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D’Works originals to Netflix

June 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Kung Fu Panda

Netflix has made its largest deal yet for original content, inking with DreamWorks Animation for 300 hours of original content. The move helps fill the void left by the departure of most Nickelodeon kids series on Netflix. It also add fuel to the streaming media company's original content program, increasingly seen as its long-term survival strategy. Netflix now has made significant deals on exclusive original content for adults, teens and children. DreamWorks will employ its stable of … [Read more...]

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Big binge for ‘Arrested’

May 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Netflix served up an entire new season of "Arrested Development" over the holiday weekend, and fans immediately binged on the 15-episode feast, according to a quickie usage study. One DSL network showed that 36 percent of devices accessing Netflix on Sunday watched at least one episode of "Arrested Development," broadband analysts Procera said. That was three times the viewing reported for Netflix's other 2013 hit, "House of Cards." Netflix wasn't talking about its traffic numbers, as … [Read more...]

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‘SNL’ classics to Yahoo

April 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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" 'Saturday Night Live' has pervaded and defined our culture for decades," Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says. Now, 38 years worth of "SNL" will be pervading Yahoo. Archived content from the NBC comedy chestnut will flow exclusively to Yahoo video come September, covering the years 1975 through 2012. The classic "SNL" clips will be coming down from Hulu and even NBC.com under the deal, which lasts for a year. The adventures of the Blues Brothers, the Coneheads, Sarah Palin, the Wayne's World … [Read more...]

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Netflix’s strong hand

April 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings

Citing "a general recovery of the brand," Netflix told Wall Street what it wanted to hear with its first-quarter earnings, and then some. The streaming video/DVD rental company added more than 3 million sign-ups in the quarter, for a total of 36 million subscribers. Its stock soared 24 percent after earnings were announced April 22. In the U.S., the subscriber count topped 29 million, giving the online video service at least as many subscribers as HBO. Perhaps to ease any fears of … [Read more...]

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Wachowskis link to Netflix

March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Lana Wachowski

Netflix has snagged the Wachowski duo for the original series "Sense8," billed as "a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls hunted." The techno-thriller debuts exclusively on Netflix in "late 2014." It tells of a group of psychically linked people who are being hunted by the powers that be. The Wachowskis, famed for "The Matrix" trilogy, are working with "Babylon 5" veteran Joe Straczynski. The announcement comes on the heels of Netflix's success with the Kevin Spacey political … [Read more...]

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Bad video streams costly

February 14, 2013 by Leave a Comment
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Six out of 10 videos streams suffer from some sort of glitch, primarily slowness, delays and poor picture quality, according to a new report. That's probably no big surprise to regular users of streaming video, but content providers are getting a wake-up call: The quality-control issue cost more than $2 billion in lost viewer time last year, video stream provider Conviva said. "Viewers watch 250% more of the content when they have an optimal experience with fast startup, little to no … [Read more...]

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Netflix ‘Following’ WB

January 7, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Bacon, James Purefoy the Following

"The Following" and seven other Warner Bros. television shows from the 2012-13 season are on their way to Netflix under an exclusive streaming video deal. Fox's heavily promoted "The Following" (pictured) is a Kevin Bacon serial killer series that premieres this month. The apocalyptic survivalist hit "Revolution" from J.J. Abrams (NBC) also will be available to Netflix subscribers after the season is over. Other recent drama series in the package include "Longmire," A&E's hit western … [Read more...]

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A&E, Amazon get real

January 6, 2013 by Leave a Comment
pawn stars A&E deal

Amazon Instant Video and A&E have uploaded a content licensing deal that brings to the streaming service reality series from the A&E, Bio, History and Lifetime channels. The pact includes prior seasons of the reality shows "Pawn Stars" (History) "Storage Wars" (A&E) and "Dance Moms" (Lifetime). Content chief Brad Beale said that in a year Amazon more than doubled the Prime Instant Video offerings, to about 33,000 movies and TV episodes. The Amazon streaming video catalog remains dwarfed by … [Read more...]

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Kilar’s run over at Hulu

January 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Hulu Plus and Hulu founder Jason Kilar

Too hip for the room, Hulu chief Jason Kilar is headed out the door. "I've been so fortunate to play a role in this amazing, ongoing journey," Kilar wrote in confirming his exit. Hulu is owned by traditional media powers the Walt Disney Company, Comcast and the News Corporation (ABC, NBC, Fox), none of whom apparently will be sorry to see the former Amazon wunderkind exit. Kilar, 41, and his traditional media overlords remained at odds over revenues and content exclusivity pretty much … [Read more...]

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Epix deal for Amazon Prime

September 4, 2012 by 1 Comment
PlayStation 3 menu for Amazon Prime streaming videos

Amazon's Prime Instant Video offerings grew by about 3,000 film titles as the online retail giant announced a distribution deal with Hollywood studio partnership Epix. The Epix deal brings streaming video subscribers access to mainstream fare such as "The Avengers," "Iron Man 2" and "The Hunger Games." Epix outputs films for partners Paramount Pictures (Viacom), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and Lionsgate. Netflix stock fell as much as 11 percent on news of the Epix deal. Although new Epix … [Read more...]

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