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Netflix Hits the ‘Open Road’ 28 Jun, 2011
Netflix June 28 said it signed a streaming deal with Open Road Films — an upstart production company founded by theater operators Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Entertainment, looking to get into content production and circumvent budding premium VOD overtures by major studios.More>>
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UPDATE: Netflix Site, Streaming Back Up 19 Jun, 2011
Netflix’s website and streaming platform came back online Sunday evening (June 19) after temporarily leaving millions of subscribers unable to access their rental queues for both physical and digital entertainment.More>>
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UPDATE: Sony Pulls Movie Streams From Netflix 17 Jun, 2011
New report says Starz Entertainment, not Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, quietly pulled the studio's movies from Netflix’s streaming queue.More>>
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Study: Netflix Users Inclined to Downgrade on Pay TV 13 Jun, 2011
A new study by research firm The Diffusion Group shows Netflix subscribers increasingly are downgrading their pay TV service, a bad sign for cable and satellite operators contending against the $7.99-a-month unlimited streaming offering.More>>
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Netflix Goes to Washington 16 May, 2011
Netflix lawyers have sent a detailed 35-page letter to Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, outlining the Los Gatos, Calif.-based company’s aversion to the House of Representatives’ proposed reversal of the FCC’s recent open Internet (Net neutrality) order,...More>>
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DirecTV Queries Subs on Possible Streaming Service 27 Apr, 2011
DirecTV is considering launching a fee-based Netflix-type streaming service, according to a detailed survey reportedly sent to select subscribers.More>>
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Starz to Embargo Content 90 Days to Netflix 24 Mar, 2011
Starz Entertainment beginning April 1 will reportedly delay by 90 days access of original programming and new release movies by Netflix.More>>
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Fireworks, Barbecues and Movie Rentals 30 Jun, 2011
With scuttlebutt predicting a $200 million opening July 4th weekend box office for Paramount Pictures’ 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon,' video chains, and cable and satellite TV operators are pulling out the stops to capture incremental home entertainment revenue.More>>
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Netflix Dumping Remote Disc Management Apps 21 Jun, 2011
Netflix’s apparent love-hate relationship with physical discs took another turn when the service announced it would discontinue features that allow users to manage their disc rental queue from third-party devices.More>>
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Analyst: Average U.S. Family Has 10 Netflix-enabled Devices 14 Jun, 2011
Netflix’s recent decision to increase the number of devices by which an individual subscriber can access streaming content underscores the service’s ubiquitous reach in consumer electronics. More>>
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