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Just out of curiosity, is the communications guy who just resigned the guy who would normally be answering a question like this for people? Not implying it's the reason he quit, just that a move like this needs a viable explanation from the company, but I don't see one.
My thought - nf got tired of driving traffic to Feedfliks and Instantwatch and their ilk without being compensated for said traffic. I've said several times in the past on this blog I always thought it was stupid nf made me go to a different website to get info they could have easily given me themselves. Maybe nf will start listing all the expiration dates themselves now like Hulu does? (It physically hurts me to be an optiimist but that's the only explanation that makes a lick of sense.)
Until then, nf continues it's string of boneheaded moves. Guess we'll be watching the stock price fall more today?
Netflix Eliminates Streaming Title Expiration Dates from API
Several readers have reported that Netflix stopped showing expiration dates for Netflix streaming titles, and the Feedfliks blog confirmed the change: Until now, the API provided the exact expiry dates but Netflix has now made the decision to *not* provide the exact expiry dates unless a title ...
"a $79 annual service that gives you free shipping"
How does somebody write that with a straight face? Spending over $24.99 gets you "free shipping", $79 gets you 2 day shipping AT NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE.
I've tried to cut the cord but I can' t. Funny thing, we don't watch tv shows per se, but I like the noise and news and sports on in the background. I'm currently getting basic at a discount w/ my cable modem and VOIP, don't know what I will do when the deal is over though.
Mercury News Covers Cord Cutters & 1.5 Million Cut the Cord in 2011
Chris O'Brien from the The San Jose Mercury News wrote about his experience in cutting the cord. Now came the hard part: Figuring out how to watch all the shows we used to watch. The Panasonic Viera comes with a large selection of apps installed, including Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon. We are...
I have cable. Basic $15 a month digital cable, so I'm guessing I would be excluded.
They already have Hulu and Hulu+ divisions, now they want to throw cable/non-cable subscribers divisions on top of that, so 4 sets of show availability? Way to simplify things.
I almost signed up for Hulu+ yesterday to watch Grimm in HD on my PS3, the first show I've watched that is Hulu+ available. But to my surprise only the first 14 episodes are available on Hulu+ (1-14), not the last 5 (15-19). What the heck is wrong w/ these people?!?!
http://www.hulu.com/grimm
Will Hulu Require a Cable TV Subscription Soon?
There's quite a bit of buzz about Hulu and a new requirement that the customer also subscribe to cable TV. TechCrunch cites a source at Hulu on the topic: We just talked to a source close to Hulu. According to our source, Hulu and its content providers have talked about this move toward authent...
This is the show that was canceled but then renewed b/c people sent truckloads of nuts. It's practically the godfather of viewer activism that makes a difference. I'ld say it has a loyal fanbase for nf to grab onto.
RUMOR: Will Netflix Resurrect Jericho?
TV Guide scored an exclusive: Netflix is rumored to be in talks with CBS to bring back Jericho: Apocalypse now? TV Guide Magazine confirms that Netflix has approached CBS about reviving cult fave Jericho — and the network, through its CBS TV Studios production arm, is considering it. The drama,...
My simple understanding of this - if anyone is interested - is that nf was priced as a "growth" stock which was seeing 50% growth year after year and the stock was priced accordingly, (apparently people like paying lots of money for growth stocks) - but now "growth' is forecast at 18% year over year, meaning nf isn't growing nearly as fast, making it just a plain old company, so nobody wants to pay as much for it's stock. In other words - nf is nearing saturation, so the stock shouldn't get any higher.
Makes sense to me.
Investors Not Happy with Netflix & Stock Drops Again
Despite adding 3 million new subscribers, investors are not happy with Netflix's outlook for 2012 and the stock took a serious drop. This Google Finance chart shows the rather abrupt drop after the earnings and outlook were announced on Monday: Do you think investors are being too hard on Netf...
"performed as well as a hit show like Breaking Bad did on a cost basis"
What the heck does that even mean?
I didn't like the first 2 episodes of Lilyhammer but it's gotten better. I have the last 2 episodes left and am starting to look forward to next season. But it wouldn't make me sign up for nf, keep nf, or recommend nf to others on the basis of that 1 show. I really have no idea how they can monetize 1 show or compare it to any other show on any other network.
"they were focused on growth for the foreseeable future, so they would not offer additional levels."
So he didn't rule out tiers entirely, only for the foreseeable future? The man who announced Qwikster w/ game rentals has a "foreseeable future" of about 2 weeks.
BTW - down $16 / 16% after hours to an $85 stock price, which are probably the numbers most people will be talking about tomorrow morning.
