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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...

Expect Usage-Based Billing On Web From Cable Providers Soon

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I actually wondered if this was something cable providers were chewing on in regards to the increased popularity of Netflix and Hulu.  Bloomberg reports that companies like Time Warner Cable, Inc, are considering charging customers for the amount of data they consume.  The extra charges ...

YouTube Is Changing Journalism - The Reel Web #15

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On this week's episode of The Reel Web, we show you what's happening with Netflix after all their customers leaving them recently. Also, YouTube and online video is really changing the way we consume media--especially journalism. And Xbox has made an interesting purchase that we'll ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Thanksgiving Edition

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Plenty of news in the world of online video this past week, though many of us probably found ourselves distracted by things like family interaction, football games, and turkey. Because we were all a little more distracted than normal, it's an even better idea to ...

Netflix To Take A Loss In 2012, Which Should Be Good For Consumers

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Wow, when it rains, it pours. After showing some seriously strong growth for years, Netflix, faltered with some bad business choices. They chased off hundreds of thousands of loyal customers, offered a flat, self-serving apology and lost a major chunk of their content. The culmination ...

Online Video Revenue Tripled In 2011

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I don't know if many of you have heard, but online video is kind of a big deal.  If you are a dedicated reader to this site, you might have seen articles that mention this every so often.  We know that YouTube is trying to ...

Starz After Netflix To Become TV Everywhere Option

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As we all know by now, Starz and Netflix fell out and contract negotiations halted without a deal. Now, we know why as Starz has announced that they are working on their own TV everywhere authenticated product that will stream their content to any connected ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Arrested Development Edition

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The piece of online video news that made the biggest splash this week didn't even fall on a week day. In fact, it happened yesterday, when Netflix announced its deal to air brand new episodes of cult-classic television show, Arrested Development, almost singlehandedly returning the ...

Netflix Snags New Arrested Development Episodes

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In the past decade I have seen some excellent comedy on television, but nothing quite as brilliant as Arrested Development.  I think all of us who loved that show when it ran three seasons, 2003 to 2006, wished we could do anything to save it.  ...

Warner Bros Signs Deal With LOVEFiLM For International Streaming

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Warner Bros is continuing its big online video moves with a new partnership with LOVEFiLM, a leading European film subscription service, combining the benefits of DVD rental by post and, more recently, watching movies online via the LOVEFiLM Player. Something like the European Netflix.

Panasonic Viera Headed For OTT Converged Screen Combat With Viera Connect Market

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Panasonic seems completely serious when it comes to combining online video with normal TV. They have no less than a dozen pre-installed apps planned for their upcoming Viera connected TVs and the expected total available apps now sits at around 120. The big names like Netflix ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Google Plus Edition

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Last week saw an unusual amount of big online video news stories. Google Plus integrated YouTube (finally!), and then rolled out Google Plus Pages for businesses and brands--they're also using Google Plus relationships to power video suggestions on the YouTube home page. YouTube announced a ...

Gaming Consoles The Main Source For Online TV Viewing

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Man, gaming consoles have way more capabilities than when I was playing my Sega Genesis nonstop back in the day.  Machines like the Xbox 360, Wii, and Playstation 3 have become increasingly powerful and able to do more than just play games, and online video ...

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - YouTube Ad Edition

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This week was overloaded with YouTube-related news. The video service is now fully integrated into Google Plus, their skippable TrueView ads now make up 50% of all the ads on the site and serve up 18 years of video ads per day, and the majority ...

Charter Creating Online Video Directory Of Content From Hulu, Netflix, & Amazon

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Here's an interesting tidbit I came across today. Charter Communications is encouraging its users to watch online video by creating a new searchable directory of online video content. Hopefully, this doesn't mean that they will later then charge for video separately, you know the old ...

The End of Fair Use on YouTube? - The Reel Web #11

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I'm traveling out of town this weekend, so we're doing this week's look at the Reel Web a bit differently: we're doing it vlog style! I quickly look at a couple stories that stand out to me and share them with you guys in a ...

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