Do you know how many people watch House of Cards? How about Orange Is The New Black? No. No you don’t. Netflix, a company which isn’t beholden to advertisers and traditional ratings, doesn’t like to disclose viewership numbers. In fact,…
Netflix Lets Epix Deal Expire As Hulu Enters Multi-Year Agreement
Netflix announced that it has decided not to renew an agreement in the US with cable network Epix, which means it is dropping a bunch of big-name movies from its offering. Hulu is picking up where Netflix left off, announcing…
Netflix Plans To Debut New, Original Content Every 2 1/2 Weeks
Netflix has come a long way in terms of original programming since it first premiered Lilyhammer in early 2012. It feels like they’ve been at it for a long time, but keep in mind, we’re only just nearing the third…
‘House Of Cards’ Season 3 In No Danger From Maryland Tax Situation, Says Netflix
Earlier this year, reports came out that the production of House of Card: Season 3 was being held up as two bills in Maryland would affect tax breaks, which have been a key in the show being produced in the…
Netflix Talks ‘House Of Cards’ Performance
Netflix held its Q1 earnings call on Monday talking about plethora of topics from pricing changes to Comcast and Time Warner Cable. Naturally, its original series House of Cards and Orange is the New Black came up. The former’s second…
Netflix Defends Content Release Strategy
Since Netflix has been offering its customers original shows, it has been offering them full seasons at a time, catering to the well-known binge-watching phenomenon. Netflix’s competitors have often criticized this approach, and when the company changed the strategy up…
Netflix Talks More About Its Original Theatrical Movie Aspirations
You may recall last fall when Netflix expressed interest in making original movies – big ones that would come out on Netflix the same day they hit theaters. Content chief Ted Sarandos spoke at a Film Independent event, where was…
Original Content To Be An Increasingly Big Part Of Netflix’s Content Spending Pie
Netflix is going full throttle with its original content, and things aren’t going to be slowing down anytime soon. New seasons of most of last year’s originals are coming out this year, and first seasons of a handful of completely…
Netflix: Ads Are Not Something We’re Contemplating
Netflix says it has no intentions of including ads in or around its content. The company released its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday. Shortly afterwards, the company held a Google+ Hangout with company execs and analysts. One analyst suggested that…
Netflix Eyes Original Movies – ‘Big’ Ones That Would Pop Up the Same Day They Hit Theaters
Recently, Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos said that Netflix is going to double its spending on original content. And why wouldn’t they? Between House of Cards, Hemlock Grove, original comedy specials, and the surprise mega-hit Orange Is The New Black,…