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Amazon Adds NBCUniversal Video to Prime Offerings

Posted: May 16, 2013 at 11:25 am

In another move to boost subscriptions to its Prime Instant Video service, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today said that it has signed a licensing agreement with the NBCUniversal division of ...
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Online Video Viewers, Ads Post Big Numbers in March

Posted: April 25, 2013 at 1:54 pm

Various sites owned by Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), including YouTube, drew nearly 154 million unique viewers in March. Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) clocked in with nearly 64 million unique viewers ...
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Picking Winners in Streaming Media (INTC, AAPL, GOOG, NFLX, AMZN, P, MSFT, SNE, DIS, CBS, CMCSA, VZ, CSTR, TWX, VIAB, NWSA)

Posted: March 26, 2013 at 1:21 pm

This might be one of those times that’s it difficult to tell the players even with a scorecard. The battle for control of the living room is about to be ...
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Can Streaming Save the Video Kiosk?

Posted: February 8, 2013 at 10:55 am

When Coinstar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSTR) reported earnings last night, the owner of the Redbox DVD-rental machines beat earnings estimates by 27%, but net income was down by the same amount ...
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Amazon Producing Sitcoms

Posted: December 20, 2012 at 2:44 pm

In response to a request for ideas made last May, Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and its Amazon Studios received more than 2,000 proposals from which it has now culled six ...
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Hulu Video Streaming Service Revenues Up 65% in 2012

Posted: December 17, 2012 at 2:42 pm

Hulu, the streaming video company jointly owned by The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and News Corp. (NASDAQ: NWS), expects revenues of $695 million in 2012, ...
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Google Fiber’s Real Upside for Internet Access and HD TV Efforts

Posted: December 12, 2012 at 6:23 am

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) dominates Internet search. When comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR) posted its October U.S. search market numbers, Google had a whopping 66.7% of the total market share. What if Google ...
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Netflix Threatened with Another Loss of Content (NFLX, DIS, CMCSA, LMCB, AMZN, TWC, DTV)

Posted: September 17, 2012 at 11:34 am

Streaming and rental video provider Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is currently involved in a negotiation with A&E Networks for a license to distribute the network’s content. The existing license expires ...
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The Latest Shot in the Streaming Video Wars (AMZN, NFLX, VIAB, LGF)

Posted: September 4, 2012 at 10:16 am

That did not take long. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced today that it has signed a deal with premium entertainment network Epix to offer Epix content to Amazon Prime customers. ...
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Netflix Shares Jump, But Where Will They Land?

Posted: July 5, 2012 at 1:30 pm

Shares of video rental giant Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) are up more than 13% in the early afternoon today following a comment by the company’s CEO that the company for ...
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Comcast to Get Disney Channel on Mobile Next Week (CMCSA, DIS, TWC, NFLX, DISH, CBS, NWS)

Posted: May 30, 2012 at 2:15 pm

Subscribers to the broadband cable services of Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) will soon be able to get access to the Disney Channel from Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) on Internet-connected ...
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YouTube Crushes Online Video Competitors (GOOG, NFLX, YHOO, VIA, AOL, MSFT, CMCSA, NWS, DIS, TWX)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 1:51 pm

Not only is Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) the 600-pound gorilla in the search business, the company’s YouTube streaming video service holds a similar position in the streaming video business. According ...
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DVD/Blu-ray Rentals Fall, Netflix Leads Streaming Market (NFLX, AMZN, CSTR, DISH)

Posted: January 19, 2012 at 12:13 pm

Nearly a third of US consumers now watch movies and other videos on Internet streaming services such as those offered by Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). About ...
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Netflix Shares Rise on Rumor, Report (NFLX, YHOO, AMZN, AAPL, GOOG)

Posted: January 4, 2012 at 2:36 pm

Shares of Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) have risen about 7% today and it’s hard to say whether the main cause is speculation that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) might buy the ...
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Watching Movies at Home Beats Going to Theaters (NFLX, CSTR, AMZN, DISH, WMT, SNE)

Posted: November 1, 2011 at 9:40 am

In 1999, about 92% of $13.2 billion in home entertainment spending went to VHS tapes.That percentage fell to zero in 2009. In 2010, spending on DVDs, Blu-Ray discs, and streaming ...
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