March 06, 2009
Are you happy with Netflix's phone-only support ( 866-716-0414), or should they bring back an e-mail option? Alan writes, " I'm trying to send in some suggestions to netflix, and find that the only contact option is phone. The only time I ever want to use the phone is...
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February 23, 2009
If you're looking for movies to add to your queue, Netflix lists previous movie award winners from the Razzies, Sundance, AFI, Independent Spirit Awards, and the Academy Awards.  Inga writes, "Why doesn't Netflix have an option on its website to look up movies by Oscar Winners/Nominees by year? ...
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February 18, 2009
Update: Dave Zatz reports that Hulu has also asked Boxee to remove the Hulu content, and Hulu's CEO Jason Kilar writes about why on the Hulu blog: Doing Hard Things: Our content providers requested that we turn off access to our content via the Boxee product, and we are respecting their wi...
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February 12, 2009
CNN has a story about how more and more consumers are watching TV and movies online, More US Consumers Drop Cable, DVDs As Content Moves Online. Mundt is one of a growing tide of consumers that over the last year or so have begun cutting their cable television subscriptions and shunning DVDs a...
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February 02, 2009
Click here for the full list of new releases (95). Interesting titles include Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Bottle Shock, Inside Moves, The Secret Life of Bees, Yentl, Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway, and Space Buddies....
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January 31, 2009
Fortune interviewed Netflix CEO Reed Hastings about the origin of Netflix, where he famously paid a huge late fee for Apollo 13 (now available on Watch Instantly). The genesis of Netflix came in 1997 when I got this late fee, about $40, for Apollo 13. I remember the fee because I was embarrassed abo...
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January 19, 2009
Engadget put together a review of all of the currently available Netflix streaming devices, including the Xbox 360, Roku's Netflix Player, TiVo HD, and several Netflix-enables Blu-ray players. The winner? So, who's the winner? Well, straight up we'd give it to the Samsung for picture qua...
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January 12, 2009
Click here for the full list of new releases this week (115). Interesting titles include Swing Vote, My Best Friend's Girl, Appaloosa, Brick Lane, Brideshead Revisited, Captains and the Kings, Choose Conner, God on Trial, The last enemy, Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys, Blindsight, On the Road w...
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December 18, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz on The Motley Fool says Netflix is the Best Stock for 2009. The cost for the service is certainly reasonable, with the average customer paying just $13.60 a month. It may not be the cheapest entertainment subscription service out there -- Sirius XM Radio is slightly cheaper -...
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December 10, 2008
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings wrote a guest post for for Fortune, Lessons in leadership - from a failed startup. After a year or so of this highly productive work, I woke up at home early one morning and went into work just as the sky lightened. Pulling into the parking lot, I saw our CEO’s car. He wa...
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