The Online Video Ecosystem Explained: The Main Players And Conflicts In A...
Internet traffic has exploded. That's largely thanks to the growth of video streaming services such as Netflix, YouTube, iTunes, and Twitch. Video files are massive in data terms, and rather than...
View ArticleAmazon, Netflix, Google And Others Put Pressure On FCC Over Net Neutrality
The pressure on the FCC to maintain net neutrality continues to mount.In a letter directed to the chairman and commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission, tech companies expressed their...
View ArticleNetflix Starts Raising Prices Today (NFLX)
Starting today, new Netflix customers will have to pay $1 more per month for the streaming video service. It now costs $8.99 per month.Peter Kafka of Re/code first noticed the change, but Netflix's...
View ArticleNetflix Hiked Its Prices The Right Way — And No One Is Complaining (NFLX)
It looks like Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) has learned its lesson. On Friday, the company raised the price for new subscribers to its streaming video service from $7.99 to $8.99 per month. Existing customers...
View ArticleMarvel Says Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’ Is Planned As ‘One Large Movie’
Comic fans knew to expect something potentially groundbreaking when Marvel announced their deal to bring four new series to Netflix, with Daredevil the first to be completed. Marvel Comics Chief...
View ArticleWatching Videos On Smartphones Is Becoming Totally Mainstream — And Content...
Mobile video continues its massive surge as users rapidly adopt tablets and smartphones as mainstream devices for video viewing. Tablets and smartphones now account for 15% of all online video hours...
View ArticleWhat Happened When Netflix Paid For Direct Access To Comcast
This chart from Statista adds context to the debate around net neutrality. It shows what happened when Netflix paid for direct access to Comcast. The speed took off.Now, imagine this across the board...
View ArticleNetflix's Recommendations Are About To Get Even Better
Netflix is working on improving the way it recommends television shows and movies. "Our vision is, you won't see a grid and you won't see a sea of titles,"Netflix Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt said...
View ArticleGetting Streaming Video Onto Screens Takes A Huge Amount Of Bandwidth — This...
Internet traffic has exploded. That's largely thanks to the growth of video streaming services such as Netflix, YouTube, iTunes, and Twitch. Video files are massive in data terms, and rather than...
View ArticleTwitch — Said To Be Near A Deal With Google — Already Drives More Traffic...
Netflix accounted for nearly one-third of peak internet traffic in the U.S. during the first half of 2014, according to data from the networking equipment company Sandvine, compiled by BI Intelligence....
View ArticleNetflix Wants To Figure Out The Movie You Want Before You Even Realize It
Less might be more, even for a company buoyed by a seemingly inexhaustible array of movie and TV titles.At least that’s what Netflix Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt implied, TechCrunch reported, as he...
View ArticleNetflix Is Planning A Major Expansion Into Europe
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc will launch its online movie and TV subscription service later this year in France, Germany and four other European countries, in a major push into new markets.The...
View ArticleIgnore The Complaints Of Netflix's CEO, The Internet Isn't Ruined ... Yet
Dan Rayburn wants you to understand something: the Internet isn't ruined because companies like Netflix, Google, Amazon, Pandora pay Internet service providers (ISPs) to make sure their movies, music,...
View ArticleMarvel Casts Charlie Cox From 'Boardwalk Empire' As 'Daredevil'
UPDATE: The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed with their sources that Charlie Cox has landed the lead role in Marvel Studios' upcoming Daredevil series for Netflix. The original report in its entirety...
View ArticleNETFLIX: In The Future, Everyone Will Have A Personalized TV Channel
Your TV is living in the dark ages.At least, that's according to Neil Hunt, the chief product officer at Netflix.Hunt, who delivered a keynote speech at the 2014 Internet Week in New York, predicts...
View ArticleWhat's New On Netflix Streaming In June
It's a new month, and that means a bunch of awesome new movies and television shows being added to the Netflix catalog.This month's list has plenty of excellent movies and shows — and some not so...
View ArticleThe Only 10 Shows You Should Watch This Summer
Now that most of your favorite shows have come to an end, you're probably looking for something new to watch.We've gone through the more than 70 new and returning reality shows and series coming to TV...
View ArticleThe Most Important TV Premiere Dates This Summer And Fall
Between the 24 new shows coming to TV this fall, favorites like "Orange Is The New Black"returning Friday on Netflix, and all of your summer standbys, there's a lot of TV to keep track of in the coming...
View ArticleHere's Why Netflix And Google Are Pouring Resources Into Their Own Content...
Internet service providers (ISPs) get a lot more attention than any of the other players in the streaming video space. But there's another piece of the video ecosystem that is becoming absolutely...
View ArticleNetflix Is Shaming Verizon For Its Slow Internet (NFLX)
The above screenshot is a notification from Netflix tweeted out by Vox Media's Yuri Victor Tuesday night.It seems like Netflix is making a move to shame internet service providers (ISPs) that don't...
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