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Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparency

Massive shipping delays last month at Netflix were caused by hardware failure. Netflix gets the dunce award for lack of transparency in the face of disaster. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Hardware, Customs, Stacksafe, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-09-05

Netflix back to normal; promises Saturday night movies and 15 percent off.

Netflix back to normal; promises Saturday night movies and 15 percent off.RE:RE: Netflix back to normal; promises Saturday night movies and 15 percenOppurtunistic to use this forum to advertise your business. Yes, well done Netflix! I'm so proud that you spend your days with porn, have no time for mainstream...

Tags: Corporate communications, movie title, NetFlix Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-08-15

Netflix back to normal; promises Saturday night movies and 15 percent off.

Netflix, crippled by an outage that kept it from shipping movie DVDs to its customers for the better part of the week, says it has resumed normal operations. Millions of customers receive their DVDs by Saturday and the company, in a blog entry below, said it will apply a 15...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Outage, Manufacturing, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-15

News to know: Windows 7; Graphic card upgrades; Psystar; Netflix outage

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Where on earth are these Microsoft patches? Ed Bott: Sinofsky dishes on Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinking System Center Online: Another Microsoft-hosted cloud service in the making ...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Open Source, Health Care, Apple iPhone 3G, Outage, Microsoft Windows, 3G, Corporate Governance, Vertical Industries, Operating Systems, Software, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Netflix may lose $1.8M to $3.6M in revenue per day over outage

Update: Netflix has been facing shipping delays and outages in its distribution centers for the last two days and has been fumbling to find a fix. The company said Thursday that it is hoping to bring its systems online overnight. But the tab for the outage is roughly $1.8 million...

Tags: Revenue, NetFlix Inc., Distribution Center, Outage, DVD, Consumer Electronics, E-mail, Manufacturing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Online Communications, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Netflix may lose $1.8M to $3.6M in revenue per day over outage

Netflix may lose $1.8M to $3.6M in revenue per day over outageAbout the same time VMware had their problemsI wonder if they're connected?RE: Netflix may lose $1.8M to $3.6M in revenue per day over outageNetflix mails approximately 2 million a day. At $1 for roundtrip postage that's $2 million...

Tags: Manufacturing, Operational accounting, E-mail, NetFlix Inc., revenue, outage

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Netflix ups outlook; Customer acquisition costs fall

Netflix said Friday it ended the second quarter with more than 8.4 million subscribers, up 25 percent from a year ago, and spent less money acquiring those customers. Those two factors added up to better than expected quarterly results and an improved outlook. The company has been...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Acquisition, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

Netflix grabs more distribution via Microsoft's Xbox

Netflix grabs more distribution via Microsoft's XboxWhat do you want to bet?What do you want to bet that Canadian XBox and Netflix customers need not apply? :(well if you people here would cover things like say E3 '08 like you do forwell if you people here would cover things like...

Tags: Game players, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Netflix grabs more distribution via Microsoft's Xbox

In the enemy of my enemy is a friend department, Netflix said Monday that it signed a distribution pact with Microsoft that will allow Xbox 360 customers to access streaming movies and TV episodes. The Netflix pact statement follows the company's set-top box effort--Netflix Player by Roku--that...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Tv & Home Theater, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-14

(Photos: Cracking open the Roku Netflix Player)

(Photos: Cracking open the Roku Netflix Player)HD and WirelessThe Netflix player naively supports HD when Neflix has the content ripped at that level and you have sufficiently fast broadband. No headers and daughterboards necessary. Without having it in front of me I bet one of those headers is...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Network technology, photograph, Atheros Communications

Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week

Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including Roku's new Netflix player, a travel USB hard drive, and a set of Bluetooth speakers from Nokia.Here''s our weekly roundup of the new products CNET reviewers liked best. 1. Aperion Intimus 5B Harmony SD Black ...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Performance, RIM BlackBerry, Photograph, Bottom Line, CNET', Price, Smart Phones, Performance Management, Corporate Communications, Handhelds, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Hardware, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-05-24

Should Apple fear the Netflix Player?

Should Apple fear the Netflix Player?RE: Should Apple fear the Netflix Player?ut oh, some one is comparing a generic product to something made by Apple, even though they are vastly different products. This should be brutal.Stone the infidels! Apple TV is perfect. Do not challenge!Looks promising, but...Comparing the present functionality...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., AppleTV, Apple Inc., netflix, movie

Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Should Apple fear the Netflix Player?

Yesterday Netflix announced a new US$99, Roku-designed, set-top box that will allow customers to stream more than 10,000 movies and TV episodes. In a review on 19 May 2008 CNet's David Carnoy gave the Netflix Player a 7.7 out of 10: The good: Streams Netflix...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, NetFlix Inc., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Apple Inc., Home Entertainment, Netflix Player, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-05-21

Gallery: Roku Netflix Player

Netflix may have the next-generation movie rental device with the Nextflix Player from Roku. by Andy Smith

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Andy Smith, movies, rentals, DVD

Image galleries 2008-05-20

Netflix launches device for watching movies on TV

Netflix launches device for watching movies on TVNice at $99. Wonder why no PC content accessFrom what I see, I like this alternative to Apple TV although I use iTunes. It would be nice if this box leveraged the PC resources for stored content.at least it's not from AkimboAkimbo...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Akimbo, TV, NetFlix Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Netflix launches device for watching movies on TV

Netflix enters the Net-to-TV video race with the introduction of a $99.99 player that enables its members to stream up to 10,000 movies and TV shows. The company has let paying members of its DVD-by-mail service watch content on their computers for some time...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Video, Netflix Player, Netflix Player Box, Corporate Communications, TVs, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Rik Fairlie

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Netflix's set-top box: Is it really a game changer?

Netflix's set-top box: Is it really a game changer?This is going to push ISP's even further over the edge...NTyet another boxThis is just another set top box in a growing stack of set top boxes. Pretty soon, my set top boxes will tower over my not-insignificant television. Netflix,...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Digital rights management (DRM), TVs, Consumer electronics, AppleTV, game, NetFlix Inc., set-top, set-top box, TV, Akimbo, digital-rights management, Microsoft Corp., DVD, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Netflix's set-top box: Is it really a game changer?

The reviews are in and Netflix's set-top box--the Netflix Player by Roku--is a hottie. Then again we've heard this set-top box euphoria kick in before. Is Netflix really the company that will crack the code? Forgive the skepticism, but we've been down this road before with Apple...

Tags: Game, NetFlix Inc., Set-top Box, Set-top, Review, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-20

News to know: Netflix; Google Health; Storm Worm; Fixing Vista

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: The Storm Worm would love to infect you Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Microsoft: Half of Exchange inboxes to be Microsoft-hosted in five years...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Worm, Vertical Industries, Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Healthcare, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Netflix Player by Roku

If you're a Netflix subscriber you may have noticed that in the last year or so the company has rolled out a Watch Now option that lets you instantly watch some of the movies and TV shows in the Netflix library on your Windows PC with a broadband connection. More...

Tags: Corporate communications, Web site development, Web technology, Cable, TVs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, NetFlix Inc., Roku, video

Product reviews 2008-05-20