'Fast Money' Recap: The Problem With Growth Stocks
at The Street - 2 hrs 1 min ago
The trading panel wonders why Facebook is having a good quarter when Google has been selling off.
Yahoo to show 2 comedy series in video expansion
AP - Mon Apr 28, 7:20PM CDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Yahoo will release two new comedy series next year in hopes of becoming an even more serious player in Internet video programming.
It's Too Late to Kill Netflix, Microsoft
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 28, 5:00PM CDT
Microsoft 's push into original video content has been a slow process, but we're finally getting there. The software giant announced this morning that several shows will be coming to Xbox 360, Xbox One, and other Microsoft devices starting in...
3 Internet Stocks With Greater Downside Risks
at The Street - Mon Apr 28, 5:00PM CDT
Chris Lau, Kapitall: Stocks with greater downside risks are vulnerable to market volatility. Keep an eye on these three. Last [...]
How Microsoft Is Taking Netflix Head On
at The Street - Mon Apr 28, 1:57PM CDT
It all starts with HBO doing original series, with shows like 'Sex & the City' and 'The Sopranos.' But now as Netflix takes the original content race into the 21st century, everyone, including Microsoft, wants in on the act.
Why Netflix (NFLX) Stock Is Falling Today
at The Street - Mon Apr 28, 1:48PM CDT
Netflix (NFLX) shares are down following new competition from Microsoft (MSFT) and the broader tech and Internet sell off on Monday.
How Video Can Propel Yahoo!'s Growth
at The Street - Mon Apr 28, 12:09PM CDT
After finally posting an increase in display revenue, Yahoo! has turned toward original video content as a growth area.
Charter Surges on Comcast Deal, But Will It Appease Regulators?
at The Street - Mon Apr 28, 11:53AM CDT
Comcast and Charter made a deal around cable subscribers to appease regulators but the essence of the Time Warner Cable acquisition remains with broadband.
Advertisers Shifting More Cash From TV To Internet
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Apr 28, 11:10AM CDT
Amazon.com (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Yahoo (YHOO) and other Internet video content providers got some good news on Monday from an advertising trade group. A study of nearly 300 brand marketer and ad agency executives found that they plan to shift more...
What the FCC's Net Neutrality Proposal Could Cost Consumers
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 28, 10:41AM CDT
Until fairly recently Internet service providers operated under the principal of net neutrality -- the idea that all content would be treated equally by Internet service providers. In January a federal court overturned the Federal Communication...
Why Netflix, Inc Raising Prices Is the Right Move
Bob Ciura, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 28, 10:00AM CDT
Streaming movie, television, and DVD service Netflix is growing like a weed. The company is quickly racking up subscribers both domestically and abroad, which has given it solid presence in the war for your living room. Netflix represents a major...
Stocks Open Up, Techs Stressed; March Pending Home Sales Soar
at Investor's Business Daily - Mon Apr 28, 9:41AM CDT
Stocks opened higher in mixed trade Monday, as investors navigated through earnings reports and mergers news but received a boost from positive home sales data. The Dow Jones industrial average swung up 0.6%, the S&P 500 0.3% and the Nasdaq 0.2%. The...
How to Trade a Market That Takes No Prisoners
at The Street - Mon Apr 28, 9:26AM CDT
This market is anything but easy for traders to navigate, but here are some key levels for you to watch this week.
Earnings Flashback: Since Reporting Quarterly Results 1 Week Ago NetFlix Is Down 7.6% (NFLX)
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Apr 28, 7:02AM CDT
When NetFlix (NASDAQ:NFLX) reported earnings a week ago on April 21st, 2014, analysts, on average, expected the company to report earnings of $1.00 on sales of $1.3 billion. NetFlix actually reported earnings of $0.86 per share on sales of $1.3 billion, missing EPS estimates by $0.14 and beating revenue estimates by $3.6 million. Since the company's report, shares of NetFlix have fallen from $348.49 to $322.08, representing a loss of 7.6% in the past 7 days.
Netflix Makes the Leap to Cable TV
John Casteele, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Apr 28, 6:45AM CDT
With all of the talk surrounding the programming deal between Time Warner 's HBO and Amazon.com 's Amazon Instant Video, another deal with potentially significant ramifications may have slipped under the radar. It seems that Netflix is...
Why You're Wrong to Think the HBO-Amazon.com Deal Is a Netflix, Inc Killer
Bob Ciura, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Apr 27, 5:00PM CDT
Source: Wikimedia Commons. Amazon.com has fired the next shot in the war for your living room. In the digital age, consumers are slowly cutting the cord on traditional cable subscriptions and moving toward streaming services and devices. That's...
Peter Chernin Wants to Introduce You to Another Netflix Competitor … Someday
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Apr 27, 2:30PM CDT
The Chernin Group and AT&T have agreed to invest $500 million in "over-the-top" video services. What's that mean? And should Netflix investors worry? Host Ellen Bowman puts these questions to analysts Nathan Alderman and Tim Beyers in this...
3 Predictions for the New Week
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Apr 27, 2:00PM CDT
I went out on a limb last wee k , and now it's time to see how that decision played out. I predicted that Netflix would move higher on the week. After correcting 25% since peaking a month earlier I figured that the leading premium video...
HBO and Amazon.com Just Struck a Streaming Deal. Is It Time to Sell Netflix, Inc. Stock?
Tim Beyers, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Apr 27, 12:00PM CDT
After years of trying to find a way to bring more of its content to streaming services, HBO last week struck a breakthrough deal with Amazon.com that will allow Prime members to stream programming that's at least three years old. Should those...
1 Great Thing Netflix and Boston Beer Have in Common
Philip Saglimbeni, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Apr 27, 9:22AM CDT
While painful for investors in the short term, efficient management teams at high-growth companies often make the difficult choice to forsake short-term earnings power for growth and expansion in the long term. As a buy and hold type of investor, I...