Netflix launches a revamped iPhone app just in time for the iPhone 5 (updated)

Netflix on the iPhone just got a whole lot prettier.

Netflix hits 1M subscribers in the U.K. at record speed

Hoping to decrease nervousness among its investors, video rental company Netflix announced its reached a milestone of 1 million subscribers in the U.K. and Ireland.

Netflix ‘Post-Play’ feature lets you auto-skip to the next TV show episode

Netflix customers no longer have to deal with the annoying pauses between TV show episodes, the company announced on its blog today.

Netflix continues its invasion into Europe with service in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, & Finland

Netflix is expanding its streaming video service in four new European markets, including Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland sometime later this year.

Le Tote launches the Netflix of fashion clothing

A new outfit, as often as you want it, with accessories, for only $49/month.

That's what new fashion rental startup Le Tote is offering young urban women. And the founders are hoping that women's rich history of sharing clothes will make the company as successful as some other rental successes.

Hold up, Olympics may have actually boosted Netflix streaming activity

Contrary to recent reports, streaming activity for video rental service Netflix may not have dropped due to the 2012 London Olympics.

Olympics could be playing havoc with Netflix streaming activity

Video rental service Netflix might be experiencing up to a 25 percent drop in streaming usage activity in the U.S., according to research conducted by Procera.

If true, the lowered activity wouldn’t be a huge surprise. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings …

Hey Netflix, Amazon Instant Video’s new iPad app could eat your lunch

Online retail giant Amazon released an iPad app today that provides streaming access to its library of Prime Instant Video movies and TV shows.

The Prime Instant Video is a complimentary video service offered to members of Amazon Prime, the …

Senate amendment could finally bring Netflix into Facebook Timeline

The senate is expected to vote on an amendment next week that would allow video rental services like Netflix to take advantage of deeper integration with social networks like Facebook.

Despite being the country’s largest streaming movie service, Netflix is …

HBO unsurprisingly extinguishes any hope of working with Netflix

Premium TV channel HBO said today it will not be forming a partnership with video rental service Netflix.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings insinuated that his company might form an agreement with HBO — either through a future content licensing agreement …

From DVDs to kids clothing: Netflix execs hitch their wagon to Thredup

I have always wondered why a service like this doesn’t already exist. As they grow, children leave in their wake a stockpile of unwanted and outgrown clothing, a treasure trove for other moms. Sometimes, they shoot up so fast that …

Ahead of earnings, Netflix names former WB exec as new head of marketing

After nearly six months without a permanent chief marketing officer, movie rental service Netflix has appointed Kelly Bennett to the position, the company announced today.

Netflix’s previous CMO, Leslie Kilgore, departed back in January after the company experienced quite a …

Weaker Q2 tech earnings could make investors jittery

Earnings season starts this week for tech companies, and no one is expecting outstanding second-quarter results. If the reports turn out to be weaker than expected, then tech investors might run for the hills, the San Jose Mercury News reported.…

Netflix explains outage, wants to hire engineers who can help prevent a repeat

Netflix has published an explanation of the Amazon EC2 outage that took down the video-streaming service for hours on June 29 and 30.

Netflix stock jumps 20 percent on massive customer streaming numbers

Want to know who’s smiling right now? Netflix CEO Reed Hastings.

Hastings’s previously beleaguered Netflix is in the midst of a stock resurgence: Its shares have spiked nearly 20 percent in the past two days to $81.72.

The stock boost …

Amazon explains weekend outage, but Instagram, Netflix, & Pinterest stay mum

Amazon has released a detailed explanation of its massive EC2 outage this past Friday and Saturday. But even with all the new info, services that went down, including Netflix, Instagram, and Pinterest, have yet to fill in some crucial blanks.…

Netflix: 1 billion hours watched in June is the most ever

Netflix viewership passed 1 billion hours in a month for the first time ever, according to a Facebook status update by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings:

Hastings congratulates colleague Ted Sarandos for the feat. Sarandos is the company’s chief content officer, …

Amazon cloud outage takes down Netflix, Instagram, Pinterest, & more

An outage of Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud in North Virginia has taken down Netflix, Pinterest, Instagram, and other services. According to numerous Twitter updates and our own checks, all three services are unavailable as of Friday evening at 9:10 p.m. …