If you want to watch Disney, Marvel, Pixar or Lucasfilm movies in the U.S. in the future, there's going to be one major destination for them all: Netflix. The streaming giant has secured the monstrous contract for purportedly hundreds of millions of dollars, though no word on how it affects …
Read More »Netflix CEO sceptical on VR for media viewing
There is a lot of talk surrounding Virtual Reality at the moment, not just for gaming but for watchable media too, like movies or TV shows. While right now you can watch Netflix in VR if you have a Samsung Gear, it seems that the streaming service's CEO is unsure …
Read More »Pirate Bay founder is concerned no one owns media anymore
The rise of streaming content has been a godsend for heavy media consumers. No longer do they have to faff with pirating content, or even downloading and storing it at all – they can just stream it and move on. But that has its own potential problems, and Peter Sunde, …
Read More »Netflix insists its VPN blockade isn’t hurting business
It has been a few months since Netflix officially announced that it would be taking a harder stance against VPN users and those trying to circumvent geographical content restrictions. This has been a fairly controversial move but apparently, it isn't having an effect at all on the company's pocket. During …
Read More »What caused the latest Netflix stock slump?
Netflix might be the world's most popular streaming service, but that doesn't mean that everything is rosy at the company. Indeed after announcing its first quarter earnings, investors have shown their usual level of (in)stability and have sent shares crashing down more than 10 per cent in extended trading. These …
Read More »Netflix price-hike won’t grandfather you in
If you've been a Netflix subscriber for a number of years, you've likely taken advantage of the fact that as prices were changed and options added, you were grandfathered in at the lower price point. That's not going to happen this time around though, as the latest Netflix price change …
Read More »VPN users say Netflix crackdown will make pirates of them
The fact that Netflix offers different content to different users in different regions, has always meant people have tried to find ways around that geoblocking. One popular method has been to use a virtual private network (VPN) service, but with Netflix's recent crackdown, a lot of users are now considering …
Read More »Indonesia’s biggest telecom is blocking Netflix access
Shortly after Netflix's worldwide rollout, the company has arrived at its first hurdle as the largest telecom company in Indonesia is going to begin blocking access to the service due to the content available on it. The company is known as Telkom and as the Wall Street Journal reports, it …
Read More »Soldiers given go-ahead to bypass Netflix geoblocking
Under the pressure of movie studios and politicians, Netflix has become much more interested in cracking down on those circumventing its content geo-blocks, forcing people to only watch what's available in their home country. However the streaming service is giving a pass to all army base users, allowing soldiers to …
Read More »Children now spend more time online than watching TV
In a study that could be titled, “well duh,” research agency Childwise discovered that children in the UK are now spending more time online than they do watching television, and that Netflix alone accounted for more time than traditional TV viewing. These findings have been described as indicative of a …
Read More »Netflix has begun its assault on proxies and VPNs
A couple of weeks back, Netflix formally announced for the first time that it would be actively going after and blocking proxy/VPN services in an effort to stop users getting passed region blocks on content and now, we are starting to see the results of that. Over in Australia, a …
Read More »Netflix confirms plans to shut off proxy access
Netflix is a decent enough service but due to geographic content restrictions and licensing issues, the US tends to have the best overall library of content, causing many subscribers across the world to use VPNs or proxy services to spoof their location. In the past, Netflix hasn't really done much …
Read More »NBC executive not concerned about Netflix, Amazon, Youtube
If you look back to the late '90s, early '00s, there were a lot of people claiming that the internet wasn't a threat to their business and wouldn't change the way we do things. That's why it feels like deja vu when head of NBC's research and media development, Alan Wurtzel, claims …
Read More »Netflix may one day be run using WebTorrent technology
Netflix and other streaming services like it are crowning achievements of modern web standards and technology; able to stream pedabytes of data to consumers around the world, simultaneously and (mostly) without difficulty. However it faces the same problems as other large online entities, colossal web-traffic bills and the inerrant security …
Read More »EU Commission may make geo-blocking invalid in Europe
As much as digital streaming companies like Netflix and Amazon have offered us more content in the past few years than has ever been so easily accessible before, one major frustration remains: geo-blocking. However in the future we may all have the same content available, as the European Commission (EUC) …
