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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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New Dish CEO ‘Watching’ Netflix 23 May, 2011
He doesn’t become CEO of Dish Network LLC until next month, but that didn’t stop Joe Clayton from making known that the satellite TV operator plans to aggressively utilize recent acquisitions Blockbuster, Hughes Communications and DBSD North America to create a new video platform designed to...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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Netflix, Miramax Ink Streaming Deal 16 May, 2011
Netflix May 16 said it signed a multiyear distribution deal with Miramax that will allow its 23 million subscribers to stream hundreds of Miramax titles beginning next month.More>>
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Six Questions: Thomas Gewecke, President of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, and Flixster Co-founder Joe Greenstein 6 May, 2011
'Home Media Magazine' talked to Flixster co-founder and CEO Joe Greenstein and Thomas Gewecke, president of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, to find out more about the transaction.More>>
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Disney, Starz Sue Dish on Premium Channel Freebie 3 May, 2011
The Walt Disney Co. and Starz Entertainment LLC May 3 filed separate breach of contract lawsuits against Dish Network LLC, alleging the satellite TV operator does not have the legal right to include free one-year passes to Starz content to its subscribers.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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