Earlier this year, Netflix launched in pretty much every country — except China. That hasn’t changed 10 months later, and it looks like it won’t. The company on Monday told shareholders that it’s ditching efforts to bring its popular streaming service to the People’s Republic, the world’s most populous nation. Instead, it’ll sell its shows, …
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People aren’t freaking out about Netflix’s price hike anymore. The streaming video service on Monday reported skyrocketing profit and membership numbers that brushed away worries its subscriber growth, almost always the main way people take Netflix’s pulse, might go off a cliff. The company’s shares soared 19 percent in after-hours trading. The funny thing is its subscriber growth doesn’t appear …
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The newest stuff online Your browser does not support the audio element. Every week, you’ll get a quick roundup (in about a minute) of the newest video to hit the major online streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and wherever else we can dig something up. For more information on what’s available to watch online, check out CNET.com/Netpicks or …
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Now playing: Watch this: What to look for in a budget Blu-ray player 2:00 These days, it’s all about streaming. But there are plenty of us who still have giant collections of DVDs and Blu-rays. Thankfully, that’s no longer an either-or proposition: you can get a good disc player that also doubles as a good streamer. But before we look …
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Chris Rock is returning to the stand-up stage after an eight-year hiatus, and this time it’s for Netflix. The streaming service said on Wednesday that Rock will tape two new specials for its site. The first will tape in 2017, following a new world tour being planned now. “The comedians we partner with understand the power of having a direct …
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When billionaire Danny Rand returns to New York City after having been missing for years, the criminals are in for a rude awakening in “Iron Fist,” debuting on March 17, 2017, on Netflix. In the new “Iron Fist” trailer, which Marvel showed Saturday at New York Comic Con, Rand tries to reconnect with his past and his family legacy, while …
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Don’t start sweating yet, cinema chains. Netflix doesn’t need to destroy you, for now. Speaking at the New Yorker Tech Fest, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings saved his harshest words of the day for the theater industry, calling its business model a “tragedy” and saying “movie theaters are strangling the movie business.” Film studios risk revolt by theater chains that would …
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Many “Stranger Things” fans have already dissected the first season of the hit Netflix series ad nauseam, but it’s comforting to know real-life employees of the US Department of Energy are as obsessed with the show as everyone else. It makes sense, since one of the main villains in the series heads up a covert lab working under the directive …
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So you didn’t stay home from work today and binge-watch the entire “Marvel’s Luke Cage” series when it opened on Netflix at midnight local time. Or you did, but you’re ready to see the first episode again. TV Guide does say it’s the most important show of 2016, so really, it’s your social duty. Come join us at 4 p.m. …
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Now playing: Watch this: Roku releases five new TV streamers, and the cheapest… 2:16 Update: We’ve now published reviews of the $30 Roku Express and the $40 Express+. We’ll review the 4K Roku boxes soon. Roku just made choosing a new streaming player five times more difficult, and at least five bucks cheaper than the competition. The giant-killing company’s products …
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