It was a busy weekend for online and streaming content providers, as YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and LoveFilm all announced significant expansion plans or content deals. YouTube is making a play to be more than a user-generated content destination with … Continue reading →

By Abe Raymond Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) reported poor earnings one week ago, unsettling many of its investors. The nail in the coffin for many investors was Netflix’s dismal guidance, which saw fourth quarter EPS of $0.36-$0.70 while analysts estimated an … Continue reading →

Buying digital copies of movies and ordering them from set-top box video-on-demand services also rose. People bought fewer DVDs and made fewer trips to brick-and-mortar video rental stores, cutting into the gains. For the year overall spending is down about … Continue reading →

Gotta admit, as a Milwaukee kid there is something about the throaty roar of a Harley Davidson that warms the cockles. But the all-electric Light Cycle modeled after the machines in Tron makes a head-snapping case for whisper-quiet technology. It … Continue reading →

The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet’s guest contributor program, which is separate from the company’s news coverage. NEW YORK (Trefis) — Netflix‘s (NFLX) stock currently stands around $80, a significant drop … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (MainStreet) — A few months after Netflix(NFLX) set off a furor by increasing prices by 60%, upstart competitor Redbox, owned by Coinstar(CSTR), has increased the price of its daily rentals by 20%. The price increase, the first since … Continue reading →

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Sirius XM (SIRI) announced in September it was raising its subscription price, and Tuesday’s third-quarter earnings report will be the first time investors will receive initial color on users’ reaction to the increase. Price hikes have … Continue reading →

Sometimes, the intelligent quotient of the market is remarkably low. Institutional investors are adept at taking advantage of this fact with a manufactured story that results in the masses taking the bait. Case in point is Friday’s selloff in Coinstar … Continue reading →

I went out on a limb last week with mixed results. I figured that Netflix would move higher the day after its third-quarter report, assuming that everything short of Armageddon was already discounted in the share price. I was wrong. … Continue reading →

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today. Disney-ABC Signs Streaming … Continue reading →