If you are trying to get Netflix and use Verizon’s broadband, then there is a good chance that your video performance is less than optimal. Some Verizon customers might even go as far as calling it a crappy Netflix experience. The reason: a behind-the-scenes power play between Verizon and Cogent Communications , one of ...
Netflix Signs Exclusive Deal With DreamWorks Animation
on 6.17.13
Netflix has inked a new multi-year deal with DreamWorks Animation to claim timed exclusivity to new, original TV series from the studios that made popular children’s films such as Shrek, Madagascar, Kung-Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon. Netflix says the new deal is the largest it has ever signed for first-run ...
Netflix Adding User Profiles This Summer, Encouraging Account Sharing
on 6.12.13
Ask Netflix Vice President of Product Innovation Todd Yellin what makes the streaming giant special, and he'll start telling you about algorithms, test groups and suggestion engines. "It's the revolution of TV," he explained to us at E3. "They used to send out a TV show and then they'd have no freaking idea who was watching ...
Study: Netflix Accounted for 89% of TV Streaming in Q1 2013
on 6.4.13
Netflix continues to dominate the TV show streaming industry, grabbing 89 percent of the market during Q1 2013. At the same time though, it lost 4 percentage points year over year as competitors Hulu Plus and Amazon Prime gained 3 percentage points and 1 percentage points, respectively. The latest data, which comes from ...
Dora is Streaming Again: Amazon Lands Exclusive Deal With Viacom
on 6.4.13
Amazon announced on Tuesday it's exclusively adding "thousands of TV episodes from Viacom to Prime Instant Video." The content is mostly kids programming, with shows like Dora the Explorer and Blue's Clues. Those are coveted shows for streaming services, and up until late May they were on Netflix. Amazon has also snagged up ...
Arrested Development’s Netflix Season Causes Spike in Piracy
on 5.28.13
Netflix’s next potential customers may be on the Pirate Bay right now, looking for a copy of the latest season of Arrested Development: Copies of the show went up on various torrent sites just hours after Netflix released all 15 episodes of the fourth season on Saturday night in its entirety. Around 100,000 people have ...
Netflix Looks to Double Original Content Next Year
on 5.23.13
We're just a few days away from the long-awaited fourth season of Arrested Development, one of the most high-profile Netflix original series to be released. Ted Sarandos, the man behind the company's ever-burgeoning original content strategy, just sat down with The Hollywood Reporter to talk about Netflix' strategy and what ...
Netflix Accounts for One-Third of Internet Usage Every Night
on 5.14.13
For the last three years, Netflix has accounted for a third of the Internet traffic zipping into North American homes every night. But Web video competitors like Amazon, HBO and Hulu all say they’re seeing significant growth. So is anyone cutting into Netflix’s lead? Not really, said Sandvine, the broadband service ...
Netflix Content Chief Says Piracy Drops Whenever Netflix Launches in New Markets
on 5.3.13
Netflix’s chief content officer has a novel way to combat online piracy: give people easy and affordable ways to access content. In an interview with Stuff, Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos said that “the best way to combat piracy isn’t legislatively or criminally but by giving good options” and observed that ...
Analyst: Netflix Should Stop Allowing Password Sharing
on 4.23.13
For a monthly fee of $7.99, Netflix customers have access to a wide variety of TV shows, movies and original content. More often than not, however, users frequently share accounts between family members and friends due to the company’s relaxed policies. Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities believes chief executive Reed ...
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