Update: This post has been updated with clarification from Netflix about the API changes.
Netflix made some pretty significant changes to its developer API Friday.
The changes rip away key pieces of information that could be useful for third-party Netflix …
Amazon signed new licensing agreement with MGM Studios that will bring hundreds of movies and TV shows to its Prime streaming video service, the company announced today.
Amazon Prime Members, the $79 annual service offering access to free shipping on …
Netflix has dethroned Apple as the largest online movie service in the U.S. for 2011, according to a new report from IHS iSuppli.
The data intelligence firm’s conclusion is based on Netflix’s total revenue last year, and indicates that the …
Hollywood writer Aaron Sorkin says Steve Jobs was a complicated guy, but knows that he will write the late Apple co-founder as if he was “making [his] case to god for why [he] should be let into heaven.”
Sorkin, who …
As a Netflix customer worried about all those rental suggestions you’ve taken up from movie search site BateFlix, you can rest assured that your rental history will remain anonymous even to the company itself — kinda.
Yesterday, new U.S. District …
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Hoping to save a few bucks from licensing fees, Microsoft says it won’t be including DVD playback support built-in to Windows 8. Instead, you’ll have to purchase the Windows Media Center upgrade, or use third-party DVD software, to enjoy your …
Now that digital and 3D movie projection is off to a strong start, it’s time to upgrade other aspects of our theater-going experience. Dolby today announced its next-generation theater audio system, dubbed Atmos, which sounds like it will blow away …
New details have emerged about the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher, including confirmation that the film will end in the year 2000 before Jobs introduced the iPod, iPhone, and iPad to the world.
Word landed on April’s Fools …
Someone has created a new site called BateFlix that will allow you to search the bulk of Netflix’s DVD-rental and streaming video library for all the titles that contain nudity.
Think of it as sort of a cross between Netflix …
Take a moment to digest this news: Ashton Kutcher, he of That ’70s Show, Dude Where’s My Car?, and now Two and a Half Men fame, is reportedly attached to play the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in …
Netflix has taken another drastic step in distinguishing its DVD-by-mail rental business from its unlimited streaming video service.
Some customers are reporting that they are no longer able to rate and review movies and DVD shows on the main Netflix …
Satellite television provider DirecTV today rolled out an iPad app update that allows subscribers to stream movies anywhere.
The company added streaming functionality to its iPad app last fall, but subscribers were restricted to watching their programs on the same …
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Streaming video content on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and several others have significantly grown over the past year, leaving people with a wide selection to choose from. Unfortunately, you have to sift through each service to find what’s available.
The …
Retail giant Walmart announced its exclusive in-store disk-to-digital service powered by Vudu today, which will allow people to play DVD movies they buy on more devices.
This is the first time a retailer is offering a way for people to …
Apple will now recognize DVD digital copies as movies purchased through iTunes, which is good news for consumers — especially those who own an Apple TV set-top box.
The company recently announced an updated version of its Apple TV device …
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At last Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony, a startup studio that makes animations, apps, and ebooks won the Best Animated Short Oscar for its film “The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.” The 14-minute movie was the first from …
Comcast is launching a new streaming video service called Xfinity Streampix, which takes aim at similar services from Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Prime.
The move is most likely a response to the growing number of people who are ditching their …
Streaming video service Netflix has finalized a new content deal with film studio The Weinstein Company that brings a new crop of foreign language, documentary, and critically acclaimed movies to U.S. subscribers, the companies announced today.
Under the deal, many …
Despite nearly a year of mostly ignoring its DVD-by-mail rental side of the business, Netflix has decided to start allowing people to choose a DVD-only subscription option, the company announced on its blog today.
The option to choose a subscription …