PS - I really like nf, you should see what I write about companies I don't like ;-)
Netflix Hits 26 Million Streaming Subscribers & Posts $5 Million Loss in Q1 2012
Netflix announced Q1 2012 results, and they added almost 3 million streaming customers (1.74 U.S. & 1.21 international) bringing the total to 26 million global streaming customers. Netflix lost about a million DVD subscribers, but the remaining 10.1 million added $146 million in profit. Netflix ...
I think that first sentence is missing the word "simultaneously" or the phrase "at the same time". Sorry to be a grammar hound but it just doesn't read right.
And speaking of Lilyhammer, I've watched the first 5 episodes now - watching 1 per week - and it picked up around episode 3 or 4 and I'm actually looking forward to the rest of the season now. May even watch season 2 depending on how the rest go.
New Episodes of 'Arrested Development' to be Released Simultaneously; 5th & 6th Seasons Possible
Mashable reports that Netflix will release all 10 episodes of the exclusive new season of Arrested Development (like they did with Lilyhammer). Netflix is planning to simultaneously release the entire fourth season of Arrested Development “sometime next year,” the company announced at an event ...
I said this last time but I still don't see this as a "net neutrality" issue. As long as they offer everything the customer wants and don't play favorites with their own data I still see this as a customer service more than a disservice. Whether the Comcast data is free or not you are still going to go over the cap watching nf, so it's an unmitigated freebie. An example of a disservice is a gas station advertising a BIG sign w/ $3.89 gas but when you get to the pump it's $4.89 for credit cards, a full $1 more per gallon, yet somehow that's legal and not false advertising.
Netflix CEO Facebook Rant About Comcast has the FCC "Monitoring the Situation"
The Wall Street Journal reports that the FCC is "monitoring the situation" about Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Facebook rant about Comcast's bandwidth caps not applying to Comcast streams. The FCC said late Monday it “takes seriously any allegations of violations of our open Internet rules.” Curren...
Thanks CYNIC, I stand corrected. I don't think I've been on an Amazon website w/o being logged in since forever. Seems kind of stupid on their part to throw that 17k number out there when anybody who is logged in - and again I am NOT currently a Prime member - would see the 1751 movies and 1476 tv shows without any real effort. So stupid ad, but nice of them to make the real numbers easily accessible. I don't think nf has anything like that, though pretty much everything else they have IS better.
Fast Company Reports that Amazon "Massively Inflates its Streaming Library Size"
Fast Company reports that "Amazon Massively Inflates its Streaming Library Size." While Amazon claims 17,000 titles, they only offer 1,745 movies and the rest are TV shows. Amazon reached that number by counting each episode of a TV series as an individual TVshow. For example, Amazon does not c...
Not to defend Amazon, but is that 17,000 number for Prime or for their total streaming library? I've tried Prime twice and it is very limited but they do have a much larger On Demand catalouge. Amazon promotes Prime using the word "thousands" but I didn't see 17k anywhere.
Amazon Instant video shows 50,066 movies and 8,970 tv shows. Prime lowers that to 1751 movies and 1476 tv shows. These numbers are right out there for anyone to see on the top of the left hand column. So unless anyone has Amazon marketing literature w/ the 17k number to call them on this all seems a waste of time.
Fast Company Reports that Amazon "Massively Inflates its Streaming Library Size"
Fast Company reports that "Amazon Massively Inflates its Streaming Library Size." While Amazon claims 17,000 titles, they only offer 1,745 movies and the rest are TV shows. Amazon reached that number by counting each episode of a TV series as an individual TVshow. For example, Amazon does not c...
I must be reading this wrong b/c to me it sounds like a good thing if you're a Comcast customer. As in it's good to have Xfinity and not eat up your cap watching stuff on your Xbox. Sounds like Reed inn't complaining b/c he's a Comcast customer, it sounds like he's whining b/c he owns nf and Comcast is giving itself preferential treatment. But he knows that makes him sound like a money grubbing overpaid whiny CEO so he's pretending to be an outraged Comcast customer. Are any other current Comcast customers complaining about Comcast giving them a way to stay under the cap?
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Blasts Comcast on Facebook
Netflix CEO posted another rant about Comcast on his Facebook page to his more than 120,000 followers. Comcast no longer following net neutrality principles. Comcast should apply caps equally, or not at all. I spent the weekend enjoying four good internet video apps on my Xbox: Netflix, H...
The more big companies like Showtime and HBO talk about not letting their stuff be on nf, the better nf looks and the worse they look. It makes the entire "tiered nf" conversation a non-starter (no one above me has even mentioned it yet), which I think is good for nf brass as well. nf gets to shout out - "hey, we're getting you everything AVAILABLE to us, and at a really good price".
