
Netflix, Inc. beat its aggressive prediction that it would add 4 million new streaming subscribers in the quarter ending March by adding 4.88 million subscribers. After shares leaped 47% over the past three months, the fabulous numbers sent the stock up about 11 percent to $531 in after-hours trading on Wednesday.
by Chriss W. Street16 Apr 2015, 5:51 AM PST0

Another nail in the coffin of bundled cable was driven home on Wednesday, as Netflix said its video-streaming service topped 62 million subscribers worldwide.
by William Bigelow15 Apr 2015, 8:49 PM PST0

With the help of former Today Show co-anchor Katie Couric, actress Michelle Pfeiffer is looking to nab her first starring TV role, in a series that will take a comedic look at a fictional morning news show.
by Kipp Jones1 Apr 2015, 2:51 PM PST0

A northern California man was jailed on burglary charges this week after police traced the victim’s active Netflix account to the thief’s home.
by Daniel Nussbaum23 Mar 2015, 9:42 AM PST0

From Kyle Smith at the New York Post: Tina Fey’s new comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” was rejected by NBC, which commissioned it. That turned out to be excellent news, because the show wound up on Netflix. Netflix doesn’t have a
by Breitbart News22 Mar 2015, 4:50 PM PST0

Leonardo DiCaprio is partnering up with Netflix to create a new series of environmental and conservation-themed documentaries, which will air exclusively on the streaming service, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
by Kipp Jones4 Mar 2015, 11:41 AM PST0

Netflix usually takes up about 30% of all Internet bandwidth in the U.S. Yes, a single Internet company is responsible for nearly a 1/3rd of all the Internet’s resources. So, the total resources available to all Internet users is heavily dependent on Netflix, alone.
by Ferenstein Wire2 Mar 2015, 2:58 PM PST0

Netflix released the third season of House of Cards early on Wednesday, more than two weeks ahead of its planned premiere.
by Kipp Jones11 Feb 2015, 6:44 PM PST0

Netflix announced Monday that its service is now available in Cuba for those with an Internet connection and access to international payment methods. In a statement, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said the company is “delighted” to bring its collection of
by Daniel Nussbaum10 Feb 2015, 12:31 PM PST0

Declaring that the Internet must not be taken over by big business interests, a top U.S. regulator on Wednesday proposed dramatically expanding the government’s power to oversee Internet service providers and establishing new rules that would prohibit companies from blocking or slowing data.
by Breitbart News4 Feb 2015, 12:26 PM PST0

If anyone thought Adam Sandler would pad his 4 picture Netflix deal with television-level films, the details behind Sandler’s first production will put that to rest. News of the “Ridiculous 6” will also put a chill down the spine of
by John Nolte27 Jan 2015, 7:12 AM PST0

Just moments after Kevin Spacey accepted a Golden Globe award Sunday night for his role in House of Cards, Netflix released the official trailer for season three.
by Kipp Jones12 Jan 2015, 7:43 AM PST0

Netflix announced the release of the documentary The Search for Michael Rockefeller, which depicts of the fate of the youngest child of former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, who was reportedly devoured by cannibals.
by Kipp Jones23 Dec 2014, 9:18 AM PST0

A BBC boss has admitted that the corporation is struggling to compete with rivals, including online streaming services such as Netflix which are ‘able to blow them out of the water’. He has conceded that the BBC will have to
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Dec 2014, 7:53 AM PST0

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles prosecutors on Tuesday declined to file any charges against Bill Cosby after a woman recently claimed the comedian molested her around 1974. The rejection of a child sexual abuse charge by prosecutors came roughly
by Breitbart News16 Dec 2014, 5:28 PM PST0

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has scrapped a Bill Cosby comedy that was under development and TV Land will stop airing reruns of “The Cosby Show,” moves that came a day after another woman came forward claiming that the once-beloved
by Breitbart News20 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Actress Diane Guerrero, who stars as an inmate on the popular Netflix series Orange is the New Black, told CNN Monday that her parents were deported when she was a teenager, which is why she is backing President Obama’s push
by Kelli Serio18 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The fourth season of “Portlandia,” the brilliant show created by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, is now available on NetFlix, and it’s better than it has ever been – systematically devastating in its portrayal of modern American malaise, pretension, and ego – and funny
by Greg Gutfeld12 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0
If memory serves correctly, the first random access storage device I seriously considered purchasing, as a preteen with some odd-job money to fuel his insatiable appetite for high technology, was a floppy disk drive that stored 128K per disk. (Gather
by John Hayward10 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Currently, Dish Network’s 14 million subscribers do not have access to CNN or other Turner Broadcasting channels like the Cartoon Network. Speaking specifically of CNN, Dish Chairman Charlie Ergen ridiculed the left-wing cable news network’s obsessive coverage of the missing
by John Nolte6 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Following on the heels of HBOGO and the CBS entertainment network, comes the launch of CBSN, a streaming network, which is yet another nail in the coffin of bundled cable and satellite. Available today on the Web, as well as
by John Nolte6 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

A Dutch start-up called Blendle is taking global the equivalent of “a penny for your thoughts” by pioneering a Spotify-style market for copyright journalism. To begin to touch a world of seven billion people, Blendle just raised $3.8 million in a first
by Chriss W. Street30 Oct 2014, 11:45 AM PST0

Due to a contract dispute, CNN and 6 other Turner Broadcasting networks have been yanked from Dish Network, a satellite provider that provides television in bundled packages like every cable television provider. The 7 channels also include Turner Classic Movies,
by John Nolte21 Oct 2014, 8:30 AM PST0

According to Deadline, Lionsgate and Tribeca will partner for a Netflix-style video-on-demand (VOD) service that “will focus on prestige independent films from around the world … The films will be curated by Tribeca and leading voices in contemporary culture and
by John Nolte20 Oct 2014, 8:12 AM PST0

In what could be a welcome and seismic crack in the foundation of bundled cable, Time Warner chairman and CEO Richard Piepler announced to shareholders Wednesday that HBO will break from bundled cable and offer a stand-alone streaming service. From
by John Nolte15 Oct 2014, 8:39 AM PST0