By Cameron Kaine:For the past couple of years gravediggers have stood frustratingly idle with shovel in hand anxiously waiting to be contracted out to bury streaming movie giant Netflix (NFLX). While the company has shown to have had more lives than 24's Jack Bauer, it has also had…

By Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Tuesday February 21. Bullish Calls: Ralph Lauren (RL), VFCorp (VFC): "...Ralph Lauren pulled back...VFC pulled back. They are superior to Hanesbrands...we want to stick with…

By David White:On Tuesday, Feb. 21, Comcast (CMCSA) announced a new streaming video service called Xfinity Streampix. This will initially only be available to Comcast cable subscribers. However, the service could also operate as a standalone service outside of the cable subscription…

Market wrap-up for February 21st End of the Day: Dow Jones up 15.8 to 12,965.69; Nasdaq down 3.2 to 2,948.57; S&P 500 up 1.0 to 1,362.21 The following is a brief summary of events moving markets today:Dear Whitney Tilson: You still have time to go short: Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is taking…

(02-21) 08:26 PST , (AP) -- Netflix says it will stream certain movies from The Weinstein Co., including "The Artist," under an exclusive licensing agreement. The companies say their multiyear agreement will cover...

By J. Mintzmyer:Back in August, I wrote a buy recommendation article on Paragon Shipping (PRGN). PRGN traded that day at $1.29 a share, resulting in a six-month loss of 29.1% while the S&P 500 gained 21.5%. In my article, I predicted that PRGN had around 71% upside, just on…

FORTUNE -- Launched in 2005, Amazon Prime aimed to get customers to spend more. For $79 a year, members got free two-day delivery on an unlimited number of items. Amazon sweetened the pot from there. Last year, it introduced Prime Instant Videos, an unlimited movie and TV streaming service…

Comcast Corp. became the latest major name to take on Netflix Inc. on Tuesday when it announced plans for an online video service offering a library of TV shows and movies. The new service, called Xfinity Streampix, will be made available only to Comcast's cable TV subscribers. But the…

The flick-flicker scales back last quarter's profitability on a privacy settlement.

By Rocco Pendola:I know. I said this before about Sirius XM (SIRI) and it went over like an errant New Year's resolution. But this time I am as serious as a paper cut. Other than mentioning the company as a play in the $100,000 portfolio, I'm done writing about Netflix (NFLX) on…

By Bill Maurer: If Netflix (NFLX) were a book, it would definitely be in the "mystery" section. Just when you think you have the company figured out, they pull a 180, and do something completely unexpected. Last Thursday, they did it again with their DVD business. Let's examine what…

Microsoft has added John W. Thompson, the former CEO of security software giant Symantec, to its board of directors. Thompson has deep enterprise experience. He started at IBM, then increased Symantec's revenue 10x, to more than $6 billion a year, during his decade as the company's CEO.…

A growing number of Hollywood directors, actors, and writers are taking their talents to the Web, and in doing so presenting a challenge to old-guard studios still beholden to TV, theater, and DVD-based distribution. The talent is drawn not only by the growing investments made by in…

By J. Mintzmyer:When I wrote my last article on Star Bulk Carriers (SBLK), about 6 months ago, I recommended it as a "good buy." SBLK traded that day at $1.47 a share and has since paid out 10 cents in dividends. Yes, I guided my readers to a six-month loss of 25.2% while the…

After Disney sold Miramax to Colony Capital in 2010, the 60 person team is making distribution of its current top hits including Pulp Fiction, Chicago and Good Will Hunting the top priority.

Applied Materials, Netflix lose early gains, but Brightcove shares surge 30% following Web content-provider’s IPO.

FORTUNE -- Netflix (NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings really can't catch a break. And it's only partly his fault. Ever since that whole aborted DVD-spinoff fiasco (Qwikster), which followed that whole new-pricing-plan fiasco, every one of his utterances has been examined by the media for evidence of…

By Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer's Mad Money TV Program, Tuesday February 14. FXE (FXE), Michael Kors (KORS), Fossil (FOS), Netflix (NFLX), Apple (AAPL), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), National Bank of Greece (NBG) The market was on a…

Filed under: Technology, Family MoneySix dollars. This is what had the internet boiling yesterday. Six dollars a month, or just less than 20 cents a day. As someone in my Twitter stream raged: "Here's a quarter...now shut up." But for the thousands of Netflix subscribers upset about the…

Filed under: Extracurriculars, Family MoneyCall it opportunism, playing to weakness, or just marketing to pissed-off people: Targeting your competitor's customers after an unpopular move, one like that made by Netflix earlier this month, is kind of a no-brainer. NPR's Marketplace Tuesday…

We thought it was a little strange when Whitney Tilson and Glenn Tongue's hedge fund T2 Partners' latest 13F came out earlier this week and Netflix wasn't included. We sent the hedge fund manager an email to find out why and there's now a corrected version of the fund's regulatory filing…

Movie-rental firm quietly launches its first original series ‘Lilyhammer,” and others are sure to follow, writes Rex Crum.

By Bill Maurer: Recently, Netflix (NFLX) released its annual 10-K filing, and some of the details may be shocking to some. We all know that 2012 is going to be a transitional year for the company. It just launched its service in the UK and Ireland, it is going to bleed DVD…

An original series called 'Orange Is the New Black' reportedly will be Netflix’s second original-content offering, but not its last.

According to recent news from Bloomberg, Netflix Inc. is on the brink of producing another original series called Orange Is the New Black.