Here's what happened in digital media this week
Happy Weekend! Digital Media Weekender is a collection of our favorite degital media news of the week from BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s paid research service.STRATEGIES DIFFER AS NETFLIX,...
View ArticleDAVID EINHORN: 'House of Cards' appeared to be scripted to compete with...
David Einhorn has just sent out Greenlight Capital's second-quarter letter to investors. After going briefly over the fund's performance (down 1.5% in the second quarter and 3.3% for the year), Einhorn...
View ArticleStreaming now counts for a large percentage of TV watching — but it's still...
With the immense popularity of shows like Netflix's "Orange is the New Black" and with companies like Hulu making record deals to buy the rights to stream hugely popular TV shows, it's clear that...
View ArticleThis intense first trailer for Netflix's 'Narcos' brings Pablo Escobar to life
"Narcos" is part of Netflix's crazy push to make new TV shows. The show portrays infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar, who is played here by Wagner Moura.You can watch "Narcos" on Netflix August...
View ArticleNetflix stock explodes after earnings (NFLX)
Netflix just reported second-quarter earnings that were a little better than expected, and now the stock is soaring. In the second quarter, earnings per share came in at $0.06 per share. Expectations...
View ArticleThis chart shows how Netflix is crushing the video streaming competition like...
Netflix just reported its Q2 earnings, beating expectations and sending the stock soaring after hours. The company also included a chart showing how it competes with other sources of entertainment,...
View ArticleHumans: 1, Robots: 0 (NFLX)
Call this a win for humanity. On Wednesday, Netflix reported second quarter earnings that beat expectations. This news sent the stock higher by more than 10%. And this for a stock that had already...
View ArticleNetflix’s CEO wore an amazing, goofy sweater during the company’s earnings...
Reed Hastings, Netflix's CEO, is known for being unconventional.He doesn't have an office at the company's headquarters, preferring to roam around and get work done in different areas. He gives...
View ArticleNetflix shares rocket to a record high (NFLX)
Netflix shares have rocketed to an all-time high on Thursday after the company reported earnings that beat expectations. In early trade on Thursday, shares of the streaming video company were up as...
View ArticleNetflix owes its recent success to international growth
Netflix shares hit a record high this morning after the company blasted past earnings expectations yesterday afternoon and hit 65 million subscribers.As this chart from Statista shows, the company owes...
View Article'Orange Is The New Black' becomes the first series nominated for Best Drama...
While Netflix's original series "Orange Is The New Black" has been known to defy categorization, the show will have to face off against tough competition in this year's Outstanding Drama Series...
View ArticleThere is one essential rule that 'BoJack Horseman' animators have to follow
When you're creating an animated show revolving around anthropomorphic animals, there are certainly a lot of creative liberties you can take.Of allthe cartoons that have ever involved human-like...
View ArticleTV's best kept secret just released season 2
Meet Netflix's "BoJack Horseman," an animated comedy which brought surprising emotional stakes to a show about talking animals. Season 2 just rolled out to subscribers on Friday, July 17. And for some...
View ArticleHere's how 'BoJack Horseman' landed an amazing cameo in season 2
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the fourth episode of season two of "BoJack Horseman."Netflix's original animated series "BoJack Horseman" has landed some huge names to lend voices to the...
View ArticleBlockbuster's CEO once passed up a chance to buy Netflix for only $50 million
Former Blockbuster workers all over the world must cringe every time they hear the words "online streaming" and "on-demand."That's because back in 2000, Reed Hastings approached former Blockbuster CEO...
View ArticleHere are 2 rejected characters that didn't make it onto 'BoJack Horseman'
"BoJack Horseman" production designer Lisa Hanawalt, who creates the shows wild anthropomorphic creatures, has a wild imagination and a unique take on animals. Most of that is visible on the show....
View ArticleThe saddest show on TV is a comedy about a talking horse
The saddest show on television is not a drama but rather a half-hour animated comedy. "BoJack Horseman," which is ramping up for its second season on Netflix, has gained a loyal following, but it still...
View ArticleA startup that's trying to be the Netflix of behind-the-scenes film footage...
How do you access film blooper reels, deleted scenes, and "making of" documentaries in the post-DVD age? Some of this stuff makes its way onto sites like YouTube but more often film producers just...
View ArticleHere's how much money the biggest tech companies have made (and lost) this...
On Monday, we rounded up the quarterly earnings from Wall Street's biggest firms, and now it's time to take a look around Silicon Valley.And so now, we take a look at what nine of America's biggest...
View ArticleThis outrageous chart of Netflix compared to a gold miner says it all (NFLX, AU)
This is brutal. Michael Hartnett at Bank of America Merrill Lynch is one of the more creative strategists on Wall Street when it comes to finding ways to illustrate some of the more pervasive investing...
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