Kevin Spacey: TV And Film Industries Have A Lot To Learn From Netflix
When Netflix rolled out all 13 episodes of the original series "House Of Cards" at once it flipped the pay-TV industry model on its head. Rather than waiting weekly for a new episode to premiere,...
View ArticleKevin Spacey Opened The White House Correspondents' Dinner With A 'House Of...
The White House Correspondents' Dinner opened with a shout out to Netflix original series "House of Cards."Kevin Spacey's title character Frank Underwood negotiated seating charts, hoarded tickets for...
View ArticleNetflix CEO Is $300 Million Richer Today Than He Was Last Year
Even though his paycheck was cut in half, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings upped his net worth by about $300 million in the past 12 months.Hastings was paid a $9.3 million cash and stock salary in 2011 and...
View ArticleNetflix Just Lost Almost 2,000 Streaming Videos (NFLX)
Today Netflix lost 1,749 movies from its streaming video archive.Netflix subscribers can no longer stream content from major studios like Warner Bros., MGM, and Universal.MGM and Universal will soon...
View ArticleNetflix vs. Amazon Instant: Which Streaming Video Service Is Better? (NFLX,...
Whether you want some streaming video options to help cut the cord or to beef up your entertainment options, two giants step right to the front – Netflix and Amazon Instant.Both bring filmed...
View ArticleWhitney Tilson's Monster Presentation On AIG, Netflix And Two Brand New Stock...
Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson, who now runs Kase Capital, gave two new stock picks at the Value Investing Congress in Las Vegas this week. Tilson, the co-founder of the Value Investing Congress,...
View ArticleReed Hastings' Office Is A Glass Cube On Top Of Netflix's Headquarters (NFLX)
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings doesn't have an office, says Ashlee Vance at Bloomberg Businessweek.Instead, he has a glass cube on top of Netflix's headquarters. Vance says that if Hastings needs some quiet...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: The Rise Of Netflix And The Fall Of AOL (NFLX, AOL)
Here's a chart from Dan Frommer that he calls "the entire Internet in one chart." It shows AOL's declining dial-up business compared to Netflix's rising streaming business, which Frommer uses a proxy...
View ArticleThe 'Arrested Development' Season 4 Trailer Is Here
The first trailer for season 4 of "Arrested Development" has finally been released.All 15 episodes premiere on Netflix May 26 at 12:01 a.m. SEE ALSO: The first trailer for ABC's "Avengers" spinoff...
View ArticleRon Howard And Terry Crews Handed Out Frozen Bananas In NYC To Promote...
If you stopped by Columbus Circle yesterday in New York City, you may have seen some familiar faces. Ron Howard and Terry Crews were handing out frozen bananas outside of Central Park to promote the...
View ArticleActually, You'll Need To Watch The New 'Arrested Development' Episodes In Order
While much of the marketing of the new Arrested Development episodes has emphasized how many old jokesthey will contain, one of the most frequent used talking-point for what's new is that all 15...
View ArticleThe Unusual Salary Breakdown Of The 'Arrested Development' Cast
Since going off the airwaves in 2006, the cast of Fox's "Arrested Development" has been very busy upping their value by taking on new Hollywood projects.So when Netflix decided to revive the beloved...
View ArticleWhy The Fourth Season Of 'Arrested Development' May Be Awful
The highly anticipated season 4 of "Arrested Development" premieres Sunday on Netflix.While we've all been waiting for the return of the Bluth family — binge-watching the series before its return —...
View ArticleThe New Season Of 'Arrested Development' Is Already Receiving Some Complaints
If you've been watching the new season of "Arrested Development" on Netflix today, you may be slightly confused by one of the gags. Anytime a clip from season 1-3 appears on screen it's accompanied...
View Article'Arrested Development' Fanatics Will Love The New Season
An entire fourth series of Arrested Development is out on Netflix. Avoid the temptation to watch them all in one sitting, says Ross Jones.For the last month or so, a small but vocal section of the...
View ArticleNetflix Stock Tanks As Word Spreads That Its Arrested Development Reboot...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The hoopla surrounding the return of "Arrested Development" on Netflix's Internet video service has quickly dissolved into a letdown on Wall Street.Netflix's stock fell by more...
View Article'Arrested Development' Was Pirated Over 100,000 Times In 24 Hours
Even if you don't subscribe to Netflix, there are still ways to watch the highly anticipated but poorly reviewed"Arrested Development" reboot.Around 100,000 people have downloaded episodes of the show...
View ArticleIs Verizon Choking Netflix To Death Because It Owns A Stake In A Rival? (VZ,...
According to a recent report from GigaOm, some Verizon broadband customers are finding that their Netflix streaming experiences have been getting worse lately.The cause is a concept known as peering,...
View ArticleTechnology Is Changing The Future Of Capitalism From Competing To Sharing
The "sharing economy"— the notion of collectively getting more use out of things by increasing the number of people who can use them — is nothing new. People have been sharing tools for all of human...
View ArticleNetflix Is Trying To Get One More Season Of 'Arrested Development'
Video-streaming giant Netflix is in talks for one more season of 'Arrested Development,' says Brian Grazer, co-chairman of the production company behind the comedy series.Ad Age reports that in an...
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