Netflix

Netflix’s chief content officer has a novel way to combat online piracy: give people easy and affordable ways to access content. In an interview with Stuff, Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos said that “the best way to combat piracy isn’t legislatively or criminally but by giving good options” and observed that “when we launch in Continue Reading →

For a monthly fee of $7.99, Netflix customers have access to a wide variety of TV shows, movies and original content. More often than not, however, users frequently share accounts between family members and friends due to the company’s relaxed policies. Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities believes chief executive Reed Hastings should try to squeeze Continue Reading →

Netflix has reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2013, and in that period it’s added over three million customers worldwide. Domestically it added 2.03 million customers alone, pushing its total number over 30 million (including trial users) in the US. That means it’s passed HBO in paying subscribers for the first time Continue Reading →

Netflix’s original content assault continues on Friday with the debut of Hemlock Grove, a “supernatural” series directed by Eli Roth. This series takes place in a small Pennsylvania town which has suddenly come down with a bad case of werewolf attacks. Previous releases Lilyhammer and House of Cards chased viewers interested in quirky foreign humor Continue Reading →

Due to Microsoft’s confirmation that support for its Silverlight plugin will end and the rise of plugin-free browsers, Netflix will eventually need to stream to PCs using something other than the tech it’s had in place since 2008. The company has already implemented one example of the technology for Samsung’s ARM Chromebooks, and plans to Continue Reading →

Netflix is more popular than cable, according to an analyst at BTIG Research. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted a public Facebook update touting that over the last three months, viewers watched more than 4 billion hours on Netflix. BTIG Research’s Richard Greenfield crunched the numbers using facts from previous statements from Hastings and came to Continue Reading →

Continuing its quest to sate subscribers’ appetites with a flow of original content, Netflix has announced a new original series, Sense8. Due in late 2014, it’s being developed by the Wachowskis of The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Cloud Atlas and Speed Racer fame, as well as J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5. Details are Continue Reading →

Netflix just became a whole lot more social. The company just added Facebook connectivity and lets users in the United States show what they’re watching to their friends, just like Spotify does for music. Now, you can show off just how cool you are because you’re watching the new season of Arrested Development on the Continue Reading →

Netflix is quickly establishing a reputation as a technology vanguard beyond just its streaming-first initiative. We only just saw Super HD streaming in January, and it’s already discussing the leap to Ultra HD: Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt tells The Verge that Netflix wants 4K streaming inside of “a year or two” for at least Continue Reading →

Netflix is announcing a new developer contest called the “Netflix Cloud Prize,” which is promising prize money of $100,000 to those who improve the features, usability, quality, reliability, and security of Netflix’s cloud computing services, hosted here on GitHub. The contest is open to anyone with their own GitHub account, and to participate, they only Continue Reading →