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Miramax continues to play nice with digital

Jun 1, 2011
We told you a while ago about a deal between Miramax and Netflix to bring a bunch of mostly quasi-arty films to the streaming service. Now a...

Netflix teams with Miramax

May 16, 2011
Taking advantage of their shared love of movies and the letter x, the two companies are bringing a ton of Miramax back catalog to Netflix streaming...

Netflix doing more originals

Apr 26, 2011
Netflix president Reed Hastings issued a quarterly shareholders letter yesterday and said the company planned to expand into more original...

YouTube to show new movies

Apr 26, 2011
This one is said to be "imminent" and possibly launching as soon as today or as late as next week. YouTube will begin renting movies, allowing you...

Crackle comes to Apple devices

Apr 19, 2011
Mmm, I remember when Mother used to make us Apple Crackle early on a winter's morn, just before we had to go slaughter the pigs. Good times....

Mad Men coming to Netflix

Apr 6, 2011
And at a price that can buy a lot of fedoras and Chesterfield cigarettes. Netflix will reportedly pay around $100 million, or about a million per...

Netflix cuts video quality in Canada

Mar 30, 2011
Netflix is making moves to shrink the amount of data going across a network when it streams movies and TV to Canadian customers. The company says...

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The next big TV hit may start online

Mar 21, 2011
We had news last week in our memo of Netflix producing original content - a show staring Kevin Spacey. This week, we hear Hulu is set to start...

Zediva has new movies, low prices, legal questions

Mar 16, 2011
A web service called Zediva is offering rentals of new release movies before Netflix or Redbox. For only $1.99, you can watch the movie on your co...

Netflix may acquire House Of Cards

Mar 16, 2011
Geez, that doesn't sound very promising, does it? But this isn't a metaphor, it's a TV show called House Of Cards with some pretty big names behind...