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Amazon Lands Disney-ABC Streaming Content

Kori Ellis — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:14:40 +0000

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.

Amazon vs. 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, Netflix has lost nearly one million subscribers. Amazon Instant Video, which is free for any subscribers of Amazon Prime, continues to add more and more subscribers each month.

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Netflix and Redbox Alternatives

Kori Ellis — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 21:57:12 +0000

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 it when you have time. That’s exactly what I’m doing right now with Breaking Bad season four.

Blockbuster On Demand
For about $2 per rental, you can purchase a wide variety of movies or TV shows. With so many other services making customers mad, Blockbuster is suddenly relevant once again.

Hulu
If you love hit TV shows, Hulu is the option for you. Costing only $8 a month, you get a lot of bang for your buck.

Sony Entertainment Network
If you want all your entertainment in one package, check out the Sony Entertainment Network. You can purchase movies, TV channels, TV shows, music and even games.

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Redbox Raises Prices – Pulls a Netflix

Kori Ellis — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:33:12 +0000

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%. Ironically, former Netflix customers who turned to Redbox after the price increase may now jump back to Netflix.

Said CEO Paul Davis: “This marks the first price increase for a Redbox standard-definition DVD rental in eight years.”

But Mr. Davis, the timing is horrible. And besides, a $1.20 DVD rental doesn’t sound nearly as enticing as $1 DVD rentals.

So … what is Blockbuster up to these days?

Redbox Raises Prices

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NFLX Stock Update – Netflix Stock Tumbles

Stephen Kersey — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:49:47 +0000

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 sign of weakness has investors selling off Netflix stock as fast as they can.

If you have NFLX stock, it might be too late to sell. You might as well hold it and see if the company can bounce back. If Qwikster.com is a success, then Netflix stock could see a bump. Then again, if Netflix kills off their DVD division, the stock could be in much deeper trouble.

Netflix stock update - DVD division out of business?

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Gifts Ideas for Dieters

Kori Ellis — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:26:07 +0000

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 Ozarka water delivery.

Ozarka Water Delivery

Netflix
Although Netflix is known for movies, they also have a wide selection of fitness DVDs. Instead of paying a lot of money for one DVD, with your gift a dieter can have a huge selection of fitness DVDs so that they never get bored.

Clothing Gift Card
Find out where the dieter likes to buy clothes. Get a gift card from that store. It will give the dieter even more reason to lose weight.

Nintendo Wii
The Wii isn’t just for gamers. It has a number of games that are geared toward dieting and staying in shape.

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Roku expands lineup of set-top media boxes

Robin Parrish — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:58:21 +0000

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 with built-in wireless connectivity, and plays videos from Netflix, Amazon.com, and more.

The new Roku SD has those same functions, but is built with downgraded televisions in mind. Instead of HD quality, it supports lower-definition video, like what you find on a standard DVD. It sells for $79.

The Roku HD-XR is the next-gen model at $129, offering all the same stuff as the HD, but with enhanced 802.11n Wi-Fi and a built-in USB port. Roku has big plans for the HD-XR, including the Roku Channel Store, which is said to offer additional content channels to Roku users, most of which will be free. (Just what those channels are is anybody’s guess, but with big league players like YouTube and Hulu out there, I wouldn’t rule anything out.)

Image: Roku.

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Vizio releasing social networking TV

Robin Parrish — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:24:43 +0000

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 XVT will be available this holiday season with these options in 42″, 47″, and 55″ models, for $1,199, $1,699, and $2,199, respectively.

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Netflix and Walmart Under Fire

Milo Riano — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:26:48 +0000

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 help each other out and I don’t see any reason why they have to increase their prices which led Blockbuster to do the same.

At least, when consumers are concerned it only means they are not downloading pirated copies using their computers.

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Stream Your Favorite Shows With Netflix

Jeanne — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:18:52 +0000

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!

image: netflix.com

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 wants to see an episode of Dora the Explorer, I can simply turn it on (which could make keeping her occupied as I cook dinner a lot easier when she doesn’t feel like coloring). I can see parents with sick kids at home loving this too.

Of course, even if you aren’t a parent, being able to find and watch a specific episode of South Park at any time is great. This is just another way that Netflix is revolutionizing the way we watch television and movies.

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Netflix Instant Watching Review

Juan Magdaraog — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:09:21 +0000

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 instant watching catalog. At least that’s what I got from the review.

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