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Disney deal gives Netflix a boost over competitors

Dec 5, 2012
The value of Netflix stock soared by around 14 percent Tuesday, after the company announced it had clinched an exclusive deal to show first-run Disney movies.

Icahn wants web video icon Netflix to sell itself

Nov 14, 2012
Investor Carl Icahn, who recently acquired 10 percent of Netflix, is pushing to put the whole company up for sale.

Netflix knows you in ways you can't even imagine

Oct 15, 2012
It knows when you pause a movie. It knows which actors you hate. And it knows how much you like that cheery red interface. The algorithms and customer experience that have made Netflix such a success.

Amazon teams with Epix to expand on-demand video library

Sep 4, 2012
Shares of Netflix fell Tuesday on news that Amazon has inked a deal with a rival provider of on-demand movies and TV shows.

How long can the TV streaming honeymoon last?

Aug 6, 2012
Networks and cable companies might not like the content boom but it may be too late to stop.

Cable shows clean up Emmy nominations

Jul 19, 2012
Emmy nominations are out this morning and they're full of shows from cable -- AMC's Mad Men got the most. Have the broadcast networks been replaced by cable and how do online only shows fit in?

DOJ investigates cable companies over online video practices

We've all been there: You get home from work, open up your computer to Netflix, press play and.....nothing. The screen reads buffering. Who do you blame? Your internet provider or Netflix?
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P&G bars office access to Pandora, Netflix

Apr 4, 2012
Proctor & Gamble has shut down access to Pandora and Netflix for all its employees globally.

Actor Steven Van Zandt on the state of television

Mar 7, 2012
The new series, "Lilyhammer?" It stars Steven Van Zandt as a gangster who turns on the mob and gets relocated to Norway by the FBI. The eight-show series is part of the new original programming streaming on Netflix.

The TV Everywhere initiative isn’t getting anywhere

Mar 5, 2012
It seems cable TV and the Internet just can’t be friends, thanks to all the legal and financial complications.