Schechner, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on February 21 at 10:40 am PT
Comcast Corp. is taking aim at Netflix Inc., unveiling its own streaming-video service that will give existing Comcast video customers a similar selection of old TV shows and movies over the Web.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 20 at 3:11 pm PT
That story about an evil Hollywood studio pulling “The Bodyguard” away from Netflix, so it could sell more DVDs? “Completely bogus.”
Peter Kafka in Media on February 14 at 2:38 pm PT
Like F-bombs? This “Lilyhammer” promo is for you.
Peter Kafka 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.
Jessica Parks in Mobile on January 12 at 7:05 am PT
So you think Fido wouldn’t dare jump on your bed? There’s only one way to find out …
Peter Kafka in Media on January 4 at 7:30 am PT
Its customers watched more than two billion hours of digital content, the company says. But we’ll have to wait a month to learn what that means.
Peter Kafka in News on December 22, 2011 at 12:25 pm PT
“Old fogey discs” are a billion-dollar business for Reed Hastings and company. But if you want to see how badly Netflix wants out, go ahead and try to give someone a DVD gift subscription today.
