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Paul Lilly - Fri, May 23, 2025
Turn out the lights, the party's over! That's the message certain Fire TV device owners are getting from Netflix as the popular streaming service gets ready to go dark on outdated and/or legacy Fire TV sticks and older television models...
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Mar 26, 2025
Nearly ten years ago, Netflix moved in to become one of the early adopters of content featuring High Dynamic Range (HDR) with the HDR10 format. Now, the company will finally be including the improved HDR10+ format on both existing and new...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 23, 2025
In a letter to shareholders, Netflix gloated about a whole bunch of positive metrics as outlined in its fourth quarter for 2024, including record growth to the number of paid subscribers—Netflix added 19 million new subscribers, marking...
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Tim Sweezy - Fri, Nov 08, 2024
Max is joining the ranks of streaming services cracking down on password sharing. The news came during a recent Warner Bros. earnings call, where chief financial officer Gunnar Wiedenfels reported the gradual initial rollout of the...
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Tim Sweezy - Tue, Oct 22, 2024
Netflix has reportedly shut down its AAA gaming studio that employed former Blizzard executive producer Chacko Sonny and veteran Halo creative director Joseph Staten. Other gaming veterans who are said to be impacted are former art...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jul 03, 2024
As we reported at the beginning of the year, Netflix has every intention of phasing out its cheapest ad-free streaming plan, Netflix Basic, which costs subscribers $11.99 USD per month in the US and $9.99 CAD in Canada. Lest you were...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Mar 11, 2024
Back in its heyday, Blockbuster was the go-to store for renting movies on VHS tapes and, later, DVDs. There were over 9,000 brick-and-mortar Blockbuster stores at its height, along with more than 84,000 employees. I remember the...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Jan 25, 2024
While Netflix is enjoying skyrocketing revenue, the company says it will be doing away with its cheapest ad-free plan. The streaming giant says it will begin its plan to remove the Netflix Basic subscription tier in the UK and Canada...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Jan 19, 2024
Mark Gurman and Ashley Carman of Bloomberg are reporting that YouTube and Spotify won’t be making apps tailored for the Apple Vision Pro. It marks another big loss of app support for the upcoming headset after Netflix made a similar...
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Zak Killian - Thu, Nov 30, 2023
Did you know that by subscribing to Netflix you get access to a library of free games? It's right there on your phone in the Netflix mobile app. Apparently very few people take advantage of this, which is kind of a bummer because there's a...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Oct 17, 2023
Remember when Netflix was a DVD-by-mail subscription service? It recently shipped its last DVD after successfully pivoting into a streaming juggernaut, and for its next trick, Netflix has set its sights set on getting into gaming in a big...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Oct 04, 2023
What do you do if you're coming off a $7.97 billion quarter and are forecasting next quarter's revenue to be $8.2 billion? Well if you're Netflix, apparently you raise prices (again) for your streaming service. Unfortunately, the cost of...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, May 24, 2023
There was always a lingering hope that Netflix might abandon its enforcement of disallowing account sharing outside of the household amid delays in the US rollout. But after testing the waters in a few overseas territories, Netflix has...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Apr 19, 2023
It was inevitable that Netflix would eventually abandon its DVD-by-mail business and that day is fast approaching. The streaming service announced it would ship out its final discs on September 29, 2023, ending a remarkable DVD run that...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Mar 30, 2023
App developer Steve Moser has discovered hidden code within Netflix's app that points to the streaming service broadening its reach in gaming. The popular streaming service has been getting its feet wet in the gaming industry since it...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Mar 20, 2023
The lone Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon, may soon have some company, as the company's website recently changed for the first time in a decade. The dormant website updated to include the message "We are working on rewinding your movie"...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Feb 02, 2023
Netflix has decided to give those subscribed to its Premium plan an immersive gift ahead of Valentine's Day. The popular streaming platform is adding Netflix spatial audio to the plan, allowing viewers to listen to their favorite shows in...
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Tim Sweezy - Fri, Dec 09, 2022
As Netflix continues to look for ways to bolster its bottom line, co-Chief Executive Ted Sarandos says the company is looking to multiple ad-supported tiers to its subscription service. This follows the recent rollout of the company's...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Oct 14, 2022
Netflix has been teasing and testing a less expensive streaming tier with ads for quite some time now, and it's now ready to officially introduce the new paid option to subscribers. Starting next month, streamers on a budget can select a...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Oct 10, 2022
In an ironic twist of fate, Netflix is looking to breathe a bit of life back into the iconic Blockbuster brand. The streaming service released the first trailer for "Blockbuster," a show that takes place in the last remaining Blockbuster...
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Ryan Whitwam - Mon, Sep 12, 2022
Netflix has seen its first-ever subscriber losses in recent quarters, and that has led the streaming powerhouse to spin up a number of new initiatives. Some, like creating an ad-supported tier, won't do anything to make current subscribers...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Jul 20, 2022
Netflix admits a disappointing fact about its upcoming cheaper tier, following another quarter of losing subscribers. The company projected it would lose 2 million members in Q2, after reporting a loss of 200,000 subscribers in Q1.
The...
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