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Netflix password crackdown fuels sign-up surge
The company is planning price increases, even as many new users opt for its cheaper plan with adverts. More »
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WWE Raw comes to Netflix from 2025 in huge deal
The flagship wrestling show will be exclusively available on the streaming service from 2025. More »
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Annapoorani: Netflix removes Nayanthara film after backlash from Hindu groups
Members of hard-line Hindu groups had criticised the film for showing a Brahmin character eating meat. More »
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Netflix tools up in South East Asia as Disney+ Indonesia launch sets scene for streaming battle
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S streaming giant Netflix is ramping up its mobile-only subscription plans in Southeast Asia and expanding local content, senior executives told Reuters, just as arch-rival Disney arrives in the fast-growing market. The world’s biggest ... More »
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Coronavirus sends Netflix looking outside Italy for part of Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Red Notice’ shoot
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Filming of Netflix Inc’s big-budget Dwayne Johnson movie “Red Notice” had been scheduled to move to Italy in the coming weeks, but producers now are exploring other locations due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, a source clos... More »
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Adam Sandler to make four new movies for Netflix
(Reuters) – Actor and comedian Adam Sandler has reached a deal with Netflix Inc to make four new movies for the global streaming service, the company said on Friday. Sandler, a former “Saturday Night Live” cast member who built a career on movies such as “Grow... More »
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Brazil’s Supreme Court overturns censorship of Netflix show
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an injunction against Netflix Inc that had prevented the video streaming service from showing a domestically-made controversial Christmas special that depicts Jesus as gay. The Suprem... More »
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Netflix says ‘Klaus’ is a hit with nearly 30 million views worldwide
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Netflix Inc’s (NFLX.O) animated holiday movie “Klaus” has been watched in nearly 30 million households worldwide during its first month, landing among the streaming service’s most-watched original movies, according to data the company p... More »
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‘Irishman’ draws 17 million U.S. viewers on Netflix, Nielsen estimates
(Reuters) – Martin Scorsese’s new gangster film “The Irishman” was watched by an estimated 17.1 million Americans in its first five days of release on Netflix, according to Nielsen data released on Friday. The Nielsen estimates were the first indications of au... More »
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Netflix to change Nazi guard documentary after Polish complaint
WARSAW (Reuters) – Netflix said on Thursday it would make changes to maps in a documentary that showed German Nazi death camps inside the borders of modern Poland, after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki pressed the streaming and production company to a... More »
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Number of new Netflix shows to dwarf those from Disney, Apple at launch
(Reuters) – Streaming video leader Netflix Inc is planning to release around 62 new original productions, including films, series, documentaries, and comedy specials, from October to December as it braces for the debut of rival services from Apple Inc and Walt... More »
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Netflix forecast misses Wall Street view, shares dip
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) forecast first-quarter revenue slightly below Wall Street estimates on Thursday, even after a record quarter for new customers, sending shares of the world’s largest streaming service down 4 percent in after-hours trading. Inve... More »
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Bayer hits back at new Netflix medical device documentary
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bayer AG disputed accusations in a new Netflix documentary that claims medical device makers and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration placed profits before patient safety. The company, in a statement released Thursday night, said the docu... More »
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‘Sacred Games’ marks Netflix debut into Indian original series
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Netflix’s first Indian original series makes its debut on Friday, the first of a slate of new shows aimed at the vast Bollywood entertainment market. “Sacred Games,” based on the 2006 novel by Vikram Chandra, is a thriller set in Mumbai... More »
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Netflix turns to Bollywood to script India growth story
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) premiered its first original series in India in a sheen of Bollywood glitter on Wednesday, upping the stakes in its battle with streaming rival Amazon Prime (AMZN.O) for a chunk of the country’s more than 1 billion potential vi... More »
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Coming soon from Netflix: Three dozen billboards in Hollywood
NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Netflix Inc, the streaming video pioneer that revolutionized television, is investing in one of the oldest forms of media to gain an edge in the raging battle for online viewers and top-notch talent. Known for acclaimed sho... More »
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Barack Obama in talks to create shows for Netflix: New York Times
(Reuters) – Former U.S. president Barack Obama is in advanced talks with Netflix Inc to produce a series of high-profile shows, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Under the terms of a proposed deal, Netflix will pa... More »
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Netflix aims to make ‘Bright’ a living room blockbuster
FILE PHOTO: Jury member Will Smith poses on the red carpet during the Photocall of the jury at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Netflix Inc’s new movie “Bright” featur... More »
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Netflix adds more subscribers than expected, shares hit record
Netflix Inc added more subscribers than expected around the world in the third quarter and projected growth in line with Wall Street forecasts, saying it had a head start on rivals as internet television explodes globally. More »
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Netflix ups U.S. fees for first time since 2015
Netflix Inc's U.S. business announced the first rises in monthly fees in two years on Thursday, hiking costs for two of its three main subscription plans as it spends heavily on its own original content. More »
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Netflix discussing keeping Disney`s Marvel, `Star Wars` films
Netflix Inc is in "active discussions" with Walt Disney Co about keeping Marvel and "Star Wars" films after 2019, when new Disney and Pixar movies will stop appearing on the streaming service, a senior executive said late on Thursday. More »
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U.S. cable firms embrace former foe Netflix as TV viewing shifts
A growing number of U.S. cable operators are forming alliances with Netflix Inc NFLX.O, a shift that is helping the streaming pioneer add customers as its largest single market matures. More »
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Cannes says 2017 is first and last for Netflix unless it changes
FILE PHOTO: Marc Couttet, Head of The Haute Joaillerie Department of Chopard, holds the Palme d’Or award of the upcoming 70th Cannes Film Festival during a photo call in Meyrin, Switzerland May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo Netflix, the U.S. vide... More »
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New Zealand`s Spark partners with Netflix
The Netflix logo is pictured on a television remote in this illustration photograph taken in Encinitas, California, U.S., January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake – RTSWAFL New Zealand telecommunications company Spark said on Monday it was partnering with U.S. vid... More »
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More TV networks follow Netflix to binge-watching model
FILE PHOTO — The Netflix logo is pictured on a television in this illustration photograph taken in Encinitas, California, U.S., January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo Traditional TV networks are following Netflix Inc’s (NFLX.O) lead by releasing all n... More »
Netflix goes global, reaches most countries except China
Netflix Inc’s video-streaming service went live in more than 130 countries on Wednesday, covering almost the entire globe except China, in a huge global push by Chief Executive Reed Hastings to counter slowing growth in the United States. Shares of the company... More »
Netflix’s weak subscriber additions at odds with lofty valuation
Investors questioned Netflix Inc’s premium valuation after the video-streaming service reported U.S. subscriber additions below its own expectations, a sign that competition from the likes of Hulu is intensifying. Netflix shares fell more than 9 percent to $10... More »
Netflix blames weak U.S subscriber adds on new chip-based cards
Video-streaming service provider Netflix Inc reported third-quarter U.S. subscriber additions below its own forecast, blaming a transition to chip-based cards for the miss. Shares of Netflix, known for its original shows such as “House of Cards” and “Orange is... More »
Netflix hikes rate for most popular plan by $1.00
Netflix Inc said on Thursday it has increased the subscription rate for some new members by $1.00 a month to $9.99 in the United States, Canada and Latin America. The price increase only affects new customers to the company’s “standard” plan, which allows two ... More »
Netflix makes big splash in Venice’s film lagoon
VENICE Venice may be the world’s oldest film festival, but this year it is pioneering what may well become the future of cinema as Netflix screens two films here, one of them its first feature and a contender for the top prize. “Beasts of No Nation” stars Idri... More »
