Did Comcast just murder net neutrality by charging Netflix for smooth streaming?
The Wall Street Journal on Sunday broke the story that Netflix is going to pay Comcast so that Netflix’s streaming subscribers will have access to a …
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Comcast customers’ Netflix streaming woes might be over… for now
The quality of Netflix streaming has tanked over the past several months at several ISPs because Netflix and the ISPs have been wrangling over who …
Here’s why Netflix streaming quality has nosedived over the past few months
Have your Netflix streams been much more laggy or choppy in recent months? If so then you’re not alone. As The Wall Street Journal shows, …
Comcast will throttle Netflix’s traffic at its own peril
Comcast has said repeatedly that it has no intention of throttling Netflix’s traffic and there may be a good reason to believe it’s telling the …
Yet another way the Comcast-TWC merger could hurt Netflix
So far most of the discussion about the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger’s potential impact on Netflix has centered around how the newly combined Internet giant …
Comcast insists it won’t throttle Netflix or other video companies following TWC merger
There are a number of fears that come to most pay TV and Internet subscribers’ minds when they think about the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable …
Netflix smash hit House of Cards is back for Season 2
The Emmy award-winning House of Cards has returned to Netflix just in time for a Valentine’s Day marathon. House of Cards premiered on Netflix last …
Here’s the one app you absolutely need to save you from TV spoilers
Everyone hates spoilers, but now that Netflix is releasing entire seasons of shows overnight, it’s harder than ever to avoid them. Thankfully, Business Insider has …
In the age of content creation, why don’t upload speeds match download?
For a brief period of time, the Internet at large served the consuming masses. For those who can recall the day the mainstream public discovered …
Verizon denies reports of Netflix throttling following net neutrality’s death
Have U.S. Internet users’ worst fears just been realized? A new report from iScan Online programmer David Raphael claims to confirm that Verizon, which you might …
Netflix takes fight to HBO, plunges $400 million into original shows
Netflix’s original shows are very good but the company still hasn’t produced anything that’s on par with HBO’s Game of Thrones, The Sopranos or The …
Netflix plans expansion in crowded European entertainment market
Netflix plans to extend its presence in Europe this year, The Wall Street Journal has learned, targeting various markets including Germany and France, the fourth …
Here’s how Netflix is thinking of changing subscription prices
For the past year, Netflix has been experimenting with different pricing schemes. Back in December, Netflix began offering a $6.99 plan that was standard-definition and …
Now that net neutrality is dead, only Netflix can save us
In a move that shocked no one, a United States appeals court hammered the final nail into net neutrality’s coffin last week. Also not particularly …
Study showing HBO, Showtime and Starz losing subscribers is dead wrong [updated]
The NPD Group released a study this week that showed the steady decline of premium channel subscribers over the past two years. NPD Group analyst Russ Crupnick …
Netflix had a killer holiday quarter, added 2.33 million subscribers
Yes, it seems that Netflix is doing OK for itself. The company on Wednesday announced that it added 2.33 million streaming subscribers in the United …
ISPs now have free rein to gouge Netflix thanks to net neutrality case [updated]
For every winner there’s usually a loser and in the case of the big net neutrality verdict handed down on Tuesday, the biggest loser might …
Is the Netflix TV boom too good to last?
The success of Netflix’s original series House of Cards and Orange is the New Black has been terrific for TV viewers. Not only has it …
Netflix has nothing to fear from Hulu’s sad little content expansion
Netflix is cruising into a hugely ambitious 2014 regarding original content. The glossy political thriller “House of Cards” is getting a new season shot in HD and featuring top …
Netflix offers late Christmas gift to new subscribers with $1 price cut
Netflix has kicked off a new promotion that offers a standard-definition streaming service for $6.99, or $1 less than the popular $7.99 basic service, AdWeek reports. There …
Netflix data paints U.S. as land of broadband mediocrity
We Americans like to think of ourselves as No. 1 at everything but there’s at least one area where multiple studies have shown that we’re …
Netflix is crushing HBO in Europe
The Netflix-HBO rivalry has recently gone global as both of the content giants have targeted some northern European countries for international expansion. New numbers out …
Netflix and YouTube are the Internet’s bandwidth consumption kings
It’s not shocking that Netflix and YouTube generate a lot of web traffic but it is somewhat surprising to learn just how much bandwidth they …
Netflix’s furious growth keeps Q3 entertainment spending from tanking
The Digital Entertainment Group noted recently that even though American household spending on home entertainment was flat year-over-year in the third quarter, there were dramatic …
Video: Netflix mulls streaming movies the same day they hit theaters
Netflix is continuing to exhibit unprecedented growth as its lineup of original programming expands. Having already raked in more subscribers than HBO in the U.S., Netflix …
Netflix is now in Beast Mode
It’s hard to beat expectations after your share price has soared from $60 to $330 in a year. Incredibly hard. Yet that is what Netflix …
Netflix now bigger than HBO after hot quarter
It’s safe to say that Netflix is doing pretty well for itself. The popular online content provider posted a very strong third-quarter earnings report on …
Netflix original shows may soon have bloopers, deleted scenes and more
Netflix has produced a family of original shows that have had varying degrees of success, from the critical panning of Hemlock Grove to the Emmy …
Netflix may come to cable boxes – is Breaking Bad the catalyst?
According to a recent report, Netflix is negotiating with several American cable companies in an effort to become a feature in regular set-top boxes. Comcast …
Nobody wins in a government shutdown… except Netflix
With around 800,000 federal employees on furlough due to the government shutdown, they’ll have a lot more time to catch up on missed episodes of …
