Reuters: Amazon Prime Instant Video close to Viacom deal, standalone service launch
So far, 2012 has been quiet for Amazon’s all-you-can-eat video streaming service, but that could change soon as Reuters cites anonymous sources claiming the retailer will lock up a deal with Viacom (Paramount Studios, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike, etc.) soon. That would reportedly be one of the final steps to launching Prime Instant Video as a standalone service, just as Netflix had suggested in its last earnings report . With details still scarce it’s hard to say exactly what shape these competitors to the streaming crown will take, but between Amazon, Hulu, Redbox / Verizon , Google, whatever Apple may be up to as well as a fight from Sky and Lovefilm in the UK, it should be a very interesting year
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Verizon and Redbox team up to launch streaming and physical media service later this year
It once was a rumor but now it’s real: Verizon and Redbox are joining forces on what is said to be the “best of both worlds” — a service that will offer both physical media and streaming content for subscribers.
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Verizon and Redbox team up to launch streaming and physical media service later this year
DASH promises stutter free streaming video over LTE, hopes you don’t care about quality
We’ve all been there: fire up a clip from YouTube or a movie on Netflix and things start out great.
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DASH promises stutter free streaming video over LTE, hopes you don’t care about quality
Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwith use on movie night
Kicking up a fuss about Netflix hogging all your bandwidth ? Perhaps the company’s latest partnership could induce a rapid change of heart. The streaming service has paired up with eyeIO in hopes of keeping bandwidth usage during streams to a minimum, which they claim won’t affect the content’s overall quality
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Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwith use on movie night
Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwidth use on movie night
Kicking up a fuss about Netflix hogging all your bandwidth ? Perhaps the company’s latest partnership could induce a rapid change of heart.
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Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwidth use on movie night
Rhapsody music streaming lands on Android tablets with ‘magazine-style’ app
If you use Rhapsody to satisfy your $10-per-month musical appetite , then here’s another way to digest. The service can now be accessed through an app tailored to Android slates, featuring music discovery tools like expert playlists and guides, original editorial content, and exclusive recordings — all on top of a 14 million song catalog.
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Rhapsody music streaming lands on Android tablets with ‘magazine-style’ app
Spotify tops three million paying subscribers, 20 percent of its active user base
It hit two million paying subscribers in September of last year and 2.5 million in November, and now Spotify has hit another big milestone. According to the Financial Times , it now has three million subscribers paying for one of its premium services, which reportedly represents more than 20 percent of its active user base. As the FT notes, that percentage is up from 15 percent in March of last year, and Spotify says that its “active” users don’t include folks who signed up for a a free trial of its premium service but didn’t continue to use the free service
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Spotify tops three million paying subscribers, 20 percent of its active user base
Netflix Q4 results: 220k new streaming-only customers, beats earnings estimates
Netflix’s Q4 2011 earnings report is in, and the company indicates its streaming subscriber count is now 21.67 million. DVD subscribers were still down however, although not as much as expected with cancellations peaking in September when the services split , leaving it with a total number of 24.4 million customers. This closes out a tough 2011 that saw its subscriber count drop by 800k in Q3 , and most recently resulted in the search for a new Chief Marketing Officer .
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Netflix Q4 results: 220k new streaming-only customers, beats earnings estimates
Netflix Q4 results: 220k new streaming-only customers, beats earnings estimates (Update: no game rentals coming)
Netflix’s Q4 2011 earnings report is in, and the company indicates its streaming subscriber count is now 21.67 million. DVD subscribers were still down however, although not as much as expected with cancellations peaking in September when the services split , leaving it with a total number of 24.4 million customers. This closes out a tough 2011 that saw its subscriber count drop by 800k in Q3 , and most recently resulted in the search for a new Chief Marketing Officer
Paramount Movies lets you stream UltraViolet films from the cloud, for a price
Paramount became the first studio to offer UltraViolet-based movies this week, with the launch of Paramount Movies. With this new service, users can purchase a film in either digital or physical form, and automatically store a copy of it within Paramount’s cloud-based digital locker.
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Paramount Movies lets you stream UltraViolet films from the cloud, for a price