55% of Americans watch Netflix, but rival Amazon is closer than you might...
55% of Americans now use Netflix to watch shows and movies, a number that has gone up from just 25% in 2011, according to a new survey by RBC.RBC asked over 1,000 Americans whether they had used...
View ArticleNetflix is rallying ahead of earnings (NFLX)
Netflix is up about 2.2% at $146 a share on Monday as it prepares to release its first quarter results after the closing bell. Wall Street estimates earnings of $0.38 per share on revenue of $2.64,...
View ArticleA potential fight is brewing in TV land over an under-20-dollar TV bundle...
Last week, news broke that several cable networks were trying to put together a sports-free online TV package for less than $20 a month.The thinking goes like this: Sports rights are incredibly...
View ArticleNetflix misses subscriber growth targets, but expects a big Q2 (NFLX)
Netflix missed its subscriber growth targets during the first quarter, blaming the shortfall on slight delays in the release dates for some of its most popular shows.The video streaming service...
View ArticleNetflix on Amazon's NFL deal: 'Not a strategy that we think is smart for us'...
Netflix has said — on many, many, many occasions — that it doesn't want to get into live sports. But still, its executives get asked about it all the time.And it makes sense!Netflix has disrupted the...
View ArticleNetflix subscribers have watched over 500 million hours of Adam Sandler (NFLX)
Netflix has made three Adam Sandler movies so far, and Netflix users love him, to the tune of 5+ hours per subscriber.Sandler was the first big movie star to lead the Netflix charge by signing a...
View ArticleNetflix put out 17 comedy specials this quarter, and Dave Chappelle's was its...
Netflix is supercharging its investment in stand-up comedy, and Dave Chappelle’s first of three new specials was the streaming giant’s most-viewed comedy special of all time.Netflix “stepped up” its...
View ArticleNetflix in talks with Indonesian telco (NFLX)
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here.Netflix is in talks with Telekom Indonesia about rolling out a service...
View ArticleNetflix will burn $2 billion in 2017, and negative free cash flow will...
Netflix said it will cross a whopping 100 million subscribers worldwide this weekend, but there's one major thing Wall Street is still worried about: how much cash the company is burning to get...
View ArticleNetflix’s big international conquest is starting to pay off (NFLX)
Netflix reported its latest quarterly earnings on Thursday, which were mixed. The streaming giant’s stock has taken a slight tumble after reporting lower-than-anticipated subscriber growth across the...
View Article'13 Reasons Why' has sparked a rise in mental health helpline calls
Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, which depicts the suicide of a teenage girl, has sparked a huge rise in mental health helpline calls.According to ABC, Australia's youth mental health foundation...
View ArticleHere's everything coming to Netflix in May
It's that time again! April is coming to a close, meaning you can start looking forward to all the new shows and movies coming to Netflix in May.Netflix has released its list of what's coming and going...
View ArticleHere's everything leaving Netflix in May that you need to watch
Netflix just released the titles that will be leaving the streaming service in May. And while there are some we'd rather not see go, you don't have too much to worry about — unless you're in the middle...
View ArticleThe trailer for 'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' season 3 is here, and it looks...
Tina Fey’s Netflix original series "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" comes back for season three in May, and it looks awesome based on the trailer that just dropped.Kimmy is going to college! But it looks...
View ArticleNetflix's new true-crime show looks like the next 'Making a Murderer' —...
Who killed Sister Cathy? That's the question Netflix's new true-crime TV series, "The Keepers," will strive to answer.Netflix released the first trailer for the seven-part series on Wednesday, and...
View ArticleThis secret Netflix hack will change the way you watch TV
The INSIDER Summary: Netflix doesn't always play the highest quality video possible.Hitting Control+Alt+Shift+S allows you to bring up a menu that can override the quality settings.Netflix has a few...
View Article11 of the best nature documentaries on Netflix
The world celebrates Earth Day on April 22, marking the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. It's a good time to think about how we can protect our planet.Luckily, Netflix is packed with...
View ArticleNetflix's content chief said something about its 'originals' that should make...
Around 2013, Netflix began to see the writing on the wall: The days of licensing a back catalog of great TV shows for dirt cheap were numbered.The TV and film industry titans were realizing how...
View ArticleBinge-watching Netflix shows can actually be good for you
Call it Netflix’s spring binge.At the end of March, Netflix released the critically acclaimed “13 Reasons Why.” April features new shows “Girl Boss” and “Bill Nye Saves the World,” while May’s lineup...
View ArticleNetflix is taking on over $1 billion in new debt — here's why (NFLX)
Netflix is raising another ~$1.08 billion in debt ($1 billion euros), the company announced Monday.This is par for the course for Netflix, which raised a similar $1 billion in debt in October,...
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