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Comcast agrees to add Netflix streaming app to its X1 set-top box

Are Comcast and Netflix burying the hatchet? After years of squabbling, the two companies reached a landmark agreement to allow the… Read More

Amazon Prime Video lands exclusive deal for many PBS Kids shows

Score one for Amazon in the race to own the competitive children’s video streaming market. Amazon announced this morning it has signed… Read More

Study: Amazon Video is now the third-largest streaming service, behind Netflix and YouTube

As consumer viewer habits shift from broadcast to streaming, competition in the online video space is heating up. Amazon, the… Read More

Out of ‘Office’: Netflix grabs rights to Ricky Gervais spinoff movie ‘Life on the Road’

Ricky Gervais ushered in a new era of uncomfortable television comedy with the original British version of “The Office.” The… Read More

Amazon and Netflix may have to offer more foreign films under new EU guidelines

Amazon and Netflix may have a few more subtitled films in the near future. The European Union is proposing an… Read More

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GeekWire Radio: Amazon vs. Netflix, Smartphone VR 101, and one month with the Galaxy S7 Edge

PODCAST SPONSOR This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast: Amazon challenges Netflix with a monthly streaming subscription option for… Read More

Netflix CEO on competitors like Amazon: ‘Their growth doesn’t take away from us’

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings doesn’t seem too concerned with Amazon’s new monthly Prime video membership program. After his company posted… Read More

Amazon’s new monthly Prime memberships will ‘severely impact’ Netflix, analyst says

Netflix, watch out. That’s the conclusion from some analysts after Amazon’s big announcement late Sunday, as the e-commerce giant rolled out a monthly… Read More

Amazon takes on Netflix with new $8.99/month Prime Video streaming membership

Amazon will offer a monthly version of its Prime membership program in a move that challenges rival Netflix and gives customers new subscription options.… Read More

Netflix’s admission that it throttles AT&T and Verizon video puts new attention on data caps

Netflix’s stunning admission that it has a policy of throttling video to subscribers watching via AT&T and Verizon’s wireless networks,… Read More

Generation App: Who needs cable anyway? Why so many people are cutting the cord

If you ask many people in their 20s how they watch TV, there’s a good chance they won’t say cable. About… Read More

HBO plans to add 600 hours of original programming, taking direct aim at Netflix

Just like the major networks duking it out for live television ratings, HBO and Netflix are going for the jugular… Read More

‘House of Cards’ is the world’s most pirated show, thanks to Netflix global streaming rights

Netflix is currently streaming in 245 global regions (countries and territories combined), which makes for some very complicated distribution rights… Read More

Report: Apple working on original TV show with Dr. Dre

Netflix and Amazon have proven that original programming from streaming-only sources can be a success. The streaming media giants have… Read More

Top BitTorrent sites adopt streaming, and Hollywood should be worried again

It was only a matter of time — make that Popcorn Time — before some of the top BitTorrent services… Read More

Comcast continues metered streaming as new alternative to cable emerges

A growing number of Comcast customers, whose data use surpasses the arbitrary limits set by the cable company, are getting… Read More

Netflix will add 25 days of new original content in 2016

If you’re planning on binging all of the content Netflix releases itself this year, you’re going to need several weeks… Read More

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings praises T-Mobile’s controversial Binge On program

T-Mobile’s Binge On program has seen its fair share of criticism. The program, which lets users stream video from select providers… Read More

Netflix adds 5.6M subscribers in Q4; stock up 5% after strong earnings report

Netflix beat its own projections for subscriber growth in the fourth quarter as the streaming giant saw its stock rise… Read More

‘Jessica Jones’ gets second season on Netflix; other show’s premiere dates set

The Netflix superhero series “Marvel’s Jessica Jones” will be back for a second season the streaming service announced on Sunday.… Read More

Netflix exec calls NBC’s report on streaming viewership ‘remarkably inaccurate’

Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos has been forced to talk about something that the streaming service has always been… Read More

Netflix launches in 130 countries, CEO Reed Hastings calls it the ‘birth of a global TV network’

LAS VEGAS— Reed Hastings waited until the last minutes of his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show to make some… Read More

Windows 10 app store hits 2.5B visits since launch as major apps are overhauled for universal use

One of the defining features of Windows 10 is its ability to run pretty much anywhere, from powerful desktops to the… Read More

Watch Netflix’s surprise ‘House of Cards’ announcement from the GOP debate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se44ed4KBMA FU2016: That’s the thought left in many viewers heads after last night’s Republican presidential debate. But not for the… Read More

Netflix dominates Golden Globe nods for streaming services, but others gaining ground

Streaming continues to announce its presence in Hollywood when it comes to providing blockbuster, high-quality entertainment — and this year’s… Read More

Netflix set to double scripted shows in 2016

Did you enjoy the 16 Netflix originals from 2015? Well guess what, you’re about to get 31 original shows in the… Read More

Analysis shows which streaming service has the best original content and it’s not Netflix

It seems everyone is in the game of creating original content for streaming now, but who is making the best… Read More

Netflix releases trailer for Bill Murray’s holiday special to delight of scrooges everywhere

A Charlie Brown Christmas. Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer. A Christmas Story. Bad Santa. Bill Murray might be the next in… Read More

T-Mobile says ‘binge on,’ offers free video streaming through Netflix, Sling TV and other apps

T-Mobile unveiled yet another Un-carrier move on Tuesday, this time making it free to stream video over a 4G LTE connection… Read More

Netflix releases full ‘Jessica Jones’ trailer in all its dark glory

If you’re awaiting the next big Marvel series on Netflix, Jessica Jones, the new trailer out today offers some greater… Read More