businessinsider.com - 3/27/2009
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DVD rental service Netflix has been a big recession winner. Since November, shares have more than doubled, and Netflix (NFLX) is trading at a higher multiple than Apple (AAPL) or Google (GOOG). But is Netflix's "stock-price bubble" close to "bursting," as the WSJ's Martin Peers argues ?
The ...
engadget.com - 3/25/2009
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engadget.com —
Rumors of Netflix content streaming to the PS3
date back to, well, the first rumors of it...
hitting the Xbox 360. We all know which of those two platforms got some red envelope love last year, and now, soon after hearing the service may be heading to ...
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Is Netflix PS3-bound, too?
blog.netflix.com - 3/24/2009
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Hi, Mike Hart here from product development at
Netflix. As you know, we’ve been introducing ways for...
people to experience Netflix beyond our website with such things as mobile apps, adding movies to your queue from NYT or Rotten Tomatoes and of course ...
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blog.netflix.com - 3/27/2009
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Hi, this is Todd Yellin, Director of Product
Management at Netflix. We are rolling out several features...
to delight our members with a more personalized website that puts an emphasis on movie discovery. Some of you have already enjoyed the new ...
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Netflix Launches New Personalization Features
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The Mac Observer —
... on March 27th, 2009 at 4:15 PM On Monday, I saw an article that questioned the Wall Street Journal's take on Netflix. The WSJ thinks that the studios will negotiate tougher deals with Netflix and that could cause margins to drop. That's because streaming movies, so far, have been catalog items that have low value. As Netflix seeks to modernize its streaming content, studios will charge more and Netflix will make less money. No so fast, says Dan Frommer at Silicon Valley Insider , and I tend to agree with Dan. Also on Monday, Seth Weintraub delved into some of the ...
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Ruh roh. In a move that will undoubtedly cause an incredibly raucous stir, only to fade away as movie renters realize that Netflix is still the best deal going, America's most adored by-mail rental service is hiking the price of Blu-ray rentals ...
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Netflix ups fees for Blu-ray amid rising demand —
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Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. is raising its prices for Blu-ray discs in a change that will triple or quadruple the high-definition surcharge on Netflix's most popular subscription plans. The new rates announced Monday are being driven by the ...
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