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#28 Sep 15 2011 at 12:31 PM Rating: Excellent

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Ouch? Netflix stocks get hammered as company revises its customer attrition projections.

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Shares of Netflix NFLX slid more than 13% in early trades to $181 â€” putting the stock below the $200 for the first time since March. The shares are down more than 40% since peaking above the $300 mark in mid-July.

The drop came after the company issued a statement that reduced its subscriber forecast for the third quarter. The company expects about 1 million fewer subscribers for the period than it did in its initial forecast, given during its last earnings report on July 25.

The change includes the effect of a hike in rental fees that takes effect this month. Netflix expects the biggest change to the base of subscribers using only its mail-order DVD service; total domestic subscribers to the DVD-only plans are 27% lower than the companyâ€™s initial forecast of 3 million.

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I jumped ship to the local Redbox (which is like, one whole block away). Been thoroughly disappointed with Netflix and their increasingly frustrating mismanagement.

Using Redbox is saving us a pretty penny on the physical DVDs, and Netflix's streaming service was never much of a draw. It's amazing that years after its launch, they still hadn't made a remotely useful UI for the PS3 streaming system.

Happy to vote with my dollar. I had expected the service to take off, but it looks like the wheels are starting to fall off, instead.

Edited, Sep 15th 2011 3:02pm by Eske

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#30 Sep 16 2011 at 7:49 AM Rating: Good

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Looks like this move by Netflix is cutting deeper than anticipated:

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The company, which split its streaming and DVD-by-mail services two months ago, now expects a total of 24 million subscribers in the third quarter, down from the 25 million it forecast in July.

However at least one analyst predicts that Netflix will remain the top dog in online movie rental...

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Jefferies & Co. analyst Youssef H. Squali said while "Netflix's leadership in online streaming should remain uncontested for a long time

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Is anyone using Amazon prime to stream programming?

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#31 Sep 19 2011 at 6:21 AM Rating: Excellent

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Netflix is rebranding its DVD service as "Qwikster" and offering video games. The streaming service will be known as Netflix.

E-Mail from this morning wrote:

Itâ€™s hard to write this after over 10 years of mailing DVDs with pride, but we think it is necessary: In a few weeks, we will rename our DVD by mail service to â€œQwiksterâ€. We chose the name Qwikster because it refers to quick delivery. We will keep the name â€œNetflixâ€ for streaming.

Qwikster will be the same website and DVD service that everyone is used to. It is just a new name, and DVD members will go to qwikster.com to access their DVD queues and choose movies. One improvement we will make at launch is to add a video games upgrade option, similar to our upgrade option for Blu-ray, for those who want to rent Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 games. Members have been asking for video games for many years, but now that DVD by mail has its own team, we are finally getting it done. Other improvements will follow. A negative of the renaming and separation is that the Qwikster.com and Netflix.com websites will not be integrated.

There are no pricing changes (weâ€™re done with that!). If you subscribe to both services you will have two entries on your credit card statement, one for Qwikster and one for Netflix. The total will be the same as your current charges. We will let you know in a few weeks when the Qwikster.com website is up and ready.

I have no idea how this is supposed to help. Am I supposed to forget that streaming & DVDs used to be bundled if they change one of the names?

Now that I think about it, this will help hide the decreased streaming selection since you won't plug in movies and see "DVD only".

Edited, Sep 19th 2011 7:22am by Jophiel

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If it wasn't for straight-to-video Cuba Gooding, Jr. action movies, Netflix's instant streaming catalog would be half the size it currently is.

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#33 Sep 19 2011 at 4:49 PM Rating: Good

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I did end up canceling my Netflix subscription this weekend. I am disappointed that I can't remove my billing information from my account though. Reading around online, I guess even if you call them they won't do it.

Their movie selection was pretty weak, and seeing as I already subscribe to Starz through my cable provider and have Starz on Demand, I don't benefit from that contract. TV Shows, I watched quite a few, but have run out of things to watch.

I do find it ridiculous that Netflix can't keep your account active for the remainder of your paid service period. I'd say the vast majority of online monthly subscription services let you cancel your subscription, yet still use the remainder of what you paid for before their service is off limits to you. Netflix had to have decided to do it this way on purpose. Probably to hope people would wait until the last moment to cancel, then forget and get charged another 8 or 9 dollars. If I actually had anything I wanted to watch on Netflix I'd be a little upset that I couldn't cancel now without losing the remainder of my paid month.

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Jophiel wrote:

Netflix is rebranding its DVD service as "Qwikster" and offering video games. The streaming service will be known as Netflix.

I'm actually slightly excited about the DVD service now including video games. I'll be cancelling my streaming plan once I clear it of movies and I don't watch enough TV shows to justify maintaining the subscription. I received the same e-mail and I'm still trying to figure out why Netflix even bothered to send it. Is this pathetic-sounding e-mail supposed to appeal to my emotions and convince me that a new name really does justify higher costs?

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#35 Sep 20 2011 at 5:29 PM Rating: Excellent

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#36 Sep 26 2011 at 8:28 AM Rating: Good

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Nothing that will change my mind about my actions, but some minor good news for Netflix:

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Netflix has signed an exclusive deal with Dreamworks Animation which will allow them to stream content from the studio to Netflix. The deal will allow Netflix to stream content from Dreamworks which previously supplied content to HBO. The contract was negotiated at approximately $30 million per Dreamworks film title.

