engadget.com - 2/1/2009
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We already covered the numbers from Netflix's impressive earnings call this past Monday, but there was another story lurking in there too; a potential sign of the coming apocalypse for physical media. The company is reporting that many of its customers are substituting mailed movies for ...
hackingnetflix.com - 2/1/2009
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hackingnetflix.com —
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Netflix Survey: Would You Pay an Additional $9.99 Per ...
zatznotfunny.com - 2/1/2009
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings previously and repeatedly seemed
to indicate they’d never introduce a pay-per-view video download...
model or higher tiers of video streaming. However, it looks like that topic has been reopened for discussion. In a ...
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Netflix Contemplates Higher Tier Video Streaming
hackingnetflix.com - 1/28/2009
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hackingnetflix.com —
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Netflix, Inc. HackingNetflix will not teach you how to lie, cheat or steal from Netflix. Hacking is the desire to fully understand something, and we ...
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Netflix Testing Weekend Shipping; Close to 60 Shipping ...
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Netflix considering premium price tiers for additional streaming content?
Engadget HD —
... Look, some people are perfectly content to swap a DVD with Netflix once a millenia and watch Matthew Broderick and Michelle Pfeiffer in Ladyhawke on their Xbox 360 -- other people demand something a bit more "hip" on their Instant Watch queue. Netflix is apparently investigating the possibility of an additional $10 monthly fee to watch HBO shows and movies on the streaming service, or at least has a poll to that effect. For people that keep cable around just for things like HBO and Showtime, it's an attractive proposition, and perhaps a bit of an inevitability, but at ...
Netflix CEO alludes to streaming-only pricing by next year
Engadget HD —
... whispers of price premiums for streaming content, we suppose rumors of a dedicated streaming tier aren't that far fetched. In a recent report from Bloomberg, ...
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Streaming video cannibalizing DVD rentals, says Netflix
arstechnica.com 1/27/2009 —
Those who make use of Netflix's ever-popular "Watch Instantly" streaming service rent fewer DVDs than the rest of the population, a Netflix executive revealed during the company's quarterly earnings call on Monday. The phenomenon ...
Netflix Might Have Streaming-Only Subscriptions Next Year [NetFlix]
i.gizmodo.com 2/20/2009 — Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says that by late this year or 2010 , Netflix might allow people to ditch red envelopes entirely and subscribe just to their streaming service. Even if streaming-only subscriptions don't happen this year, he couldn't be ...
Netflix CEO says streaming video gaining on old-fashioned DVDs
dvice.com 2/1/2009 —
Just what we thought. Video streaming is taking over, as evidenced by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings noting the company's "Watch Instantly" service gaining ground on Netflix movies mailed in those telltale red envelopes. Hastings says Netflix ...
Netflix profit up 45% in Q4, nears 10 million total subscribers
engadget.com 1/28/2009 —
Analysts were already anticipating a killer Q4 for Netflix , and unlike practically every other company on the face of the planet, it delivered. The movie rental firm somehow managed to see net income rise to $22.7 million in the quarter, up from ...
Netflix reaches 9 mil. subscribers as streaming interest grows
onetrak.com 12/15/2008 — Sometime this quarter, Netflix added its 9 millionth subscriber. Sometime in the future, it hopes to make money on its movie-streaming service. The gap between the current success of the Netflix DVD-by-mail business and the uncertain but promising ...
Amazon's new Kindle compares with Sony's Reader —
SFGate: Technology 2/1/2009
Q: I'm thinking of getting an e-book reader, and I can't decide between the Amazon.com Kindle and the Sony Reader. Which do you recommend? A: When the second-generation Kindle premieres next week, it's expected to have the same advanced display ...
Amazon's new Kindle compares with Sony's Reader —
SFGate: Technology 2/2/2009
Q: I'm thinking of getting an e-book reader, and I can't decide between the Amazon.com Kindle and the Sony Reader. Which do you recommend? A: When the second-generation Kindle premieres next week, it's expected to have the same advanced display ...