Peter Kafka in Media on May 2 at 8:30 am PT
And the kids’-show business, too. Yet another big Web company says it’s going to make its own videos. How soon before Jeff Bezos finds a “Seinfeld”?
Peter Kafka in Media on February 22 at 7:39 am PT
Comcast won’t sell you its new Web video service unless you’re a Comcast cable subscriber. But it could change that overnight.
Peter Kafka in Media on February 17 at 7:35 am PT
If you try hard, Reed Hastings will let you pay him for access to DVDs by mail. But he’d be happier if you stuck with streaming.
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.
