While rumours and leaks of Netflix pricing broke on Whirlpool and made their way to Reddit and Twitter on Sunday night, Netflix this morning confirmed the rumours to be true. The streaming service, which will be going live tomorrow (24 March) will offer its catalogue of TV shows and movies from $8.99 a month for a single-stream, standard definition account.
Don't get your hopes up for watching Netflix on an airplane anytime soon.
More people are watching TV online than ever before, an Adobe report has found.
Samsung is calling a do-over on another chunk of its media business with the closure of Video Hub and Media Hub.
Good news for TV viewers on the go: Later this summer, Hulu plans to offer full TV episodes on mobile devices for free--provided you're willing to watch some ads.
The canceled-to-Kickstarter journey of Veronica Mars is like no entertainment project ever seen before, and with each passing day the story seems to get more interesting.
If you're wondering which TV shows Netflix hopes to add to its catalog in the coming months, look no further than sites like the Pirate Bay. When the online streaming company wants to figure out what people are watching, Netflix looks at what does well on piracy sites, Netflix vice president of content acquisition Kelly Merryman reportedly told the Dutch-language site, Tweakers.
Pink Floyd's legendary tunes aren't exactly strangers to streaming music--Roger Waters' masterful lyrics have been gracing the likes of Pandora, Slacker, and Rdio for years now. But the band's catalog has been glaringly absent from Spotify, the 800 lb. gorilla in the streaming song arena. No more. At long last, the Pink Floyd brick is being added to Spotify's massive musical wall--but only if users wish for it.
Netflix's newfound love affair with original content isn't disappearing any time soon: The company reportedly wants to double its original programming slate in 2014.
To ban or not to ban? The question comes up every year as March Madness approaches and companies fret about the potential for sluggish networks and lost productivity if employees tune in to games played during work hours.
