Netflix shares fell 26% percent yesterday as subscriptions faltered. The company said that their forecasts had not taken into account the full impact of the subscription price increase introduced by the company earlier in the year. That impact was not felt until Q3, they claimed because of “the large positive reception to Season Two of Orange is the […]
Following on from this week’s announcement that the new Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon film will co-premiere on Netflix and in IMAX theatres, it’s been announced that Adam Sandler has signed an exclusive deal with Netflix for distribution of four films. Although Sandler’s films have grossed more than $3 billion globally at the box office, recent releases have […]
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend, the next chapter in the saga started by the critically and popularly acclaimed Ang Lee martial arts epic, will premiere exclusively on Netflix and in selected IMAX® cinemas globally on 28th August 2015. Produced by The Weinstein Company, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend echoes the themes […]
Netflix will be available for desktop users of Linux without users needing to spoof their UserAgent or implement other hacks according to an article on The Verge. Netflix has been moving away from using Microsoft Silverlight in favour of HTML5. Related articles Netflix, Inc. (NFLX) Finally Available for Linux Users, Sans Hacks Desktop Linux […]
Jimmy Kimmel’s style is quite different from John Oliver‘s, but his way of explaining Net Neutrality is pretty clear: [youtube]http://youtu.be/xqgmUURct4I[/youtube] And if you think Net Neutrality is only a US issue then I think you’re a bit naive ..
You know that feeling when you’ve watched something really great, something that moves you or makes you laugh, and you immediately think of someone else who would love it too? It’s the feeling of wanting your friends and family to enjoy the show just as much as you did. On Tuesday, Netflix launched a new social […]
So you like watching Netflix? TV shows, documentaries, movies – you can lose hours in there, I know! But what if you could get paid for it as well? No, I’m not kidding! It turns out that Netflix employ actual humans as taggers. Their job is to watch Netflix content, and then generate tags to help describe and categorise the […]
This is offered without comment – except to say that it’s spoiler-free, although it might encourage you to spoil your diet. It appears that somebody felt that ‘House of Cards’ was a little too lean. Luckily, there’s Tumblr to put that right! There’s more at the ‘House of Carbs’ Tumblr. via Mashable. Related articles ‘House of […]
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast to peer directly with the broadband provider in order to ensure smooth delivery of Netflix services to end users. The issue of Netflix performance had come to the fore in recent weeks. The streaming video service now accounts for about 30% of […]
I love Netflix but I probably spend more time browsing and searching for something to watch than I do actually watching .. at times anyway. So this parody video from The Onion really appealed to me – it’s so close to the truth