The only drawback to the deal is that Netflix will be unable to stream content from Dreamworks until 2013. However, Dreamworks is planning 3 new movies releases that year which Netflix will undoubtedly get.

The deal is very appealing for Dreamworks because under their contract with HBO they were unable to sell digital downloads to other providers. Now under the Netflix contract they will still be able to sell those digital downloads while providing streaming content to Netflix. So the deal with Netflix is relatively â€œsugar coatedâ€ and will allow Dreamworks to keep profiting off their content.

According to Gigaom, Netflix doesnâ€™t actually like to do exclusive deals it only does them when it has to compete with providers like HBO.

This deal could not have come at a better time as Netflix loses its deal with Starz, Netflix stock falls, and Netflix splits its streaming service and DVD service into separate parts.

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#37 Oct 10 2011 at 10:16 AM Rating: Good

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Qwickster is dead before it even got started.

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On Monday, the company said it would reverse a previously announced decision to put its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services on separate websites, a plan that was widely derided by Netflix subscribers.

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Qwickster is dead before it even got started.

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On Monday, the company said it would reverse a previously announced decision to put its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services on separate websites, a plan that was widely derided by Netflix subscribers.

That company is floundering. They're lucky that they don't have any direct competition to sweep in and steal their thunder.

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#39 Oct 10 2011 at 12:55 PM Rating: Good

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Whatever. even at $15 or whatever a month, it's still way cheaper than what I used to pay going to Major Video back in the day.

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#40 Oct 10 2011 at 3:32 PM Rating: Excellent

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Well, I don't have cable, and my free time is limited. The portion of that I'm willing to spend on television is even smaller (most of it goes to friends, games and reading).

So, a streaming service is really ideal for me. Until Netflix has a competitor, I'll probably be sticking with them. Since I only generally watch television (with some exceptions) when I feel like being mindless, their less-than-stellar line-up doesn't really bother me. :P

I just pirate my anime (even if NF has the series I want, they almost never have the language I want).

The only things I watch without the intention of doing so mindlessly are documentaries (which NF has a decent selection of) and HBO series, which I just pirate out of desperation (which I don't feel bad about, since I'd be using my parents' cable streaming service to view it, if I could get it to work properly on my pc).

And I've never subscribed to their disc service. Though I'll admit, there are some things on NF that aren't streaming that have been tempting me. Fortunately, all their price/service shenanigans started right around the time I would have seriously considered it. :P

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#41 Oct 17 2011 at 5:58 PM Rating: Good

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I still use Netflix instant because it's easier than torrenting everything or finding ****** streams of the shows I watch.

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#42 Oct 28 2011 at 4:33 AM Rating: Good

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Holy crap.

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Despite recent troubles, Netflix is a major force on the Internet, accounting for 32.7% of peak U.S. downstream traffic, according to a new report.

Sandvine Intelligent Broadband Networks' report analyzed 200 Internet service providers in 80 countries and found that real-time entertainment apps take up 60% of peak downstream traffic, up from 50% last year. Netflix has more than half of that share. Sandvine considers the hours between 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. to be peak times.

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#43 Nov 01 2011 at 7:27 AM Rating: Good

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So I wanted to see if I could watch The Wire on instant, and netflix gives me this:

Why does netflix think I'm a ****?

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#44 Nov 01 2011 at 8:20 AM Rating: Excellent

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My first reaction to that picture is "Is that **** Van **** as a **** Cage Fighter?"

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My first reaction to that picture is "Is that **** Van **** as a **** Cage Fighter?"

I thought it was Leslie Nielsen. Smiley: lol

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#46 Nov 03 2011 at 7:13 PM Rating: Good

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I changed my plan from 3 DVD and streaming to 1 DVD and streaming. I wish it was cheaper but then again, I'm paying for EQ2 about 15 dollars a month, so why not Netflix? Those are the only two things in the house that are "me time". I don't watch regular TV and my house is filled with stuff for my son except the tiny corner for my PC.

The streaming has improved over the last 2 weeks, I must say. At least for me. I watch a lot of foreign movies on Netflix and I'm seeing more and more appearing on the stream.

I truly wanted to cancel the mail DVD section but I can't find a rental store here?? What the hell happened to all the Blockbusters? Family Videos? Hollywood Video?? Nothing is here... I can't find anything but a Redbox and I don't have a credit or debit card... Infact, I don't have a bank account so I can't use it.

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So I wanted to see if I could watch The Wire on instant, and netflix gives me this:

Why does netflix think I'm a ****?

I'm surprised it didn't give you Wire in the Blood (which is pretty @#%^ing good, by the way).

Also, watch Luther and the new Sherlock series.

Edited, Nov 3rd 2011 9:32pm by Spoonless

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#48 Nov 03 2011 at 11:04 PM Rating: Excellent

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I truly wanted to cancel the mail DVD section but I can't find a rental store here?? What the hell happened to all the Blockbusters? Family Videos? Hollywood Video??

Hollywood is long dead, killed by Blockbuster and Netflix. Blockbuster is dead with its name and licensing agreements bought up by DirecTv (or Dish? One of them...) but its physical locations closed.

The local Family Video, on the other hand, has a message on its marquee saying that they're opening 60 -- yes, six-zero -- new locations and people should apply for management positions. I've no idea if that's statewide or regionally or nationally or what.

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