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Why Netflix should fear its inferior competitor, Amazon Prime
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings isn’t one to pull punches when talking about competition from other streaming video services. Such was the case when Hastings was recently asked about Amazon Prime Instant...
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PlayStation 3 outpaces Wii, Apple TV, and Xbox 360 as a Netflix player
Pretty much every Internet connected device can stream movies from the subscription-based Netflix service. Among the hardware that connects to televisions, which includes gaming consoles and...
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Netflix chief Reed Hastings in hot water with SEC over a Facebook post
I’ve often praised Netflix chief exec Reed Hastings for his ability to cut through the jargon and communicate information about his company clearly and not always through traditionally recognized...
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First Roku was a Netflix-branded box code-named ‘Project Griffin’
Here’s something you probably didn’t know: Netflix abandoned plans to sell its own streaming “Netflix Player” device just weeks before it hit retail stores. That device would later become the first...
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Netflix is still pro net neutrality even after its traffic deal with Comcast
Even though his company has been extra chummy with Comcast over the last couple months, Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings is every bit as bold when it comes to net neutrality. Today Hastings...
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Netflix comes out against the Comcast-TWC merger, says it will hurt the open...
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings made it clear during today’s quarterly earnings video conference that his company is against the tentative merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Last month Hastings wrote...
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Netflix waves to HBO as it inches past in quarterly revenue
When the history of video programmers is written, today may be a key date. It’s the day when Netflix CEO and founder Reed Hastings posted on Facebook that his company squeaked past the legendary HBO in...
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Following HBO & CBS, Starz may launch a standalone online TV service
Premium cable network Starz could be the next company to start offering an online TV service that doesn’t require a cable or satellite subscription, according to comments made by Starz CEO Chris...
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The Netflix startup story (video)
GUEST: Editor’s note: Foundation Capital produced the video with Reed Hastings below. We asked Foundation partner Paul Holland to provide some back story as an introduction. In 1992, I had the pleasure...
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CEO Reed Hastings optimistic Netflix will be in China, ‘soon’ or in ‘several...
When Netflix recently announced it was going to be available in 130 new countries, there was one gigantic hole in the list: China. Appearing on stage at the DLD Conference in Munich, Germany today,...
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Netflix’s Reed Hastings says decisions on programming based on both data and...
When it comes to Netflix’s development of original programming, there’s been a lot of focus on the company’s use of data to create its slate of new shows. But during an appearance at the DLD Conference...
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Netflix’s Hastings: Battle for Earth will be between AI machines and...
Before Reed Hastings cofounded a little company called Netflix, which is now changing the way we watch TV, he was an artificial intelligence engineer. AI has come a long way since Hastings got his...
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Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos explain why screen size doesn’t...
When it comes to Netflix’s exploding catalog of original content, there are a lot of factors executives consider when choosing a new show. But there’s one factor that surprisingly doesn’t impact the...
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Netflix CEO Hastings explains why he’s not ready to invest in VR content
When it comes to the future, Netflix executives describe a mad dash to keep up with constant changes in how people watch and access video. But one area that’s not getting much attention from Netflix...
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The VentureBeat interview with Netflix’s Hastings and Sarandos: ‘Every year...
As a masters student exploring artificial intelligence at Stanford University almost 30 years ago, Reed Hastings no doubt had an eye on where the future might take him. But of all the scenarios he...
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Netflix continues to eye China amid slowing U.S. growth
(Reuters) – Netflix will continue to look into the possibility of entering China, Chief Executive Reed Hastings said on Thursday, as the video streaming service seeks to grow its subscriber base...
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Silicon Valley sucks at training software engineers — and that’s a problem
GUEST: Even though the name “Silicon Valley” represents to the world the epicenter of the technology industry, statistically speaking, most tech businesses are not located in the area. Increasingly,...
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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: The movie industry is a tragedy and there is no...
Netflix’s appetite for original shows and films, and the ballooning budget they require, has drawn criticism from skeptics, but CEO Reed Hastings doesn’t believe the industry is in a bubble. In an...
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Netflix hits 86.7 million subscribers and spikes 20% as growth exceeds...
Streaming giant Netflix now has 86.74 million subscribers after adding 3.2 million abroad and 370,000 in the U.S. during the third quarter. These stats beat the estimates Netflix shared three months...
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CEO Reed Hastings: ‘Some of the verb uses of Netflix are not from us’
As Netflix approaches 100 million subscribers around the planet, Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings addressed that certain use of his company’s name in popular slang: “Some of the verb uses of...
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Netflix’s surprising subscriber growth pushes stock higher
Netflix delivered stronger-than-expected growth in subscribers in the second quarter, pushing the stock up as much as 9.7 percent in after-hours trading after it reported earnings for the quarter. Net...
View ArticleNetflix CEO Reed Hastings steps away from Microsoft’s board
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings will leave Microsoft’s board of directors in November, the two parties announced today. “I’m thrilled to have served on the board at such a pivotal time for Microsoft,...
View ArticleNetflix CEO Reed Hastings: We want to be the biggest business in the world...
Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings took the stage at Amazon’s big cloud event in Las Vegas today with Amazon’s senior VP Andy Jassy, and told the audience that he wanted Netflix to be the largest...
View ArticleThe PlayStation 3, not Xbox or Apple TV, is the top device for Netflix...
The PlayStation 3 has trailed Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in the video game console market for a long time. But not in everything. Sony announced today on the PlayStation blog that the PS3 is the number one...
View ArticleAhead of House of Cards premiere, Netflix asks investors to fund new original...
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has a track record for making bold decisions about his company based on the prediction of a successful outcome. So, Netflix’s decision to ask investors to pony up more money...
View ArticleSEC decides Netflix’s Reed Hastings may indeed share company info via social...
While it seems fairly obvious that corporations would use social media to communicate to the public, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has formally decided it’s OK, according to a new filing...
View ArticleHow Netflix plans to make more money without raising the price on its $8 plans
Once again, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has struck down questions that suggested the company would raise the price of its standard streaming subscription plans beyond the introductory $7.99 per month fee...
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Netflix will not join Apple TV service
Netflix, the world’s dominant streaming service, will not make its TV shows and movies available through Apple’s upcoming video offering.Read More
View ArticleNetflix reaches 30M streaming subscribers
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has a habit of announcing good news about his company via Facebook rather than a stuffy jargon-filled press release. I can only assume this is because press releases don’t get...
View ArticleNetflix’s Reed Hastings says Amazon Prime loses $1B annually
Amazon could be losing up to $1 billion per year on its streaming video service Amazon Prime, according to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who commented during an interview with Dow Jones editors in New...
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