Read More »Mobile data use up 65 per cent year on year due to streaming
It's beyond obvious at this point to say that streaming on-demand content is how a large majority, if not all media will be consumed one day and we're well on our way it seems. How and where we're watching our content is changing because of it, so much so that …
Read More »Netflix is still against allowing offline viewing
Recently, Amazon Prime Video announced that it would be allowing its users to download shows for offline viewing, similarly to how Spotify allows subscribers to listen to their music playlists offline. This obviously raised questions for Netflix, which has been against offline viewing in the past. It turns out that …
Read More »Netflix 4K content starts leaking on to the web
Netflix has had 4K content for a while now. All of its original shows are filmed in ultra HD and it even has a few third-party offerings, like Breaking Bad. Unfortunately, only specific devices have access to 4K streaming on Netflix and that list mostly consists of smart TVs. This …
Read More »Netflix now offering unlimited parental leave post-child-birth
Dealing with the inevitable fact that long term employees are likely at some point to have children and require leave, is a difficulty faced by all businesses. While some companies, like Google and Apple, have looked to make the corporate playing field more even, by offering to freeze eggs and …
Read More »Netflix business is booming, outpacing expectations
Netflix might well be the darling of heavy media consuming millenials, but it's hoovering up supporters from every walk of life these days. So much so in-fact that even the company's own estimates of its growth have fallen short by almost 50 per cent. Over the last three months alone, more than 3.3 …
Read More »The Netflix website has been re-designed
Netflix has started rolling out a major redesign to its own website for PC users. Up until now, the Netflix streaming site has stuck to a similar user interface since its launch, which didn't offer a super efficient browsing experience for those using a PC with a mouse or trackpad. …
Read More »Canadian ISP owner calls her own child a ‘VPN thief’
Restricting content to certain parts of the world always seems like a bizarre choice for media companies. In the hope of securing licensing deals in different continents for the same content, they limit where in the world it can be viewed, leaving those that want to watch it two options: use …
Read More »Netflix spokesperson confirms no ads on platform
Over the past few days a few US users have become a little worried about their favourite on-demand platform. While Netflix has exclusively utilised a subscriber model for its VOD content, it began showing pre-roll adverts for some of its own produced shows like Orange is the New Black, Daredevil …
Read More »Android TV will get 4K Netflix support
Android TV, Google's own made smart TV operating system was announced at Google I/O last year, however, the bulk of its support is yet to come, with Netflix now on-board, supporting the platform with 4K content. Right now, 4K Netflix streaming is limited to a select list of 4K TVs …
Read More »Netflix looking to hire peer to peer expert
Netflix could be looking to change its approach to streaming content, from its current model of handling the data transmission itself, to more of a crowd sourced model similar to that used by bit torrent and other peer to peer networking services. If it did move in that direction, it …
Read More »Netflix now worth more than largest US TV network
If you want any indication that the way we consume media is changing, you only need to look at how little TV young adults and children watch these days versus time spent on their phone or laptop. If you want the hard numbers though, there's always stock prices, which show …
Read More »Netflix has surpassed 60 million subscribers
Netflix managed to hit a new milestone recently, surpassing 60 million subscribers. The surge in newcomers is largely down to the service's international expansion, hitting new countries like Australia. Although, the majority of subscribers are still from the US. 40 million Netflix subscribers reside in the US, or are at …
Read More »Netflix parodies wearable makers with own watch ad
Much has been said about the upcoming launch of Apple's first official wearable device, the Apple Watch, with detractors and fans of the brand both butting heads over whether it will be decent or a bit of a let down. Something I think we can all agree would flop if …
Read More »Netflix could ban VPN users thanks to updated terms and conditions
Netflix has recently updates its terms and conditions, adding in a new line that says Netflix can ban users found to be using a VPN to access libraries of content not available in your own country. However, it does seem unlikely that Netflix would actively enforce this new rule. While …
Read More »Netflix wants to get rid of geographical restrictions
It is no secret that plenty of Netflix subscribers use a VPN to access content from other countries, mainly the US as it tends to have the most relevant library of content. It is also no shock that Hollywood companies aren't too happy about this practice, but instead of blocking …
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