Sound familiar? DVD Rental service Redbox- the guys with the ubiquitous convenience store and drugstore red kiosks- is hiking prices on DVD rentals and calls the implementation of streaming service for the company a major focus. Yes, another big name […]
One of the more prominent emerging trends for streaming video services is the integration of social media with film streaming, something zombie movie rental chain Blockbuster is venturing into with kingpin social network Facebook. Between 8,000 and 10,000 of Blockbuster’s […]
Although Netflix is bleeding customers at a higher rate than was originally expected, the video streaming service still accounts for a huge amount of bandwidth usage in North America. Earlier this week, the 2011 Sandvine Internet Phenomena Report was released, citing Netflix […]
As Netflix deals with the fallout of tanking stock and the ensuing public relations hassles, the company is said to have cut some of its of its staff. The cuts are believed to be due to slower than expected growth […]
Adult contemporary act Coldplay has delivered a bit of a blow to streaming services like Spotify and Rdio, prohibiting their new album “Mylo Xyloto” from being streaming on the popular services. While one missing artist is not necessarily a dealbreaker […]
To say it’s been a rough couple of months for video streaming and DVD rental company Netflix would be a bit of an understatement, as the company has suffered a double whammy of subscriber outrage due to a relatively huge […]
The low-level of activity on Google+ compared to older rival Facebook has become a bit of a joke in the space, but the search engine king is going to hop into the social music game, sources who wish to remain […]
Brits and Irish folk jealous of their American cousins’ easy access to streaming films and TV content won’t have very long to wait until the same options become available on their shores. The DVD service formerly known as Qwikster and […]
After months of speculation and various billion dollar bids from the likes of Google, Amazon, Dish Network and Yahoo the owners of Hulu have decided not to sell the popular TV and movie streaming website. In a joint statement regarding […]
Netflix on Thursday announced a new four-year deal with the CW network, a partnership that will allow the streaming video provider to offer previous and new series shows to their customer base of more than 24 million subscribers. Under the […]
AOL Video on Wednesday launched Editors Room a new video embed platform that allows publishers to post thousands of videos on their website while earning money from their use. The platform currently offers more than 250,000 curated premium videos from […]
HBO on Tuesday announced that their HBO Go service will be available on Roku boxes by the end of the month after Roku and Time Warner reached an agreement regarding the platform. Under the deal HBO Go service will provide […]
Netflix has officially ditched plans to spin-off their DVD-by-mail service into a new platform called Qwikster. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings made the announcement on Monday while stating: “It is clear that for many of our members two websites would make […]
Say what you want about the increase in popularity of streaming video content (if you’re a naysayer and hate the newfangled equipment, or the quality, or the selection), there are some places where the advent of the services brings the […]
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