Netflix hopes you weren’t using both its DVD-by-mail and instant streaming options for the low, low price of just $10 per month.
Come September, you’ll have to opt for an $8 streaming plan or an $8 DVD plan—if you want both, you’ll have to pay for both. If my math is to be trusted, that’s $16 per month. For members new to Netflix, …
It’s the natural pairing that just isn’t going to happen. Multiple sources are now reporting that Netflix is not one of the companies looking at buying online video company Hulu.
But that might be a good thing; sources also claim that Hulu’s current ownership “didn’t want to sell to Netflix either.” Because, of course, these types of …
I know, I know: You’re still upset about ABC canceling All My Children and One Life To Live in favor of cheaper daytime talk shows. But here’s the thing: The shows aren’t really going away – they’re just going online.
News is breaking that both shows will continue as web series, with Disney licensing the shows to online production …
Netflix has gotten too big for North America.
The online movie service will launch a modified streaming service available in three languages – English, Spanish and Portuguese – in 43 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean later this year, according to GigaOM.
The company will soon be available to subscribers in …
The future of mobile computing may be… e-Readers? Yes, even though iPads and other tablets are more attractive and more multifunctional, they’re also far less successful than e-Readers in the U.S., with 12% of Americans owning an e-Reader against only 8% owning a tablet device. And again bucking conventional wisdom, the gap is …
If you’re a regular use of Facebook. you may have noticed the disappearance of a number of applications across the site in the last week or so—including Social Interview, Photo Effect and God Reads—and be wondering what’s going on. It’s been officially explained as part of a widespread operation responding to complaints of an …
A pair of new studies paint a dreary picture for 3D, both in movie theaters and at home.
First up, a survey by research firm BTIG found that only 36 percent of moviegoers chose the 3D version of The Green Lantern, accounting for 45 percent of box office revenue.
That makes The Green Lantern the third major 3D release in a row to …
Television companies may not have decided upon the ideal way to stream content to the increasingly popular app audience just yet, but they may at least be taking a step closer to coming to some kind of consensus on the subject. Or, at least, not suing each other about it.
Viacom and Time Warner Cable have agreed to put their current …
For those who still think that eBooks aren’t going to last, you might want to talk to Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch, who told investors on a conference call yesterday that his company’s digital books now outsell all formats of its print books—combined—by a factor of three to one.
That’s not the only good news the bookstore …
Budget television maker Westinghouse will do its part to drive down the cost of 3D at home with its first 3D TV.
The 47-inch LCD set, known only by its model number of W47S2TCD, has a passive 3D display and includes four pairs of glasses. Resolution is 1080p, and other perks include 3D noise reduction and inverse 3:2 pulldown for …
Hope you weren’t hoping to watch any recent Sony movies on Netflix Instant anytime soon. The studio has pulled its movies from Starz’ VoD service, which supplies Netflix Instant with recent releases, as the result of being too popular for everyone’s own good.
Netflix notified subscribers of the removal of Sony’s StarzPlay movies on …
Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.
Earlier this week I spoke at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition. The topic I was asked to address was related to connected TV. More …
