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Netflix Co-Founder Reed Hastings Donates $1.1 Billion in Shares to Charity Favored by Tech Billionaires
Netflix co-founder and executive chairman Reed Hastings has recently donated two million shares of his holdings in the streaming giant.
Netflix Stocks Climb as Subscriber Gains Break Wall Street’s Expectations
Netflix surprised Wall Street with 13 million new users in the fourth quarter. With a strong 13 million new members in the last quarter, Netflix shocked Wall Street and dispelled fears that its campaign against password sharing was losing momentum.
Netflix To Close A Deal With Comedian Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle is making a total of $60 million for delivering three comedy specials to the streaming company in 2017.
Netflix To Enter Comcast Next Week
Netflix will now be joining Comcast and will be available by opting in via Comcast Labs and access Netflix.
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Protest from the traditional movie and theater association have been recieved by Netflix for its existence in the movie filming and viewing industry.
Messaging app Wiper has raised a total of $4.5 million seed funding from its investor Michael Choupak adding $2 million dollars. The service launced $4.99 monthly subscription fee to preview and watch thousands of original short and long, inexpensive indie films that can be compared to expensive Hollywood movies.
Netflix has blocked its Australian subscribers from accessing the US content, who also happen to circumvent its geographical blocks with the help of private virtual network providers like uFlix and ExpressVPN. A continuous error message keeps the users from watching their favorite American dailies and movies. This has irked the so-called "geo-blockers" who are currently working on a solution to penetrate this block.
As its international subscription soared, Netflix plan to collect more revenues. CEO Reed Hastings on Tuesday announce to increase its U.S. subscription fee.
Netflix global expansion faces a new threat. Video streaming providers around the world are starting a global alliance to hinder its further international expansion.
The video streaming company, Netflix prepares a huge amount of dollar for its content: $6 billion. The amount will be spent on 600 hours of original program. Netflix currently launches an aggressive global expansion which bothers many local content providers.
Netflix reportedly has decided that "Longmire" Season 5 will be the last for the series. The release date for the new season is said to be on September 2016.
AT&T offers free Samsung Galaxy series in the upcoming holiday season. The said promo requires a customer to sign up in a contract with installment plan.
The 73rd Golden Globe Award nominations have been announced this year and there's a distinct source where a majority of the nominees are from. It looks like Americans are starting to get their entertainment from on-demand viewing channels instead of traditional broadcast or pay-TV.
Elektra Natchios, Blake Tower and Frank Castle, a.k.a., The Punisher will definitely appear in the next season of Daredevil coming in 2016. However, Elektra creator Frank Miller is not that happy. Meanwhile, Tumblr user Cherryvane shares important details on Daredevil Season 2.