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DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) reported earnings this morning that underwhelmed in terms of less-than-expected revenue and EBITDA missing expectations. Weaker numbers answer why the satellite provider started the day off trading down almost 3%, however, the company did have some commendable news to...

Has the change-counting kiosk maker come up with the perfect formula for video renting success? For roughly two decades, when consumers wanted to rent a movie, they went to Blockbuster Video. There were other video chains in the mix as well, such as Family Video and Hollywood Video. But it was...

Streaming video may be the future, but most companies have forgotten that we are living in the present. As most Benzinga readers are now aware, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR) have teamed up to destroy the nation's video rental service: Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). In addition to this...

Your favorite DVD and streaming video service is on the cusp of destruction. Reed Hastings, the CEO of Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), knew his enterprise was in trouble the moment he saw the response to the company's infamous DVD hike. But he had no idea that his stock would continue to tumble for the...

The popular file-hosting site is officially closed. But is someone other than the DOJ to blame? Users of Google+ are buzzing with controversy this week as people begin to realize that MegaUpload's closure came just one month after the company announced a new streaming music service: MegaBox....

If Lazy Joes and Lazy Janes can pick and send cards from home, they won't ever leave the house again. What about Americans who weren't the inspiration for the humans in Wall-E? They will still leave the house. They can't help it; it's who they are. But if you were to give them a superior card-...

Image via CrunchBase A controversial move by CEO Reed Hastings of Netflix has sent the company stock into a free fall. Netflix (NFLX) seemed to be owning the entertainment content world with streaming movies, TV episodes, and shipping disks straight to your house for around 8 dollars a month. It...

In the wake of news of Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) price increase, satellite TV providers DirecTV (NASDAQ: DTV) and DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) reached new 52-week highs of $53.40 and $32.56 per share, respectively, in Wednesday's trading session. DirecTV has an active share buyback program, and...

"Noooooooooooooo! I just paid $2 extra to get DVDs!" That was the response one of my colleagues gave when I informed her of Netflix's (NASDAQ: NFLX) devious plans to separate its streaming and DVD services in the U.S. This questionable move comes at a time when the company is soaring. But the next...

Earlier this week, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced that it would close the division that makes Flip Video camcorders. This news was quite surprising considering the initial success of the Flip Video. The handheld device proved to be a formidable foe in the camcorder industry, garnering 13% of the...