Intel’s grand aspirations to launch a disruptive pay-TV service are dead, but the dream of a modern, more competitive
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Future of TV
Netflix Mulls Price Tiering as Subscriber Numbers Soar
Netflix capped a strong 2013 this afternoon when it announced impressive results for the fourth quarter. The company added 2.3 million new U.S. subscribers between October and December — the largest gain of any quarter last year and on the very high end of the company’s own projections. Another 1.74 million people signed on …
DVDs, Pizza, Porn: How One Video Store Chain Stays in Business
Last fall, when Blockbuster announced it would close the last of its storefronts, it seemed to officially end the era of the physical video rental model. Family Video, the country’s largest operational video rental chain, is …
If Anybody Can Make Web TV Work, It’s Verizon
The One Killer Feature Netflix Is Still Missing
I’ve been a dutiful binge-watcher of great TV shows on Netflix’s streaming service ever since I blew through the first four seasons of Lost in a week in 2009. Through Netflix I was introduced to Breaking Bad, got to relive
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Netflix Says You Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Binge-Watching
If you’re curled up on your couch this weekend during the winter storm that’s about to batter the Northeast, don’t feel guilty when you let the fifth consecutive episode of Orange Is the New Black start automatically
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After Disaster, Netflix Is Back From the Brink
The streaming company is now roaring thanks to smart investments in original content
Netflix Is Coming After Your Cable Box
Streaming service is now available to cable subscribers abroad but will face challenges working out similar deals in the U.S.
Netflix Opens New Front in Battle on TV by Netting Aziz Ansari Stand-Up Special
Netflix’s rapid transformation from an on-demand repository of old movies and TV shows into an original content powerhouse will get another boost this November thanks to Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari. The comedian plans to debut his next stand-up special exclusively on the streaming service, he told The New York Times.
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College Football Encounters Its Biggest Rival: The Couch
The new reality is that some of the biggest, most popular college football programs in the country can’t jack up ticket prices annually, put a decent team on the field, and expect fans to happily pack the stadium week in, week out.
Fox’s Sports Network To Debut Saturday, With or Without the Sound
Four days before launching the first serious challenge to ESPN’s decades-long domination of televised sports, the executives of Fox Sports 1 — the 24/7 national sports network set to launch this weekend — were telling jokes. …
Tech Newcomers Face Big Challenges Disrupting Cable
The race to disrupt the market is heating up, but huge obstacles remain to infiltrate a $100 billion industry where both content creators and distributors are happily making money hand over fist.