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  • August 2008

    • Netflix Deliveries Back On Track After Outage

      Reuters  |  Aug 16, 08 6:32 AM CDT

      Netflix Deliveries Back On Track After Outage

      (Newser) - Netflix deliveries were returning to normal yesterday after a computer glitch caused a 3-day disruption, Reuters reports. The company plans to offer a 15% credit to the millions of movie lovers affected by the glitch, whose cause is still a mystery. The outage, the worst in Netflix history, is believed to have cost the company close to $2 million, which isn't expected to hurt the company's bottom line, but the snafu could hurt its reputation. More »

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      DVD  • Netflix  • shipping  • movie rentals  • computer glitches

    • Mystery Glitch Disrupts Netflix Shipping

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Aug 15, 08 10:37 AM CDT

      Mystery Glitch Disrupts Netflix Shipping

      (Newser) - A technical glitch is disrupting shipping services at Netflix, holding up rentals for potentially millions of customers, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The company, which ships about 2 million DVDs each day, failed to send any movies on Tuesday. Shipping proved impossible again on Thursday. Netflix has yet to identify the cause of the trouble. More »

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      Netflix  • shipping

  • July 2008

    • Amazon's New Video Service Part Netflix, Part YouTube

      Ars Technica  |  Jul 17, 08 5:20 PM CDT

      Amazon's New Video Service Part Netflix, Part YouTube

      (Newser) - Amazon entered the streaming video tangle today with Amazon Video on Demand, a service that resembles Netflix and Hulu far more than the company’s Unbox service, Ars Technica notes. While Unbox functioned on a principle similar to the iTunes Store, Amazon Video will stream movies and TV shows directly to customers' computers (and, later, TVs), cutting long download times. More »

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      YouTube  • Amazon.com  • Web 2.0  • iTunes Store  • Netflix  • streaming content  • Hulu

  • June 2008

    • Skip the Ties and Tools: Dads Want Gadgets

      ABC News  |  Jun 14, 08 7:06 AM CDT

      Skip the Ties and Tools: Dads Want Gadgets

      (Newser) - Lose the power tools and the landscaping implements this Father's Day, ABC News suggests. The kind of cutting edge Dad really wants can't be found at the hardware store. Among them: For dads who want media at their fingertips, the enV2 by LG hosts music and video via V CAST and sports a QWERTY keyboard for only $129, with a phone contract. More »

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      gadget  • consumer electronics  • Netflix  • father  • Vudu  • LG Electronics  • Father's Day

  • May 2008

    • Amazon to Launch On-Demand Video Streaming

      Reuters  |  May 29, 08 9:41 AM CDT

      Amazon to Launch On-Demand Video Streaming

      (Newser) - Amazon plans to open the sluices for pay-per-view video streaming within weeks, Reuters reports. The Internet retail giant already rents videos for download via the Web but is enhancing its digital media service to better compete with rivals like Apple and Netflix. Amazon boss Jeff Bezos told a conference yesterday the service will be "a new version of video on demand." More »

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      Amazon.com  • online videos  • Netflix  • Jeff Bezos  • Amazon  • streaming content  • AppleTV  • streaming movies

    • Netflix Streams Movies Direct to TV

      New York Times  |  May 20, 08 4:17 PM CDT

      Netflix Streams Movies Direct to TV

      (Newser) - Netflix today began marketing a $99 set-top box that lets subscribers play any of 10,000 movies and TV shows on their televisions, free. The device, made by start-up Roku, is cheaper and better than competitors like Apple TV, some analysts told the New York Times . Still, it faces obstacles including limited programming and competition from cable and satellite companies. More »

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      television  • movies  • Netflix  • video downloads

  • February 2008

    • Toshiba May Pull HD DVD Plug

      PC World  |  Feb 17, 08 2:08 PM CST

      Toshiba May Pull HD DVD Plug

      (Newser) - Toshiba has temporarily halted production of players and movies in the HD DVD format, and is contemplating dropping the format altogether, PC World reports. The move would cost the company tens of billions of dollars, but the defection of several studios and retailers to the rival Blu-Ray format has left HD DVD’s future very much in doubt. More »

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      Wal-Mart  • HD DVD  • Warner Brothers  • Netflix  • Toshiba  • high definition  • Blu-Ray

    • Netflix Goes Blue

      CNET  |  Feb 11, 08 5:36 PM CST

      Netflix Goes Blue

      (Newser) - The Netflix DVD rental service has decided to go exclusively with Blu-Ray as its hi-def format for customers, rather than HD DVD. By the end of the year, Netflix will no longer offer HD DVDs, reports CNET. The service made the decision based on the momentum towards Blu-Ray by Hollywood studios, including the recent decision by Warner Bros. to go commit solely to the format. More »

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      movie  • HD DVD  • Warner Brothers  • Netflix  • movie rentals  • Blu-ray

  • January 2008

    • NetFlix Tries to Pre-Empt Apple

      Associated Press  |  Jan 13, 08 10:59 PM CST

      NetFlix Tries to Pre-Empt Apple

      (Newser) - Netflix and Apple are preparing to go head-to-head in the burgeoning business of delivering movies over the Internet . AP reports Netflix is expanding its fledgling movie streaming service,  Watch Instantly, to give most subscribers unlimited access to 6,000 titles. The move comes just as Apple is about to launch its movie streaming service to iTunes users. More »

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      movie  • Apple  • iPhone  • iPod  • iTunes  • Netflix  • LG Electronics  • streaming movies

    • NetFlix Box Will Bring Web Movies to TV

      Reuters  |  Jan 3, 08 4:24 AM CST

      NetFlix Box Will Bring Web Movies to TV

      (Newser) - DVD rental company NetFlix is teaming up with LG Electronics to make a set-top box that will let customers stream movies from the web straight onto their TVs, Reuters reports. NetFlix hopes to have the device ready later this year. The deal looks set to make the crowded web video market even more competitive. More »

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      Internet  • television  • movie  • consumer electronics  • Netflix  • web video

  • October 2007

    • Netflix in Heated Race for Online Movies

      Washington Post  |  Oct 27, 07 3:10 PM CDT

      Netflix in Heated Race for Online Movies

      (Newser) - They beat Blockbuster, but can Netflix outpace rivals in the race to show downloaded movies on TV? "It's like a three-act play, and we're in the opening minutes of the second act," said Netflix exec Steve Swasey. Act two is where startups like Vudu take on giants like Amazon to plug home TVs into the ‘Net—while Netflix tries to adapt before its DVDs hit the dumpster, the Washington Post reports.    More »

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      movie  • Apple  • DVD  • Netflix  • Blockbuster  • Vudu  • John Waters

  • July 2007

    • Netflix Finds Itself in House of Business Horrors

      Associated Press  |  Jul 24, 07 4:44 PM CDT

      Netflix Finds Itself in House of Business Horrors

      (Newser) - Netflix faced a second wave of bad news today as its stock price plummeted and its website remained inaccessible to visitors. The company announced price cuts Sunday and yesterday absorbed a triple blow: lowered sales expectations, a subscriber decline, and a Wall Street downgrade. The website crash then left the company's signature interface offline for nearly 24 hours. More »

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      Hollywood  • corporate earnings  • DVD  • Netflix  • Blockbuster  • subscribers

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