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Netflix kills plan to split off DVD rentals

Netflix is abandoning its widely panned decision to separate its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services because it would make them more difficult to use.

Senh: Props to Reed Hastings for listening to his users and reversing the two site decision. It takes guts to admit that you're wrong to the world. Together, DVD plus streaming, makes Netflix a much better proposition. They're also the only company that's able to do this. It differiates them from the competition.

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Netflix Buyout Would Need To Top $200 To Make Sense

An analyst from Wedbush recently speculated that Netflix separated its DVD business to open doors for potential acquisition of the company by Amazon. Our price estimate for Netflix stands at $195, implying a premium of about 50% to the market price.

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Hollywood downloads a post-DVD future

The movie studio business model is poised for its biggest shift in years as Hollywood turns to Internet delivery as the only way to boost home entertainment revenues. Across Hollywood, a quiet revolution is brewing that's about to transform living rooms around the world.

Goodbye DVDs, Blu-ray Disc: Apple Putting HDMI On Macs

This is a continuance to a trend to allow hi-definition video content to be streamed from a hard drive.

G.E.’s Breakthrough Can Put 100 DVDs on a Disc

Experts say the breakthrough holds the promise of being a big step forward in digital storage with a wide range of potential uses.

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Netflix kills plan to split off DVD rentals

Netflix Buyout Would Need To Top $200 To Make Sense

Hollywood downloads a post-DVD future

Goodbye DVDs, Blu-ray Disc: Apple Putting HDMI On Macs

G.E.’s Breakthrough Can Put 100 DVDs on a Disc