Last month, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told investors he'd be willing to pay real money to beef up his collection of online video offerings. Now it looks as if he's ready to make good on his pledge: The Los Angeles Times says Netflix is in talks with Epix, the new pay cable competitor owned...
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There's the 2010 international expansion Reed Hastings has been promising. It's Netflix' first Web-only offering, but it won't do Americans much good when they visit their neighbors to the north.
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Yep, there are still people left to poach at Yahoo: Michael Spiegelman, who spent most of his 6.5-year tenure in and around the company's music unit, is heading to Netflix, where he'll be product lead for its Web streaming business.
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Here's another bright, shiny object for Steve Jobs to brandish in front of iPhone owners: News that Netflix is bringing its streaming video service to the iPhone. But if AT&T can't keep with voice calls now...
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Netflix may have the iPad's buzziest app. But that may not mean much for the video rental company's subscriber count.
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Netflix already streams its flicks to the Xbox and the Playstation. So a Nintendo deal would "work out over time," CEO Reed Hastings predicted last week. That was fast.
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Here's a marriage of convenience: A pact between Netflix and Warner Bros. that gives both sides some of what they want, at least for now. The rental service agrees not to offer the studio's movies for the first 28 days after they go on sale. In return, it gets more movies to offer via...
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In the same way that the iPhone helped sell more Macs for Apple, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told the audience at the NewTeeVee Live conference today that Netflix can help sell more broadband and broadband services. We’re a killer app for broadband data, said Reed. GigaOM founder and interviewer Om Malik explained it in...
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Wouldn't you like to bump elbows with media moguls and hear from the likes of Eric Schmidt, Biz Stone and James Murdoch? Me too! Alas, Quadrangle's Foursquare conference is closed to the public and the press. But at least I can tell you whom you won't be hearing from.
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Eric Schmidt Resigns from Apple’s Board; move comes as the two companies increasingly compete head-to-head in multiple sectors. (GigaOM)Report: Netflix Coming to iPhone/Touch and the Wii? Multichannel’s unnamed industry source says you’ll be able to watch on additional devices (though probably only over WiFi). (Multichannel News) Meanwhile, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said there is...
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