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Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) is the world’s largest online movie rental service, offering more than 7 million subscribers access to 90,000 DVD titles plus a growing library of over 5,000 full-length movies and television episodes that are
available for instant watching on their PCs. The company’s appeal and
success are built on providing the most expansive selection of DVDs, an
easy way to choose movies and fast, free delivery. Netflix has been
named the #1 rated Web site for customer satisfaction for five
consecutive periods, according to a semi-annual survey by ForeSee
Results and FGI Research in the spring of 2005, the winter and spring
of 2006 and the winter and spring of 2007. In the fall of 2005, Fast
Company named Netflix the winner of its annual Customers First Award.
In January 2007, Netflix was named the Retail Innovator of the Year by
the National Retail Federation.
Netflix has revolutionized the way people rent movies – by
bringing the movies directly to them. With today’s…

RedBox And Verizon Team Up On Streaming Service To Challenge Netflix

According to TechCrunch, RedBox and Verizon are likely teaming up on a new streaming video service that is aiming to hit OTT boxes and game consoles as well as iOS and Android. This could be big news, or it could be too little too late. Their main goal seems to compete with the likes of Hulu ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - YouTube Channels Edition

This week, you probably missed even more online video news stories than normal. But you'll be forgiven, since you were no doubt scrambling around getting all the details together for your killer Super Bowl party. And in just a few hours, that party will begin. But until then, you've still got time to catch up ...

BSkyB Online Streaming Service To Launch For Film, TV & Sports In UK

BSkyB, British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, in whom News Corp has an almost 40% stake, have announced that they will start providing online streaming service this year. The service will work through a set-top box, won't require a subscription and will eventually offer film and sports to go along with TV content. They also own ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - YouTube Update Edition

As usual, there was plenty of news in the online video world this past week. And as usual, you were probably a bit too busy to keep up with all of it. We saw more major updates to YouTube's design and services, some important Google Plus news, and a whole lot more. So if you ...

Netflix Gains Most Of Its Subscribers Back, Still Hurting In Some Areas

While Netflix isn't all the way back to highs pre-The Worst Price Hike of All Time, they pretty much got all those people back by the end of the year.  Maybe not the same people, but replacements anyway.  Thus Netflix ended 2011 with 24.4 million subscribers, just a touch off the 24.59 million they had ...

Greed & The Crumbling Dream Of A Video Promised Land

Danny Sullivan is a pretty smart dude. If you're not familiar with him, it probably means you haven't dabbled much in SEO. And when he wrote yesterday about paying Rupert Murdoch three times for the same piece of content, it really got me fired up. Because he's right--seriously, you should go read his rant at ...

New Promotional Tool, Chill, Is Pintrest For Videos - The Reel Web Episode 23

This week on the Reel Web we cover a lot of new stories surrounding SOPA, PIPA, and especially Vimeo's stance on them. We also talk about the importance of having original content and why Hulu, Netflix, and others are pushing so hard to feature original content on their networks. From this we can learn a few ...

The Original Content Wars Have Begun, But They're Bigger Than Hulu Vs. Netflix

For several years consumers have enjoyed streaming premium content services like Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, and others. But as more and more television and film content moves online, the owners of the copyrights (typically studios or production companies) have started to see the potential in launching their own competing services--like Ultraviolet--and it threatens to end ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Web Series Edition

This week's online video news was dominated by web series talk. For instance, we have a retrospective on the BMW web series, The Hire, which was way ahead of its time. We also have some articles about a new Tom Hanks web series, the future of branded video content from Coke, and a story about ...

Every Brand Will Be A Studio: Philosophical Musings On The Future Of Video

I think I'm going to write an e-book... call it "Drop Out Of College & Learn Video.” I had this revelation after an email chain with ReelSEO writer, Chris Atkinson. See, Chris and I are not only co-workers, but we’ve been friends for more than a decade. And one of the things that defines our ...

Lost Sundance Films Find A Home In Online Video

Fantastic news for films that played at the Sundance Film Festival and never got a distribution deal.  The Sundance Institute, in an arrangement with New Video, will make those lost films available for streaming online to all the big streaming players.  YouTube, Amazon, iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, and SundanceNOW will all be available to what amounts ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - 2012 Edition

After a week or two off for the holidays, we're back with the first online video news round up of the new year. What were the biggest stories in video over the first week of 2012--what were you talking about? In our collection, we've got some exciting predictions for online video ad spend, a host ...

2011 Online Video In Review - Industry Leaders Reflect On The Year's Trends

Along with talking to people about online video advertising in 2011, I also asked around about how many thought the year went for online video in general. My specific question was: What was the biggest driver of online video in 2011?

Warner Bros Extends New Release Window, Makes Consumers Buy Or Wait Two Months

What the hell?! Warner Bros. just revamped deals with Redbox, Blockbuster and Netflix effectively doubling the wait time for them to get new releases. What it really means is, they're making you wait longer and trying to force you to buy discs earlier, it sounds underhanded to me at a time when they just seemed ...

Netflix Users Streamed 2 Billion Hours In The 4th Quarter of 2011

What will be noted about Netflix' 2011 will be that poorly-handled price increase that sent people into mass hysteria.  What won't be noted that much, but has way more impact, is that Netflix saw people stream like they've never streamed before in 2011, and in the 4th quarter of last year those streaming hours hit ...