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Netflix to make a $100 million deal for movies from Miramax

Published on: 28th March, 2011

Recent tips indicated Netflix to be near an important deal which would give it access to all movies of Miramax. A $100 million-plus agreement would make possible streaming for the next five years to come. The tip has been provided by Reuters and has been corroborated with a rumor in the Wall Street Journal indicating [...]

Showtime to pull several original series off Netflix

Published on: 24th March, 2011

Showtime is supposedly moving to pull some of its own original content from contracts involving Netflix. A report from Hollywood Reporter suggested that the company, owned by CBS, decided to skip the previous seasons of Californication and Dexter when the existing Netflix deal expires in the end of the year. The pulled episodes will continue [...]

Google and Apple allied to get Paul Allen’s lawsuit tossed

Published on: 31st October, 2010

Google leading a union of companies and Apple on its own have registered motions to dismiss a patent lawsuit of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s Interval Licensing. AOL, Facebook, Netflix, eBay, Office Max, Yahoo and Office Depot are participating in this alliance, which called Allen’s lawsuit “scattershot” because it is targeting many companies and cannot identify [...]

Netflix executive hired by Google for TV and movie projects

Published on: 22nd September, 2010

Google is believed to deepen its plans to enter the TV show and on-demand movie industry through the Google TV service. The company has hired Robert Kyncl, an executive from Netflix, according to news from AllThingsDigital. Kyncl has recently left Netflix and is now vice president of Content Partnership at Google, as sources said. However, [...]

Microsoft co-founder company sued Apple, Facebook and others over search

Published on: 1st September, 2010

Interval Licensing sued several top companies for alleged infringement of four patents related to what they call fundamental technology that is used for search and online commerce. Interval claims that firms like Apple, AOL, Facebook, Google, eBay, Netflix, OfficeMax, Staples, YouTube, Yahoo and Office Depot have violated patents regarding a form of browsing and means [...]

Netflix and YouTube available on Seagate media players

Published on: 24th April, 2010

Netflix’ streaming movie service was announced to be added to Seagate’s FreeAgent Theater+ HD media players. The devices will also get access low-cost or free services from YouTube, Mediafly and vTuner. Those users who own an existing Seagate media player will be able to download a free firmware update that brings new functionality. At the [...]

HP’s TouchSmart tm2 – Netflix and long battery life

Published on: 13th January, 2010

The TouchSmart convertible tablet of Hewlett Packard was upgraded to the tm2 version. With a sleeker design, the new TouchSmart tablet has switched from AMD to the low-power Intel Core 2 Duo in order to extend its battery life, which is now up to nine hours, as HP claims. An improvement was also made in [...]