by Joe on October 30, 2011
Beginning Monday, Redbox patrons will be shelling out an extra 20 cents for daily DVD rentals. The DVD price increase news overshadowed reports of strong third quarter performance and while the dust still settles from the Netflix decision to sharply increase prices.
Reportedly, Coinstar (Redbox’s parent company) nearly double earnings in an announcement this week, but share price fell on Thurday after news of the price increase hit the streets. The price for a DVD at the Redbox kiosks will rise to $1.20 per day on Monday, however, Blu-ray disc and Xbox game prices will remain at the current $1.50 and $2.00 price respectively.
Coinstar tested the increased price in select markets before the decision was made and found that there will be minimal impact on demand. The blame for the increase is pinned on the rising cost of DVDs and processing debit card transactions.
[via USA Today]
by Eric on October 10, 2011
So much for that brilliant idea…
Apparently, the move to spin off Netflix’s DVD rental business into a separate business was too much for shareholders to stomach. In a blog post on the company’s official blog today, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said Netflix was not moving forward with its previous plan to separate the DVD rental and streaming business. The comment section of that blog post got nasty pretty quick, with numerous customers calling for Reed Hastings’ head.
by Eric on October 7, 2011
Netflix has picked up non-exclusive rights to stream AMC’s ‘The Walking Dead’ just in time to get new eyeballs on the show before the next season airs on October 16. Future seasons should be available just before each new season airs.
by Jay GotPassport on September 19, 2011
So, who is Jason Castillo, you ask? Only one of the most popular Twitter users today, ever since Netflix announced that it renamed its DVD rental business as “Qwikster,” but many on Twitter soon realized that Netflix did not obtain the Twitter handle by the same name. It belongs to Jason, and as you can see from his profile image, he’s just a regular pot-smoking Elmo, hanging out on Twitter, talking smack, not exactly who Netflix had in mind to be their spokesperson. If you want to see some entertaining tweets, check out Jason’s Twitter feed and look at the @replies, basically advising Jason to hold out for big buckaroos from Netflix to buy the name from him.
I’m sure Jason’s enjoying the attention.
by Eric on September 19, 2011
Reed Hastings just stirred the Netflix pot a lot more. After the recent price increase for streaming and DVD rentals, Hastings apologized in a blog post on the official Netflix blog. Then, he let loose that the price increase was further cemented by splitting the DVD rental portion of Netflix into a separate company, which will go by the name Qwikster. [click to continue…]
by Eric on September 10, 2011
Following the recent addition of Mad Men to Netflix’s instant streaming offerings, AMC’s other hit show, ‘Breaking Bad’, is now available with the complete seasons 1-3 online.
Find it here on Netflix.
In an official blog post today, Michael Spiegelman, Director of Product Management at Netflix said they were fixing some of the scrolling jitters in the horizontal scrolling functionality and that they’ll be bringing back sortable lists.
That’s one step in the right direction; however, I miss the old version of the website that worked like, you know, a website. This set-top box design has no place in my browser.
While I’m at it, can we get the ability to create and manage our own lists back? That was a lame move taking those away Netflix.
by Eric on February 22, 2011
by Eric on February 22, 2011
Netflix and CBS just announced a two-year licensing deal for CBS’s library content to be made available on Netflix’s Instant Streaming. The CBS titles will be added in April and include episodes of ”Medium” and “Flashpoint” as well as full seasons of classics such as “Frasier,” and “Cheers.”
Episodes from the original “Hawaii Five-0″ are included in the package, as are episodes from all generations of the definitive sci-fi series, “Star Trek,” and the cult favorite, “Twin Peaks.” Installments of ’60s classics, “The Twilight Zone” and “The Andy Griffith Show,” will be available as well.
Full press release below. [click to continue…]
by Eric on January 4, 2011
Easier streaming will be coming our way soon with Netflix One-Click remotes. Netflix dropped word that future remotes from most of the major brands will get a Netflix button for TVs, Blu-ray players and other devices that have built-in Netflix streaming capabilities.
More details in the press release below. [click to continue…]
