Tag Archives: Netflix

Even Paid Services Have Caveats♣
Wednesday, May 2 11:30 am - brooksreview.net

Ben Brooks talking about free services: Therefore, as a user, you need to be OK with the changes that may come, well before those changes occur, because the ramifications of those changes may be significant. You may be forced to … Continue reading →

TV Is Not Broken, Our Expectations Are♣
Tuesday, March 6 9:56 am - minimalmac.com

Patrick Rhone: Now, we don’t watch what someone my age would consider a traditional television at home. We do own one — a 15 year old CRT model that resides in our third floor office loft. That said it is … Continue reading →

Netflix Plans to Make Money♣
Wednesday, October 5 9:11 am - macworld.com

Lex Friedman of Macworld on the Netflix/Qwikster changes: The only explanation that I can come up with is that someone at Netflix believes that these moves will benefit the company’s long-term health and profitability. (I don’t necessarily agree with this … Continue reading →

People Cutting the Cord Won’t Go Unnoticed♣
Thursday, August 11 1:45 pm - chicagotribune.com

An Associated Press story on the Chicago Tribune’s website about decreases in cable subscribers: [SNL Kagan's Ian] Olgeirson expects programmers to keep tightening access to shows and movies online. A few years ago, Olgeirson said, “they threw open the doors,” … Continue reading →

Netflix Knows What They Are Doing

Wednesday, July 20 8:40 am

Taryn Fiol from Unplggd on Netflix’s price increase: You almost get the feeling that Netflix knows they’re losing customers. Maybe that’s the point. They’re trying to phase out the comparatively-cost-careless service of shipping out DVDs in favor of cost-efficient online … Continue reading →

Another Netflix Content Idea: Saving Cancelled Cult Hits♣
Tuesday, March 29 6:55 pm - techcrunch.com

MG Siegler of Tech Crunch with another way that Netflix’s plans for original/exclusive content could work: Each year, dozens of shows on network and cable television get cancelled. Most of these cancellations are for good reason. But every once in … Continue reading →

The Simple (And Perhaps Harsh) Reality Of Apple’s Ecosystem♣
Friday, February 18 7:11 pm - techcrunch.com

MG Siegler back for more after his last post got some interesting responses: Apple is betting that the allure of being tied into their incredibly efficient iTunes payment ecosystem (along with its 100 million + accounts tied to credit cards) … Continue reading →

Amazon Prime to Include Movie Streaming?♣
Tuesday, February 8 8:47 pm - blog.moviefone.com

The recent rumor is that Amazon is about to offer a movie streaming service along the same lines as Netflix. Amazon already offers a video on demand service where you can purchase videos, store them in your Amazon account and … Continue reading →

Netflix Streaming Bandwidth Usage♣
Sunday, January 16 10:25 am - unplggd.com

Anthony Nguyen from Unplgged answers a reader’s question on bandwidth used by Netflix: Netflix Movies (HD): These guys are around 3.8Mbit, which means it’s about 3600MB for a 2 hour HD movie. Netflix Movies (SD): Each of these movies are … Continue reading →