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Netflix Has A Boring New Logo It Doesn't Want To Talk About
Netflix has a new logo. It’s flatter, red, and, for the time being, appears only on the trailers for Netflix’s original content. So is it the new Netflix logo? As in, will it engulf the old Netflix logo we know so well? A company spokesperson has opted to “pass” on commenting, meaning that we can only speculate on why Netflix is introducing a new logo now.
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Level 3 accuses major ISPs of forcing internet traffic into the slow lane
Slow internet? According to Level 3, it could well be that your ISP of deliberately throttling your traffic.
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Netflix Summary Bug Accidentally Creates Hilarious New Films
A bug in a Netflix app means it is accidentally mashing up the plot summaries of different films.
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Netflix to launch in six European countries this year
Netflix Inc will launch its online movie and TV subscription service later this year in France, Germany and four other European countries, in a major push into new markets. The other new countries Netflix will enter in late 2014 are Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Luxembourg, the California-based company said in a statement on Wednesday.
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This is the new show Netflix is most excited about
There is an old adage in media that “content is king”, and it certainly seems to be gaining traction in the increasingly crowded streaming television landscape. Netflix, the market leader in that space for the past few years, will air at least ten original series in 2014, including the second seasons of its two biggest hits, House of Cards (which already went live in February) and Orange is the New Black (expected to be released in June).
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'How to Train Your Dragon' spinoff TV series coming to Netflix
Netflix and Dreamworks have announced that the How to Train Your Dragon spinoff television series Dragons is moving from Cartoon Network to Netflix, and a slew of new episodes are in the works.
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Verizon slams Netflix 'PR stunt' that blamed ISPs for bad streaming quality
Verizon has struck back at what it calls a Netflix "PR stunt" that blames its network for poor video quality. In May, Netflix began testing an error message telling users that congestion with their ISP was hurting their service quality. "The Verizon network is crowded right now," said one message shown during buffering.
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Netflix Lets People Know When Bad Streaming Is the ISP's Fault
Last night, Yuri Victor tweeted a screenshot of a new Netflix error message he saw while a video was buffering. It tells Verizon customers exactly what's to blame for slow video. And judging by the response from Netflix's spokesperson Jonathan Friedland, it's no mistake.
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Netflix & Co. will soon make more money than movie theaters
Netflix and other video services are growing so fast, they could soon make more money that movie theaters.
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Verizon Threatens to Sue Netflix Over Error Message
Netflix wants users to blame their Internet providers for slow videos.
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Verizon demands Netflix stop messages on slow streaming
Verizon Communications Inc on Thursday demanded that Netflix Inc immediately stop displaying messages to customers that place blame on Verizon's broadband service for slow delivery of Netflix TV shows and movies. The letter is the latest sign of tension between content providers like Netflix and Internet service providers over who should pay the price for companies that stream heavy traffic online.
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Verizon demands Netflix stop messages on slow streaming
Verizon Communications Inc on Thursday demanded that Netflix Inc immediately stop displaying messages to customers that place blame on Verizon's broadband service for slow delivery of Netflix TV shows and movies. The letter is the latest sign of tension between content providers like Netflix and Internet service providers over who should pay the price for companies that stream heavy traffic online.
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Netflix will end 'crowded network' warnings after fight with Verizon
Netflix will stop sending messages to its subscribers blaming internet providers for poor streaming speeds — though it may start sending them again in the future. In a blog post accompanying its monthly speed reports, released today, Netflix says that it will be ending the "small-scale test" of these messages, one of which gained wide attention last week for claiming that Verizon's network was congested.
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Why Verizon won’t solve its Netflix problem as soon as Comcast
When Netflix revealed that it had started paying Comcast for a direct connection to its network, ending a long squabble over money, Comcast subscribers almost immediately started seeing better video performance.
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FCC gets Comcast, Verizon to reveal Netflix’s paid peering deals
The Federal Communications Commission has demanded—and received—the paid peering agreements Netflix signed with Comcast and Verizon, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler announced today. While Wheeler said the commission has "broad authority," he didn't promise to take any action beyond gathering information. "To be clear, what we are doing right now is collecting information, not regulating," he said.
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New Netflix Roku App Runs Lightning Fast
If you really can't wait to see "Orange is the New Black," you'll like the supercharged Netflix Roku app coming next Tuesday.
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YouTube is coming to cable TV set-top boxes, with a little help from the cloud
Cable subscribers are starting to get access to YouTube and other online video services, thanks to cloud-based technology that brings modern apps to legacy set-top boxes.
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Trailer: The Battered Bastards of Baseball
From Youtube: Official Trailer for The Battered Bastards of Baseball, a Netflix original documentary. This is the colorful true story of the Portland Mavericks, a scrappy, independent baseball team of underdogs started by actor Bing Russell in the 1970s. Streaming only on Netflix beginning July 11. http://netflix.com/BBB
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Netflix Could Be Classified As a 'Cybersecurity Threat' Under New CISPA Rules
High-bandwidth streams could be throttled if the Senate's new cybersecurity bill passes without amendments.
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The opening scene of “House of Cards” was a triumph of creativity over data and better judgment
ASPEN, Colorado—In the first minute of House of Cards, protagonist Frank Underwood kills a dog. But the scene may not have happened at all if the show's creators had allowed their better judgment to intervene.
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