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.
Peter Kafka in Media on September 28, 2011 at 10:18 am PT
If it works as advertised, the Kindle Fire will give the iPad its first serious competition. Which means consumers are going to have to make a choice: Do they want Amazon’s cloud, or Apple’s?
Peter Kafka in Media on July 27, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT
Lots of you are using your phones to watch YouTube. But Netflix and Hulu? Not so much.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 15, 2011 at 4:29 am PT
Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Ingmar Bergman and other directors you can’t see in Imax join the video service’s catalog.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 1, 2011 at 5:01 am PT
Mark Cuban, Web video skeptic? Meet Mark Cuban, Web video investor. He’s the guy putting money into the company that brings us Diggnation, Tekzilla and Scam School.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 10, 2011 at 8:44 am PT
Even if cord-cutting is real, very few of you are actually going to do it. Your reward from the cable guys? A bigger bill in 2011.
Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 7, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
There’s a new logo in the future of video lovers. Or at least that’s what many heavy hitters from the content, hardware and retailing worlds hope.
That would be UltraViolet, the name for a new format that is designed to break through what backers say are some key obstacles that are slowing down purchases of digital movies and TV shows.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 21, 2010 at 6:42 am PT
Nothing to be ashamed of, but not a shock, either. Next up: Convincing more studios to let it sell or rent shows at lower prices.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on December 1, 2010 at 6:02 pm PT
The revamped $99 Apple TV streams content from online, computers and portable devices, and allows you to rent TV shows and movies, but has a very limited selection of Internet video sources.
