Netflix wants to ditch its navigation grid for a more personalized, streamlined UI
The streaming video service's chief product officer, Neil Hunt, today revealed Netflix's future plan to phase out its somewhat messy navigation system.
Insatiable streamers: Cord cutters gorge on 212GB a month, keep getting hungrier
The leading content-streamer's traffic once again represented the top downstream application during peak hours with a share of 34.21 percent, up from 31.6.
Comcast jumps up in Netflix’s ISP Speed Index for second time since cash deal
The updated rankings come just days before the vote for a new net neutrality proposal, and again raise questions as to whether Comcast is throttling video.
Netflix tacks $1 onto its basic streaming plan, adds $8 budget plan
The leading media-streaming service confirmed today via blog post the plan to increase the price of its $8-per-month instant streaming plan by $1 to $9.
Netflix will start streaming Breaking Bad in 4K this June
The news comes about one month after the service launched 4K offerings of its prized House of Cards original series and a handful of nature documentaries.
Netflix still king of streamers, but Amazon is catching up
A study released by Parks Associates this week finds Amazon's average year-over-year growth rate to be more than three times as high as that of Netflix.
Marvel confirms Netflix series will be set in cinematic universe
Marvel's upcoming series on Netflix will be set in the same universe as The Avengers movie and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Comcast/Netlfix spat gets scrappier, as Comcast blames Netflix for video quality woes
The cable giant responded yesterday via blog post to Netflix's claims that Comcast is directly responsible for users' sluggish streaming rates and quality.
Netflix locks down Arrested Development producer in multi-year deal
Netflix inks Mitch Hurwitz, the producer and creator of Arrested Development, to a multi-year deal to create original programming for the site.
Netflix sneaks into cable boxes while denouncing Comcast/TWC merger
In Netflix's quarterly letter to investors, the company announced plans to move into your cable box.
Comcast jumps up in Netflix speed rankings after payola-style agreement
Fresh from its brokered deal to receive a payout for a more direct Netflix connection, Comcast has moved up significantly in the Netflix speed rankings.
A new era dawns as Netflix begins 4K/UHD streaming
Netflix made good on its 4K promise Sunday, rolling out the first of its planned 4K streaming service to select devices.
AT&T to Netflix users: Stop mooching and pay up
AT&T fires back at Netflix CEO Reed Hastings' public denouncement of MSOs over net neutrality; but there's more to this story than corporate bickering.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings decries his own deal with Comcast, pleads for net neutrality
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings takes to the internet to denounce his deal to pay Comcast for higher connection speeds, pleading for net neutrality.
Comcast and Verizon get more brazen than Frank Underwood with House of Cards pricing
Comcast and Verizon negotiate deals with Sony to sell episodes of House of Cards' Season One through their cable services.
Netflix adds three DreamWorks originals, including Shrek and Madagascar spin-offs
Included are two spinoffs from the Shrek and Madagascar universes, as well as a reboot of Veggie Tales. Netflix also announced new episodes of"Turbo FAST."
Indian hackers pose as Netflix Tech Support, aim to steal files, identity
Beware of what this wily Netflix subscriber was smart enough to avoid getting caught up in.
Netflix’s new hack pauses video and bookmarks your spot when you drift off to sleep
The collaboration with Fitbit will monitor users' vitals and determine when they fall asleep, wirelessly notifying Netflix to pause and bookmark the spot.
Where’s ours? AT&T, Verizon dogpile on Netflix with requests for cash
Verizon and AT&T executives claim to be close to agreements with Netflix in which the service will pay for more efficient streaming on their networks.
Netflix’s new prank video clowns Amazon’s drone delivery concept, and it’s pretty funny
Netflix creates a comical video about the downside of Amazon's proposed drone delivery system.
Amazon readies its potentially game-changing set-top box, aims for March release
The closely followed project that surfaced last April is poised to compete directly with Roku, Netflix and others as the go-to living room content-streamer.
Is your Netflix running slower than ever? You’re far from alone
The latest monthly ISP Speed Index report from Netflix shows streaming speeds for several ISPs are down.
FCC to bring net neutrality back from the dead with new ‘open Internet’ rules
The FCC said today that it plans to create new "network neutrality" rules that will keep Internet service providers from favoring certain types of traffic.
What binge-watching House of Cards taught me about life, death, and snacks
House of Cards season 2 is out, and ready for you to binge-watch.
Netflix’s recommendations will soon be even more on point, with Amazon’s aid
Unlike Facebook and Google, Netflix isn't building GPU farms, instead opting for Amazon's cloud servers as a conduit for its "deep learning" algorithms.
Amazon follows suit with second batch of original pilots
Amazon added 10 new original pilots to its Amazon Instant Video service today.
