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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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AT&T Looking Again at Dish? (T, DISH, DTEGY, VZ, VOD, CMCSA, TWC, PCS, LEAP, S)

Posted: January 17, 2012 at 1:09 pm

Will AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) finally make an offer for Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) now that the merger with the T-Mobile USA unit of Deutsche Telekom AG (OTC: DTEGY) ...
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Letting Pandora Take Control Of Your Car (P, SIRI, DISH)

Posted: January 11, 2012 at 9:32 am

Internet radio company Pandora Media Inc. (NYSE: P) has announced 23 agreements with automakers and after-market suppliers to include the company’s radio player in their product offerings. Pandora also claims ...
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True Convergence: Taking Speech To TV (NUAN, AAPL, MSFT, CMCSA, TWC, T, DTV, DISH)

Posted: January 9, 2012 at 12:54 pm

Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) is getting a much less of a reception than you might expect following on news that it is taking its Dragon speech recognition to the ...
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The Best and Worst Online Stores This Holiday

Posted: December 29, 2011 at 6:30 am

Customer service surveys cannot entirely distinguish between true, direct customer service on the one hand and brand perception and reputation of the company providing the service on the other. A ...
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Media Digest (12/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 6:14 am

Prosecutors raid Olympus to gain data in a probe of the accounting scandal at the company. (Reuters) Bank of Japan says it will hold to current policies as the economy ...
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Media Digest (11/8/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: November 8, 2011 at 6:20 am

Olympus says it concealed losses for decades. (Reuters) Italy’s sovereign debt interest rates rise sharply. (Reuters) Toyota’s (NYSE: TM) profits fall and it withdraws its full-year forecast. (Reuters) Greece cannot ...
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Dish Network Stumbles (DISH, DTV, VZ, T, NFLX, AMZN, SATS, CMCSA)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 9:16 am

Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) came close to meeting consensus estimates on earnings and revenues, and in this case, close may be good enough. The company lost 111,000 subscribers in ...
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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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Expected Price Gains for Network and Cable TV Operators (CBS, DIS, CMCSA, TWC, DISH, DTV, VIA, LSTZA, DISCA, CHTR)

Posted: October 31, 2011 at 2:12 pm

There are plenty of challenges facing the network and cable TV industry these day, not the least of which is the growth in streaming video. The well-known troubles of ...
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Hulu is No Longer for Sale (NWS, DIS, CMCSA, YHOO, GOOG, DISH, AMZN, NFLX, AAPL)

Posted: October 14, 2011 at 11:17 am

Streaming video provider Hulu LLC has been taken off the auction block by owners News Corp. (NYSE: NWS), Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS), Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA), among others. Rumored ...
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Netflix Backs Down on Qwikster (NFLX, AMZN, WMT, CSTR, DISH)

Posted: October 10, 2011 at 9:58 am

The management team at Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) apparently spent the weekend trying to come up with a way to back down from the company's recent announcement that it would ...
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Dish Network Jumps into Streaming Video (DISH, NFLX, AMZN, WMT, BBY, CMCSA, NWS, DIS)

Posted: September 23, 2011 at 11:18 am

Last April Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) paid $320 million to acquire Blockbuster Inc. out of bankruptcy. Speculation at the time suggested that Dish would enter the streaming video and ...
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Netflix Splits Operations… Another Strange Move (NFLX, AMZN, WMT, BBY, DISH, CSTR)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 8:55 am

According to Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings, the company's recent diving stock price reflects a failure on his part to communicate clearly what the company is doing. That ...
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Netflix Pain, Pleasure For Competitors (NFLX, AMZN, WMT, AAPL, BBY, DISH, CSTR)

Posted: September 15, 2011 at 12:12 pm

The first votes are in on the pricing scheme introduced in July by Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and it appears that the company's subscribers are voting with their feet. Netflix ...
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