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Netflix Loses 800,000 Subscribers After Price Hike, Qwikster Debacle
The last quarter has not been good to Netflix. The company reported a loss of 800,000 subscribers, mostly due to the PR nightmare that came after it raised its prices for its combined streaming and DVD plan by 60%. Netflix ended the quarter with 23.8 million U.S. subscribers, compared to 24.6 million three months ago.
It’s not all bad …
Netflix Signs on DreamWorks, but Is It Enough?
Netflix, in an effort to minimize its exodus of customers, has inked a deal with DreamWorks Animation over the weekend. While you won’t be able to get your Toy Story 3 fix, you can probably console yourself with a little Shrek.
It’s unclear how long the deal, which is valued at $30 million per film to DreamWorks, would last between …
Is Netflix’s Loss of Starz the End of the World as We Know It?
Say goodbye to about 1,000 movies, Netflix, because Starz is throwing up its hands and taking a long, scowling walk in the opposite direction. The American cable and satellite TV service said late yesterday afternoon that it was ending negotiations with Netflix and pretty much hitting the road.
“Starz Entertainment has ended contract …
Why Did Sony Pull Movies from Netflix Instant?
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 …
Disney, Starz Sue Dish Network Over Free Channel Offer
Dish Network may have just settled with TiVo, but its lawyers won’t be resting anytime soon. The satellite company has just been hit by lawsuits from both Starz Entertainment and the Walt Disney Co. over the same promotional offer.
The offer in question was made when Dish raised rates for subscribers in February this year, but …
Starz Announces 90-Day Delay For New Netflix Streaming Content
Just days after Showtime announced a new deal with Netflix that removes shows from the rental and streaming video provider’s lineup, a second cable channel’s frustrating Netflix’s ability to offer up-to-date programming.
Starz says that as of next month, it’ll introduce a 90-day delay for Netflix streaming on new episodes of its …
Is Dish Network Aiming To Be The Next Netflix Instant?
Comcast may have no interest in offering Video on Demand to anyone other than its existing customers, but the same doesn’t appear to be true for Dish Network. On a recent conference call with investors, CEO Charlie Ergen admitted that the company is talking to providers about obtaining streaming rights to content beyond current …
How George Lucas Changed Special Effects in Filmmaking Forever
When a young filmmaker named George Lucas pitched his idea for a space saga, FOX and most people were wondering how he was going to pull it off. The movie called for more cuts, action sequences and imaginative landscapes that had never been done before. When the studio asked him how he planed to do that, though Lucas had no clue he …
Torchwood Returns, More Worldly Than Before
Ending almost a year of speculation, the BBC has announced that Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood will return for a new ten-episode season with both John Barrowman and Eve Myles reprising their roles as Captain Jack and Gwen… but, in a surprise move, it’ll take place outside the UK.
The new season will be a co-production between the …
From 300 to Spartacus: Ancient Battles Meet Graphic Novels
If you’re a fan of 300, or other films that bring a graphic novel veneer to the blood and brawn of old-school warrior brawls, then you really owe it to yourself to check out the latest Starz series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. You can find the first two episodes (the latter of which airs tonight) in their entirety here – clearly the …