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House of Cards
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Orange is the New Black sets return date
Netflix has set a launch date for the second season of its well-received female prison…
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Netflix raising $400m for originals, intn’l expansion
Netflix is planning to raise US$400 million in long-term debt in the first quarter of…
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Showtime orders Dominic West, Philip Seymour Hoffman series
CBS-owned US cable net Showtime has ordered two new scripted projects, The Affair and Happyish….
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Netflix sets sail with Marco Polo original series
Netflix has ordered a new original series, based on the adventures of Marco Polo, to…
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Netflix adds House of Cards commentary ahead of season two
Netflix has added scene-by-scene director’s commentary to House of Cards, weeks ahead of the launch…
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German deal for Netflix’s House of Cards
Sky Deutschland has secured the German rights to the second season of Netflix’s original drama…
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No confirmed date for Amazon originals outside the US
The Amazon original series launching on the Prime Instant in the US still have no…
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Netflix orders original drama series from Sony
Netflix’s has ordered another original drama, this time from the creators of Glenn Close legal…
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Netflix cuts cable deal with Com Hem
Swedish cable operator Com Hem will offer Netflix as part of its TiVo offering when…
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Amazon, Xbox cool on Netflix’s binge model
The executives running the content arms of Amazon and Xbox have separately told TBI they…
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Netflix goes live in the Netherlands
Netflix went live today in the Netherlands, offering streamed access to its catalogue of movies…
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Virgin Media signs Netflix deal
Virgin Media has signed a deal to add over-the-top video service Netflix to its TiVo…
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Kevin Spacey: $100m House of Cards ‘more cost effective than traditonal TV’
Actor Kevin Spacey has attacked the cost of the pilot season model and claimed it…
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History performs Houdini act
A+E Networks-owned History has greenlit another scripted period miniseries, this time calling on Oscar-winner Adrien…
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Netflix ‘not cannibalising traditional TV’, says TiVo study
Over-the-top video service Netflix is not cannibalising traditional TV viewing, according to a new study…
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Netflix launching in the Netherlands
Netflix will launch in the Netherlands later this year in the latest stage of its…
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Netflix’s Arrested Development launch ‘beats’ House of Cards
Internet traffic data for Netflix users suggests that 10% of Netflix viewers that started watching…
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Netflix: cable TV biz ‘out of whack’
The cable industry pay model is “out of whack” in the internet era, in which…
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Orange is the new black this season
Netflix is going big on original programming. Having started off with Lilyhammer, it stepped things…
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Netflix teams with DreamWorks to make first original kids series
Netflix is making its first original kids series. It is teaming with Hollywood studio DreamWorks…
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Counting Cards: viewing numbers for Netflix’s House of Cards
Netflix’s original series House of Cards launched February 1 and while the streaming service does…
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Is House of Cards Netflix’s ace in the pack?
Netflix is hoping that House of Cards is its ace in the pack. Kevin Spacey…