Sep 25

Roku’s new product line: it’s as simple as 1, 2, 3 (hands-on)

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To say that today’s a big day for Roku is a bit of an understatement. Not only is the company revamping its entire product lineup, there’s also the small matter of the UK launch of the Roku 3 to consider. Whereas before, American users had to decide between the LT, HD, 2XD and 3, the company has now adopted a much simpler device lineup: Okay, Good, Better and Best. So, is this the move that’ll push the company out of the fringes of the mainstream and into the spotlight? It’s certainly going to help.

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Sep 23

TV on Twitter gets a boost: CBS offers in-tweet highlight videos, Netflix keeps spoilers out

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TV on Twitter gets a boost CBS offers intweet highlight videos, Netflix keeps spoilers out

TV-loving Twitter users just got two big upgrades to their experience. To start, CBS has reached a deal with Twitter to offer ad-supported, in-tweet highlight videos through the Amplify program. The partnership will include content from 42 shows spread across 20 of CBS’ web and TV brands. Meanwhile, Netflix has launched a new Spoiler Foiler website that prevents Twitter friends in other regions from ruining Breaking Bad. Sign in, and the page will automatically censor tweets with likely spoiler material; you can click the blacked-out text to see what you’re missing. While it’s not clear when CBS’ highlight videos will be available, Spoiler Foiler is available today.

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Sep 23

Netflix wins first primetime Emmy award for House of Cards

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The Emmy awards show was held last night and Netflix won its very first prime time Emmy award. Netflix won the Emmy for directing with David Fincher winning for the Netflix original series House of Cards. Fincher won the award for best directing of a drama series. Netflix was nominated for 14 primetime Emmy awards […]

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Sep 23

Netflix’s House of Cards Has Stormed the Emmys

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Netflix made history last night by scoring three Emmys—in the process becoming the first company to win awards for online-only shows.

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Sep 16

Netflix Considers Piracy Stats Prior To Purchasing Shows

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Netflix Considers Piracy Stats Prior To Purchasing Shows

Netflix has to be one of the most popular video streaming services around nowadays, which means the company needs to stay on top of what its viewers want to watch on its service. What better way to learn what people want to watch online than through checking piracy statistics in order to determine what shows they should buy? (more…)

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    Sep 15

    Netflix relies on piracy to gauge market interests

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    The media industry has had a long and adversarial relationship with piracy, and Netflix, who provides legitimate streaming access to content, is no different. So it sounds ironic, and yet at the same time almost unexpected, that Netflix indirectly benefits from piracy by helping it choose which shows to buy. As Netflix begins making its […]

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    Sep 14

    Netflix Checks With Pirates to Decide Which Shows to Buy

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    Netflix Checks With Pirates to Decide Which Shows to Buy

    The hardest part of beating piracy is finding a way to compete with free. Netflix does it by making things dumb easy, that and purposefully picking up shows that are popular with pirates.

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    Sep 13

    How to Save Money by Ditching All Your Digital Subscriptions (Temporarily)

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    How to Save Money by Ditching All Your Digital Subscriptions (Temporarily)

    Ten dollars here, six dollars there. Those cheap subscriptions you have—Netflix, Hulu Plus, whatever—add up. Chances are there are quite a few you don’t use, or you’ve forgotten you have altogether.

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    Sep 10

    Netflix launches in The Netherlands, available for €7.99 per month

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    Netflix launches in The Netherlands, available for 799 per month

    Netflix promised its next European expansion would occur in The Netherlands, and today it’s switching on service for the first time. Priced at €7.99 per month (with a one month free trial available), it brings the usual package of assorted Hollywood movies and TV shows, Netflix Originals and local selections like De Heineken Ontvoering, Alles is Liefde, Spiksplinter and Kikkerdril to Dutch viewers — we recommend Orange is the New Black. Check the press release after the break for more content details, as well as which hardware in the country is compatible with it at launch.

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    Sep 10

    Virgin Media UK Cable Company Gives in to the Inevitable and Offers Netflix to Subscribers

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    After years of trying everything possible to kill streaming video services, it looks like at least one major cable provider is finally realizing the move to streaming content by consumers is inevitable. Virgin Media UK, which is oddly based in the New York, has announced that it is now offering Netflix directly to 40,000 of its subscribers who currently use a TiVo set-top box.

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    The test is currently only available for 40,000 of the estimated 1.7 million TiVo set-top box users that Virgin Media has in the UK. The cable provider has an estimated 3.77 million customers, 44% of which use the TiVo box.

    This marks the first time a major cable provider has offered Netflix content integrated into its services. Subscribers to Virgin Media in the UK still have to pay a subscription fee for access to Netflix. Hopefully, this means more cable and satellite will begin offering integrated 3rd-party streaming services.

    [via Bloomberg]

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