(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has cashed in big on Netflix Inc, taking advantage of a 457 percent gain in its shares since he bought more than 9 percent of the streaming video company only 14 months ago.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Carl Icahn cuts Netflix stake, pockets $800 million profit
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has cashed in big on Netflix Inc, taking advantage of a 457 percent gain in its shares since he bought more than 9 percent of the streaming video company only 14 months ago.
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Netflix in talks with U.S. cable companies: WSJ
(Reuters) - Netflix Inc is in talks with several U.S. cable television companies including Comcast Corp and Suddenlink Communications to make its streaming video service available through their set-top boxes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
U.S. cable companies should create Netflix rival: Malone
(Reuters) - Cable pioneer John Malone said on Thursday that cable companies should team up to create a rival to Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) that would deliver programming over the Internet on a national basis.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Netflix suffers Christmas Eve outage, points to Amazon
(Reuters) - An outage at one of Amazon's web service centers hit users of Netflix Inc.'s streaming video service on Christmas Eve and was not fully resolved until Christmas day, a spokesman for the movie rental company said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Owner of OpenTV slaps Netflix with patent lawsuit
(Reuters) - The owner of interactive television pioneer OpenTV sued Netflix Inc on Wednesday, alleging the company infringed on patents that cover technology underpinning the fast-growing Internet video sector.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Netflix releases streaming performance data, Google Fiber ranks #1
Netflix has published a list of the top Internet service providers in the US based on streaming performance. This is the first time that Netflix has released data of this nature but according to Netflix vice president of content delivery Ken Florance, they will continue to do so on a monthly basis moving forward.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
SEC wrestles with Internet age in Netflix case
(Reuters) - A U.S. regulatory probe of Netflix Inc over disclosures made on its chief executive's Facebook page could prove an important test of whether a rule designed to prevent leaks to analysts can translate to the social media age.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Amazon quietly concludes $7.99/mo Prime trial
If you had any interest in a monthly Amazon Prime subscription, we hope you acted quickly, because the offering has already been scrapped without a detailed explanation. Two weeks ago, the company revealed that it would lower the entry barrier to its Prime service, which has traditionally required a lump sum payment of $79.99 for a year's worth of free two-day shipping (plus cheap overnight rates) and access to thousands of digital videos and books.
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