Netflix chieftain Reed Hastings made an apology of sorts in a letter to subscribers and then proceeded to unveil Qwikster as his company's new DVD spinoff. Neflix will remain the brand name for the streaming video unit, also known so far as Watch Instantly. "I messed up," Hastings wrote on the company blog. "I owe everyone an … [Read more...]
Has Netflix lost it?
Netflix's magical misery tour continues, with news that subscriber defections are coming at a much greater rate than anticipated. The stock plunged, again. What we have here is the spectacle of a public company being punished and humiliated by once-loyal customers. DVD rentals came up 800,000 subs short, Netflix said, while the once-skyrocketing … [Read more...]
Long live ‘Prime Suspect’ U.K.
Maria Bello is a fine actress and all, but NBC's remake of "Prime Suspect" has a lot going against it. First and foremost, the new "Prime Suspect" soon will be drowning in comparisons to the British source material -- arguably the smartest, best-written and best-acted cop series on any continent. The series spread out across 15 years, with the … [Read more...]
Apple dumps TV rentals
Forget about those 99-cent TV program rentals on iTunes. Almost exactly a year after its introduction, the TV show rental service offered on Apple TV disappeared from users' options. The rentals also were deleted from the iTunes store. Apple didn't go public with the change, but later said in a statement that "iTunes customers have shown they … [Read more...]
‘The Blues Brothers’ on Blu-ray
The Blues Brothers: Two white TV comics who dared to sing the blues and, incredibly, came out king bees. John Belusi and Dan Aykroyd's R&B musical plays like a honey-dipped harp, even after 30 years. Now it's enshrined in HD with Universal's Blu-ray release of "The Blues Brothers." Fans of the "Saturday Night Live" comics and the giants of … [Read more...]
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