Netflix's key contract with Starz expired on Tuesday, causing a massive hit to its instant streaming catalog of movies and TV shows.
Netflix said Wednesday it began to add customers again last quarter, after a series of blunders damaged its sterling reputation with consumers and investors.
Halloween weekend saw ratings for AMC's "The Walking Dead" edge down again.
Netflix's move to rebrand its DVD-by-mail service as Qwikster sets that business up for a spin-off and underscores Netflix's longtime desire to go all-in on streaming. But it's a high-risk strategy: Streaming video has become a very expensive game -- and Netflix's rivals have much fatter wallets.
Netflix subscribers threatened to flee in droves when the company whacked them with a surprise price hike, which kicked in this month.
The Australian actor had left the show to battle non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Netflix has started to restrict its users from streaming more than one movie at a time as part of its price hike.
Stocks ended sharply lower Friday, erasing the week's gains, after a government report showing no job growth in August stoked fears that the U.S. may be headed into another recession.
Netflix's streaming content catalog is about to take a big hit: Starz said late Thursday that it has ended contract renewal negotiations and will pull its movies and TV shows from Netflix early next year.
A bundle of bad news hit stocks hard across the board on Friday -- with the biggest blow being the August U.S. jobs report.
U.S. stocks were headed for an early sell-off Friday, after the government reported no job growth in August.
In the not so distant past, Netflix was known mainly for its red envelopes. The DVD-rental-by-mail service was the company's core, and streaming video was a side perk for subscribers.
Any time there's a change in the Whoverse (the intergalactic space that occupies the storylines of British sci-fi show "Doctor Who" and its spinoffs, "The Sarah Jane Adventures" and "Torchwood"), fans of the franchise get nervous.
The 36-year-old is stepping down from his TV role to deal with his non-Hodgkin lymphoma
The slumping economy has meant bad news for retailers, right? Maybe, but no one seems to have told QVC.
CNNMoney: A bully new year?updated: Tue Jan 03 2006 05:43:00
Tuesday's first trading day of the new year looked as though it would get off to a bullish start, in a week that will see a number of closely watched economic readings.
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) has signed content-programming deals with Starz Entertainment Group LLC as well as content providers representing roughly 100 television channels, as the phone company steps up its push into the world of entertainment, Friday's Wall Street Journal reported.
Time was, if you didn't want to leave the house to go to the movies, all you needed to do was be patient--within a year, just about all theatrical releases showed up on either HBO or Showtime.
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