That said, if I were Showtime or HBO I woudln't put my stuff on nf. I would offer HBO Go for $20 to the masses though. It's called cutting out the middle-men. Maybe when the US gets to ubiquitous braodband HBO doesn't need cable. I think people often forget that part, cable needs HBO to get high-paying subscribers but HBO still needs cable to reach the masses.
AP Reports That Netflix Streaming Won't Have Every Title (Obviously)
This AP story was widely covered despite stating the obvious: Gaps in Netflix's online library likely to persist. No matter how much Netflix Inc. is willing to pay for the rights, some online video remains off-limits. Major movie studios are refusing to license the rights to most of their late...
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I only watched the 1st episode, not a huge fan, but I'm hoping it was time well spent as build up for the show to start proper.
I watched the first 2 episodes of Weeds and loved the first comedic episode but the 2nd was so dramatic I said forget it.
As for the subtitles, I thought it was weird as he seemed to understand everything everybody was saying anyway so just have them speak english. I like subtitles in my films - watched Shaolin on Sat., that would have lost all intensity dubbed - but they do seem unnecessary here. Maybe just occasionally in the background if the old guy with the gun ever gets to speak.
Netflix's Lilyhammer Series Now Live on Streaming
All 8 episodes of Netflix's exclusive Lilyhammer series are now live on Netflix streaming. "Lilyhammer," follows New York mobster Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano as he enters the federal witness protection program after ratting on his boss. A sports fan, Frank wants to make his new life in Lilleham...
$100 million for how many boxes? Wouldn't it have been more cost prudent for Redbox just to let the BB kiosks fade away? My supermarket still has a DVDXpress kiosk. I'm assuming there are others, so no "monopoly" yet.
Redbox Buys Blockbuster Kiosk Business from NCR
It's been a busy day for Redbox. First, they announce that they're teaming up Verizon to launch a Netflix competitor, and then they buy the Blockbuster kiosk business from NCR. From Fast Company: Coinstar, the company behind DVD-kiosk service Redbox, today announced it had would acquire NCR's e...
I don't see how the guy is "dumb" at all. If you were to ask 1 million random people in the US and Canada how much it would cost to watch 4 movies on their laptop using a wireless card, even if you gave them multiple choice,
A) $48
B) $725
C) $1,200
D) $10,000
nobody who isn't dumb is going to say $10,000. Can anybody anywhere on the planet, even people who work at Sasktel, really tell me with a strait face that it would cost me $10,000 to watch 4 movies? The guy isn't dumb, anybody who thinks it's ok to charge anybody $10,000 to stream 4 movies is a ferakin' lunatic.
Be Careful When Streaming Netflix on Mobile Devices, Especially When Traveling
The NY Daily News tells the story of a Canadian man, traveling to the U.S., managed to rack up more than $10,000 in roaming charges because of Netflix streaming: "The kids were getting bored," his son, Jason, told CBC News. "So we decided to watch Netflix on my air-card on my laptop." The child...
Thanks for the "End of Feb." comments, I'll watch what I can. Any thoughts on how nf will handle it? Just pull the entire page or put up a warning for each film?
Glad to hear Lilyhammer was "better than expected". That's saying alot for almost anything on streaming. Maybe less so after Starz Play goes away.
Netflix New Releases for the Week of February 7th, 2012
Click here for the full list of new Netflix DVD releases this week (detailed list): Anonymous, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, Knuckle, Project Nim, The Elephant in the Living Room, Alan Partridge: Mid Morning Matters, Northern Lights / City ...
Having it split into 6 parts makes me hopeful that they added slow boring details cut for a theatrical release that will actually help the story. The extended LoTR versions didn't add anything exciting but a few characters made appearances and others got fleshed out. I am concerned that each of 6 parts is 93 minutes long so the breaks won't be at appropriate times if I want to watch 1 part at a time.
Netflix Adds Dragon Tatto Extended Editions With Additional Footage to Streaming
If you're waiting for the US version of the The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, you should really check out the original Swedish versions (they're subtitled but good). Netflix added Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition today, and it includes more than 2 hours of additional footage.
Way too short on details. Will it be an app, a box, require FIOS or Verizon wireless, will streaming and DVD rentals be separate or one plan? I wonder if they even know what they are going to offer "in the second half of 2012". Microsoft talked about offering streaming but then when they found out how expensive it would be to get content they decided against it.
Oh, and Verizon is evil.
Verizon & Redbox Joining Forces to Take on Netflix
The rumors are true and Redbox & Verizon have formally announced a joint venture to compete directly with Netflix in DVD and streaming. From the press release: The joint venture plans to introduce the product portfolio in the second half of 2012. It will offer subscription services and more in...
So how was Lilyhammer Siam? You probably watched 2 episodes between your posts ;-) Or are you going to watch all 6 and give us a thorough review?
nf should advertise the Justin Beiber addition on FB and get some 'tween girl subscribers.
