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Amazon Lands Disney-ABC Streaming Content
Amazon continues to put pressure on Netflix. Today, Amazon Instant Video announced a streaming deal with Disney-ABC that mirrors a deal that Disney-ABC has with Netflix. Once again, Amazon is giving customers reason to drop Netflix.
The Disney-ABC streaming content involved in the Amazon deal includes Lost, Grey’s Anatomy, Phineas and Ferb, Felicity, Greek and X-Men Evolution.
Netflix announced a similar deal with Disney-ABC, however that was just more of the same; Netflix was already showing Disney ABC streaming content.
Since raising prices,… More »
Netflix and Redbox Alternatives
A few weeks ago, Netflix upped their prices and ended up losing a lot of customers. Yesterday, Redbox announced that they too were raising prices — and you can bet customers won’t be happy. Check out these Netflix and Redbox alternatives if you are one of those former customers looking for a change.
Amazon Instant Video
Amazon has a wide variety of shows and movies available on demand. With one click, you can buy an entire season of a show and watch… More »
Redbox Raises Prices – Pulls a Netflix
Redbox apparently didn’t learn from Netflix’s mistake. After Netflix saw its stock plummet after raising prices, Redbox was seen as a bigger winner. Instead of taking advantage, Redbox has decided to go down the same road. On Thursday, Redbox announced they were raising their DVD prices.
The DVD price increase is from $1 to $1.20 and will begin on Oct. 31. While that is a small price bump, it is already being noticed. Redbox’s stock has fallen already more than 10%…. More »
NFLX Stock Update – Netflix Stock Tumbles
Now is not a good time to own Netflix stock. NFLX is down more than 2% on the day and is trading at around 152. That’s down about half from its peak back in July. Why is Netflix stock tumbling? Investors are probably scared about the news of the Qwikster.com website launch.
As we reported earlier today, Netflix has decided to split out their DVD division into a service called Qwikster. Netflix has apparently decided to concentrate on streaming content. That… More »
Gifts Ideas for Dieters
Are you shopping for a gift for someone on a diet? Here are some good gift idea for dieters. Instead of being mean and giving a dieter an envelope of buffet coupons or an ice cream of the month membership, you can actually lend them a helping hand with one of these gifts.
Ozarka Water Delivery
Nothing is healthier than pure water. You can make it a lot easier for a dieter to stay on their diet by giving the gift of… More »
Roku expands lineup of set-top media boxes
It was less than two years ago when Roku announced the first (and until now, only) model of its affordable little set-top box that makes streaming HD movies from Netflix simple. Today, Roku has introduced two new models to its lineup, one for lower-end users, and another for those that want to go bigger.
The original Roku HD sells for just $99, and plays HD video, optical surround sound audio output, and an HDMI port. It’s easy to set up, comes… More »
Vizio releasing social networking TV
Vizio is about to up the ante with the release of its “XVT” line of flatscreen TVs, certain models of which will come with a slew of pre-loaded applications that give you access to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, along with video download services like Netflix and Blockbuster.
It comes with a wicked cool remote that, like some cell phones, includes a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
The full list of Internet apps is as follows:
Facebook
Twitter
Flickr
Yahoo! Widgets
Netflix
Blockbuster OnDemand
Amazon Video On Demand
Rhapsody
Vudu
Revision3
Showtime
Pandora
The Vizio… More »
Netflix and Walmart Under Fire
A lawsuit against Walmart and Netflix was filed in California saying that consumers were hurt because of their monopoly agreement where Walmart removed their DVD rentals and redirected everything to Netflix. Netflix on the other hand, promoted Walmart sending buyers to their site.
This monopolistic partnership has prompted Blockbuster to raise their subscription price to keep at par with Netflix. In the end, consumers were the losers which led to the lawsuit.
Netflix and Walmart could easily lower their prices as they… More »
Stream Your Favorite Shows With Netflix
Netflix is the world’s largest online movie rental service and now you can use it to instantly watch some of your favorite Comedy Central and Nickelodeon shows!
By accessing Netflix.com using your computer or by using Netflix-ready devices on your TV, you can watch shows like South Park (the first nine seasons are already available!), iCarly and SpongeBob SquarePants whenever you like.
This is a great service for many reasons but, as a parent, it’s nice to know that if my daughter… More »
Netflix Instant Watching Review
Jason Snell of Mac World reviews the Netflix Instant Watching service for Intel Macs.
As pointed out by the article the service isn’t available to all Netflix users yet. They’re slowly rolling it out. Since I’m both not a Netflix customer and a U.S. resident I can’t try them out for myself. The review gives us all a glimpse though.
So with Netflix offering instant gratification will we see a contender to iTunes? Don’t think so, not until they improve their… More »