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Avid Studio: Thumbs Up on Interface, Sideways on Features, Down on Sound Effects February 07, 2012 
Back when Apple promised editing features built into the iPhone 3GS (the first iPhone to have a video camera), I wondered how a video-editing program could possibly fit into a phone. It wasn't just a question of available processing power, though that was part of it. It was also a question of screen size.
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New Player Enters Field of Streams February 06, 2012 
Look out Netflix, a new video service has swaggered into town. Rumored since December, Verizon's partnership with Coinstar, the parent company of Redbox video rental kiosks, became official on Monday. As with Netflix, customers will be able to choose between physical discs and streaming. The physical discs, however, will need to be picked up and returned to a Redbox kiosk.
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Avid Packs a Prosumer Video Editor Into an iPad February 03, 2012 
Avid is well-known for its chops as a maker of professional video editing suites, but on Thursday it grabbed some notice in consumer circles with a new offering for Apple's iPad 2. Avid Studio, available from Apple's App Store for a limited time at $4.99, brings a solid set of video editing tools to the iPad.
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Netflix Bounces Back With Not-So-Shabby Q4 January 26, 2012 
Netflix shares rose sharply after the company reported that it added 610,000 customers and that profit margins in the streaming business this quarter could widen to 11 percent. That said, there was plenty in the earnings report to worry investors and analysts -- the company's profit fell 14 percent from the same period last year and its DVD business lost nearly 3 million subscribers.
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Shareholders' Suit Claims Netflix Execs Knew Storm Was Brewing January 18, 2012 
Netflix shareholders have filed a class action lawsuit against the company, alleging that it withheld material information from investors about its growth prospects and plans for its fees before its stock plunged late last year. The suit was filed against the company's senior management in the U.S. District Court in Northern California.
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Amazon Surges, Netflix Paddles Against Customer Satisfaction Current December 28, 2011 
After seven years of a neck-and-neck race for first place in customer satisfaction, Amazon has pulled decisively ahead of Netflix, according to ForeSee's annual Holiday E-Retail Satisfaction Index. Amazon moved ahead 2 points to reach the top spot with 88 on the index's 100-point scale. Netflix slid 7 points to 79. Amazon's 88 score is an all-time high for the 14-year-old index.
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Netflix Price of Admission May Be Too Steep for Verizon December 13, 2011 
Netflix shares began perking up Monday after a report from DealReporter suggested that Verizon is looking into acquiring the DVD and streaming service to kick-start a video offering of its own. News from Bloomberg on Tuesday morning further intensified the rumor, which arose less than week after Reuters reported that Verizon was planning to get into the Web video business by way of a deal with DVD kiosk operator Redbox.
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Twitter Rolls the Dice December 10, 2011 
When a social media site undertakes a major redesign, it's kind of like that scene in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Drink from the right cup, and you're completely re-energized. But there are a lot of poor choices you can make, and drinking from any of the wrong cups will turn your site into a dried-out husk.
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Verizon, Redbox May Dip Toes Into Content Streaming December 09, 2011 
Verizon and DVD rental provider RedBox are working on a TV and movie streaming and download service they plan to unveil in May, according to a TechCrunch report. The subscription-based service is apparently known as "Project Zoetrope" internally. Payment will reportedly be credit-based, meaning subscribers will get a certain number of credits for a fee and can apply these credits to their rentals.
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USPS Slowdown Unlikely to Cramp Netflix's Style December 07, 2011 
Cuts in mail service that will add an extra delivery day to most first-class mail aren't expected to have a significant impact on Netflix, at least in the near term. The U.S. Postal Service on Monday proposed modifying its current delivery standard for first class mail from one to three days delivery to two to three days.
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Customer Defections Wallop Netflix October 25, 2011
Unexpectedly high customer losses for Q3 sent Netflix stock into a tailspin in after-hours trading Monday, driving share prices down more than 30 percent overnight. The online video and DVD-by-mail provider also projected a net loss for the quarter ahead as it attempts to expand into new overseas markets.
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Netflix Gives Testy Customers Half a Loaf October 10, 2011
Netflix cracked under pressure and regrouped its business into a single service offering that includes both streaming content and mailed DVDs. The company announced on Monday it will not split off its DVD-by-mail service under the name "Qwikster," as planned. Instead, U.S. customers will continue to use one website, one account and one password.
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The Board Giveth, the Board Taketh Away September 24, 2011 
I'm no HP historian, but it looks like the company must have just set a new personal record for how quickly it disposes of its CEOs. Less than a year after putting Leo Apotheker on the job, HP's board has sent him packing. The news became official a day after rumors began making the rounds that HP's board was looking for a replacement.
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Netflix CEO Apologizes to Customers, Then Drops Another Bomb September 19, 2011 
"I messed up. I owe everyone an explanation." Thus begins a blog post by Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, announcing a new change to the company -- a change that is almost guaranteed to further irritate an already angry and frustrated customer base. The change, in a nutshell, is this: In addition to charging separate fees for its streaming and DVD-rental services, Netflix is formalizing the separation of the two businesses.
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Netflix Feels the Wrath of Unhappy Customers September 15, 2011 
Netflix cut its domestic subscriber forecast on Thursday by one million customers in the wake of a major change in the company's pricing structure that favors its streaming-only service. The company discontinued its $9.99 monthly streaming and DVD-rental plan and replaced it with two plans, $7.99 for streaming only and $7.99 for one DVD at a time.
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Is It Time for iTunes to Wade Into the Stream? August 05, 2011 
Apple is ready to launch a service that will allow iTunes users to stream TV shows and movies that they've purchased, according to a report Thursday in AppAdvice. The service, which is referred to internally at Apple as "iTunes Replay," will let users re-download TV shows and movies that they already own, as well as stream them to the company's set-top offering, Apple TV, according to the report.
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