Netflix subscriptions beat forecast April 15, 2015 NETFLIX – the home of Better Call Saul – saw revenue jump 24 per cent in the first three months of the year. Revenue rose to $1.57bn (£1.06bn) from $1.27bn a year ago. In the same three months, the TV and film streaming service provider added 4.88m net subscribers worldwide, beating its own forecast of [...]
Daredevil: Netflix’s Marvel adaptation receives rave reviews following Friday’s release April 11, 2015 Just like the binge-watchers who gorge on its endless trove of TV shows, Netflix never stops. Fresh off the back of phenomenally popular shows such as the Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul and season three of House of Cards, Netflix has teamed up with comic book studio Marvel for the first time to bring a [...]
Netflix Marvels at $200m cost of mini-series April 9, 2015 NETFLIX and Disney have spent $200m (£136m) on their four upcoming TV shows and one miniseries, loosely known as the Marvel Defenders project. One of them is Daredevil (above), about blind mild-mannered lawyer Matt Murdock who fights crime in New York by night. It is the first Marvel programme on Netflix and will premiere online [...]
Netflix and Nintendo team up to develop live-action Zelda series February 9, 2015 Netflix is teaming up with Nintendo to bring the iconic video game “The Legend of Zelda” to life. A TV show based on the fantasy game is in the early stages of development according to a report in the Wall Street Journal which cites a company insider describing it as “Game of Thrones” [...]
Better Call Saul UK release date on Netflix: Put 9 February in your diary for the Breaking Bad spin-off January 27, 2015 UK fans of the hugely anticipated Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul should clear their diaries for 9 February. That's when the very first episode of the new series will be available to watch on Netflix. Better Call Saul will air on Monday night, just 24 hours after the series is first screened on TV [...]
Netflix share price soars as streaming service plots global expansion January 21, 2015 Shares in Netflix opened 18.9 per cent higher on Wednesday, as investors sounded their resounding approval of strong quarterly results. The video-streaming service revealed fourth quarter earnings yesterday that smashed analysts’ expectations at $83.4m (£55.2m), or $1.35 per share – a 72 per cent increase on earnings of $35m for the same period last [...]
Netflix share price surges as video streaming company beats analysts’ earnings forecasts January 20, 2015 Leading video streaming company Netflix yesterday revealed above-expectation earnings, resulting in an after-hours surge in the company’s share price. Netflix recorded an adjusted profit of 72 cents (48 pence) a share for the quarter. According to a consensus estimate on Thomson Reuters, analysts had predicted the company to report earnings of 45 cents a share [...]
CES 2015: Samsung unveils SUHD TV and new content store Milk to rival Netflix and iTunes January 5, 2015 With its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S6, only reportedly making an appearance behind closed doors at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, Samsung last night instead chose to double down on its position as the world’s largest manufacturer of TVs. Samsung’s flagship product was its SUHD TV, a 88-inch screen [...]
CES 2015: LG launches new Oled 4K HD TV range, Web OS 2.0 smart TV platform and partners with Netflix and GoPro January 5, 2015 LG has unveiled a new range of TVs and a smart TV platform for creating a fully connected home entertainment system as it battles to remain the centre of people’s living rooms- and their lives. As the roles are reversed and smartphones increasingly become people’s first screen while TV is relegated to second place, the [...]
Netflix share price takes a pummelling October 16, 2014 Netflix’s share price has been battered this morning, as US stocks continued to struggle. Shares in the online video-streaming company opened around 23 per cent down – and are showing no signs of recovery in early morning trading. The plunge in shares is salt in the wound for Netflix, who recorded disappointing third [...]