So, anybody have an actual real date for Starz Play going away? The last time I asked on here I was told Jan. 31st but obviously that didn't happen.
Netflix New Releases for the Week of February 7th, 2012
Click here for the full list of new Netflix DVD releases this week (detailed list): Anonymous, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1, The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption, Knuckle, Project Nim, The Elephant in the Living Room, Alan Partridge: Mid Morning Matters, Northern Lights / City ...
@Gran - if they order them w/ Prime from Amazon they can get it the day it comes out. Actually they might not even need Prime. Or Amazon.
I've read that headline 4 times now and it still sounds like nonsense.
That chart that reads: Redbox - NEtflix - Rental Stores. Anybody know where all the other kiosks - BB, DVDXpress etc. and other rental websites would fit in? And libraries. My library lends a ton of DVDs.
Redbox #1 DVD Renter & Fighting Warner 56 Day Delay
Business Insider via Inside Redbox cites a NPD Group report that says Redbox the #1 DVD renter (as Netflix is letting the DVD business decline gracefully to focus on streaming). In related news, Deadline reports that Redbox is refusing to honor the 56-day delay that Netflix took: Looks like R...
apc - I think that might have happened in the "old" days of tv programing, when shows ran 24 episodes over 10 months, Sept. to June. Now, even though shows usually run once a week, the calendar is all over the place, and a lot of people get their tv viewing on DVD or DVR or streaming, so once a week is not a good way to launch to a new tv program. That said, I would have gone with 1 episode per day myself, with either the first 2 or last 2 on the same night to run for 7 days. I'll probably watch this, but no more than 1 or 2 episodes per day. And if it sucks I'll stop watching.
Wall Street Journal Covers Netflix's Lilyhammer Series
Alexandra Cheney in The Wall Street Journal reports that Netflix's new Lilyhammer series "tests new ground in streaming." E Street Band guitarist and "The Sopranos" actor Steven Van Zandt has Olympic-size dreams for his new Netflix Inc. original series, "Lilyhammer." Mr. Van Zandt, who also co-...
One of the good things about Amazon naming it's "shipping" program "Prime" is that it could mean anything. My guess is Amazon would just offer "Prime Video" on a monthly basis, $5.99 as previously mentioned. No reason for them to offer a discount to current Prime subscribers, they are already getting it, this is just a way to bring in people who are more comfortable paying $6 per month than $79 per year (buy 11 months get 1 free says the calculator, so nearly the same price).
Will Amazon Launch a Stand-Alone Streaming Product That is Cheaper Than Netflix?
The NY Post reported that Amazon is Looking into Taking on Netflix: They’re looking into it being a standalone subscription service,” one content executive said. A second exec noted they believe Amazon is chewing over a possible charge. The Internet retailer does have a paid video-on-demand mov...
It's simply all about growth going forward. nf has been around for about 10 years renting DVDs. DVD players have been around for that long. Anybody who ever wanted DVDs shipped by nf has already done so and therefore no new subscribers for DVD nf.
Streaming is still fairly new, and there are still a few people who don't own a tablet, handheld console, smartphone or "smart" tv. But many of them will, and then they'll get subscribe to streaming nf, b/c that is what people do when they get a new device. And even if the cable companies don't get broadband to every household, I've noticed the cell phone companies moving to 4G and wi-fi hotspots.
Streaming nf has greater growth potential than DVD, end of story.
Is Netflix Crazy to be Abandoning the DVD Business?
Eric Schonfeld at TechCrunch dug into the Netflix Q4 earnings, and noticed that Netflix only gets an 11% margin on streaming, while DVD margins are more than 50%. Out of Netflix’s total $847 million in revenues last quarter, $476 million came from streaming and $370 million came from DVD rental...
Tvaddic - 2-3 titles a day would be about 14-21 titles per weekly email, that IS a list, but nothing I would consider long. And it would be a LOT quicker to peruse 1 20 titles long email per week than to constantly peruse the nf website wondering whats new.
Groggie - doesn't it seem weird to you that we have to go to a DIFFERENT website to get the information that nf should have readily available and easily usable? I come to this site to get all the info about nf the company and it's competitors, the nf site should tell me what's streaming new and what is going away, I shouldn't have to go to another site. And if FREE Hulu can send me emails listing new shows I migth want to watch, I think nf should at least be able to compete with them.
thanks to both of you for the replies though.
Hulu Hits 1.5 Million Paid Subscribers & Shares Original Programming Plans
The Hulu blog shared some interesting numbers, including 1.5 million paid subscribers ("faster than any other video subscription service"). We grew the business 60% from 2010 to approximately $420 million in revenue. We exceeded our plan despite the soft advertising market (economy) in the seco...
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