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Stranger Things season 2

‘Stranger Things’ have happened: Netflix pitches fictional TV town as Amazon HQ2 possibility

Seattle grey is one thing. Amazon probably doesn’t want a giant, menacing, black, monster cloud thing hanging over its eventual… Read More

Movie theater

Will streaming kill off movie theaters? An argument for why Amazon and Netflix should buy big screens

My kids had the day off from school on Monday, and went to the movie theater to see “Jumanji: Welcome… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Woman-powered Armoire ‘takes the stressing out of dressing’

Functionally, Armoire is a women’s clothing rental service. But a conversation with CEO Ambika Singh may convince you that her… Read More

Analysis: Kids in ‘Netflix Only’ homes avoid 230 hours of ads a year

The average child watches 2.68 hours of TV a day, or almost 980 hours/year One hour of TV contains 14.25… Read More

The Handmaid's Tale

Netflix, Amazon and Hulu lead the streaming TV pack with 15 Golden Globe nominations

They’re gaining on you, HBO. As a collective, streaming television services are making another awards season push, with Netflix, Amazon… Read More

Amazon’s Alexa can now control Hulu, Showtime and more third party Fire TV apps

Amazon’s digital brain Alexa Alexa can now control a variety of third-party apps like Hulu and Showtime on the Fire… Read More

Stranger Things

‘Stranger Things’ fans crash science museum’s website in rush to buy purple hoodie worn by Dustin

The fashions of the Netflix hit series “Stranger Things” may be straight out of the 1980s, but one particular sweatshirt… Read More

House of Cards

Netflix stops production of new season of ‘House of Cards’ to deal with Kevin Spacey allegations

UPDATE, Oct. 31: Production of Season 6 of the Netflix streaming television hit “House of Cards” has been suspended in… Read More

Podcast

The inside story of ‘S-Town’: Brian Reed, creator of the hit podcast, on storytelling in the digital age

Podcasts are having a heyday, and perhaps no series showcases the creative scope and impact of the medium as well… Read More

Netflix adds another 5.3M subscribers as stock price reaches all-time high after Q3 earnings

Netflix shares were up more than 2 percent in after-hours trading as the streaming giant beat expectations for both revenue… Read More

Stranger Things

‘Stranger Things’ trailer features bigger, badder beast as supernatural hit set to return to Netflix

Friday the 13th seems like as good a day as any to drop a new trailer for season two of… Read More

Stranger Things

Streaming ratings are a secret, but new report reveals most popular Netflix, Amazon, Hulu shows

The big streaming television services — Netflix, Amazon, Hulu — don’t share their ratings like traditional broadcast outlets do, but… Read More

The Handmaid's Tale

Hulu’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ makes streaming TV history with best drama series win at Emmys

Embed from Getty Images Hulu made television history on Sunday night at the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards by becoming the… Read More

Emmys Preview: Amazon faces tough fight vs. HBO, Netflix and Hulu in Sunday night’s awards

Embed from Getty Images Jeff Bezos has gotten a lot of love at awards shows over the last couple years… Read More

Video: T-Mobile COO on new Netflix partnership and what it says about today’s media landscape

T-Mobile’s latest “Un-Carrier” move — adding free Netflix subscriptions to new and existing T-Mobile One family plans — aims to further… Read More

T-Mobile to offer free Netflix with wireless family plans in exclusive deal with streaming giant

Updated with details from conference call with reporters. T-Mobile will provide free Netflix subscriptions to new and existing T-Mobile One… Read More

Jerry Seinfeld

Watch: Netflix teases Jerry Seinfeld’s stand-up comedy special with a few classic jokes

When Netflix and Jerry Seinfeld agreed to a deal that would bring his internet series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee”… Read More

Amazon is shutting down Lovefilm by Post, the DVD service once called the ‘Netflix of Europe’

Today, Amazon is hammering another nail into the coffin of DVDs with the closure of its “Lovefilm by Post” business.… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek: Disney and Facebook vs. Netflix, Dota 2 letdown, and Shake Shack meets Amazon

What’s your go-to streaming service? Netflix still reigns supreme when it comes to watching shows online, but Hulu, Amazon and… Read More

Netflix

Facebook and Disney join Amazon on quest to dethrone streaming king Netflix

In 2007, a dot-com era rebel by the name of Netflix launched an online streaming platform — and with it, a… Read More

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Disney to cut ties with Netflix and launch its own streaming service, as well as a platform for ESPN

Disney is going to go its own way when it comes to streaming, announcing Tuesday that it will be ending… Read More

David Letterman

Netflix lures David Letterman back to TV with six-episode series premiering in 2018

David Letterman isn’t done talking after all. Two years after ending his lengthy career as a late-night television host, Letterman… Read More

Netflix stock hits all-time high as streaming giant exceeds 100M global subscribers amid intense competition with Amazon

In what is a traditionally a slow quarter for Netflix, the streaming giant cruised past its own expectations for new… Read More

Westworld

‘Westworld’ and HBO dominate Emmy nominations, but Netflix rides ‘Stranger Things’ to 91 nods

In the race to catch HBO as the dominant force in award-winning television, the streaming service Netflix made up more… Read More

Stranger Things season 2

‘Stranger Things’ returning to Netflix in October and new trailer shows a scary storm is brewing

Winter might be coming with the return of “Game of Thrones” this Sunday, but fans of fantasy television are headed… Read More

Spinnaker, an open-source project for continuous delivery, hits the 1.0 milestone

Spinnaker, an open-source project that lets companies improve the speed and stability of their application deployment processes, reached the 1.0… Read More

Netflix CEO on streaming battle: We’re like Starbucks, and Amazon is like Walmart

Here’s a streaming media analogy to wrap your head around: Netflix is like Starbucks, and Amazon is like Walmart. That’s… Read More

With $256 billion, Apple has more cash than Amazon, Microsoft and Google combined

Apple passed a new milestone Tuesday — reporting more than $256 billion in cash and marketable securities. That’s a lot… Read More

Netflix misses subscriber estimates, explains why it won’t ink live sports partnerships like Amazon’s NFL deal

Netflix missed slightly on subscriber estimates for its first quarter earnings report as the streaming giant saw shares initially dip but then rise… Read More

Netflix

More than half of connected U.S. households watch video streaming services as Netflix faces increasing competition

Streaming services, like Netflix, are revolutionizing the way people consume video content. More than half of U.S. households connected to… Read More

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