Here is a little Friday humor for you via YouTube. Is Netflix Queue-snooping the new looking in the medicine cabinet? (Via Mashable)

Let’s all agree, Christmas is a horrible time for a movie streaming service to #fail. That’s exactly what Netflix did, however. The outage continued into Christmas morning for some customers. The company tweeted on its Netflix US account at 8:45 a.m. PT today that the service was “back to normal streaming levels.” Netflix first started responding to tweets about disrupted

There are a lot of people scratching their heads over Netflix’s latest move. It was recently confirmed that Netflix has purchased the DVD.com domain name. So, what are they going to do with it? Flip, as I know. The folks over at Daily Finance, however, did some speculating. This certainly wouldn’t seem to be a business in which Netflix would

Netflix made a number of changes to their website in the last few days — including adding a better search feature, a new search database results page and a new hovering top-line bar to help navigate the site — and I, for one, give it a big thumbs up. For many years the Netflix website was pretty utilitarian and not

It would seem obvious that it should already exist — the ability to seek out content based on the TV channel that produced it. Hulu organizes it this way if you want it, so why doesn’t Netflix? Well, Netflix doesn’t really do a very good job of organizing anything. Its genre categories are kind of a joke. Yet, I noticed

Netflix announced today on its blog that it will now allow customers to purchase their service through their iTunes accounts. This should help out people who want to use Netflix with their Apple TVs. Starting today, you can sign-up for Netflix directly on your Apple TV and pay via your iTunes account. Plus, with the new third generation Apple TV,

Netflix and cable companies may be getting cozy in the future. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has been suggesting lately that the company could offer its streaming service through cable providers, which at first seems like trying to mix oil and water. Here is how the Chicago Tribune reported it this week: In what would ratchet up its competition with HBO, the

The Netflix Instant Watch library has lost some twinkle. As of today, the deal between Netflix and Starz, which helped both grow in the last few years, is no more. Here is how CNN reported it: Netflix’s key contract with Starz expired on Tuesday, causing a massive hit to its instant streaming catalog of movies and TV shows. Pay-cable network

Netflix just settled a class action lawsuit for violating privacy rights. You expect companies like Facebook to do things like this, but not Netflix. Here is how it was reported on The Hollywood Reporter website. Netflix is paying $9 million to settle a class action lawsuit that alleged the company violated federal law by retaining information about former customers’ viewing

Verizon and Redbox are joining forces to create a new movie-streaming and DVD rental offering for consumers — directly taking on Netflix. Here is how Rueters is reporting it: The venture will combine the Redbox DVD rental kiosk business with an Internet video offering from Verizon, including mobile offerings, in the second half of the year… …The new service’s price

Netflix Adds and Removes Starz TV Series in the Same Weekend Netflix added Starz’s new TV series Boss to the instant watch library Friday, Jan. 27 and removed it by Sunday, Jan. 29. It is unclear why or exactly when the series was removed. Of course, Netflix and Starz have had their issues in the past and have haggled specifically

Netflix stock is up today after the company’s announcement of its earnings from the fourth quarter of 2011. While it hasn’t completely bounced back from subscriber losses in the third quarter, things are trending up again for the company. Netflix Inc. regained subscriber growth in the fourth quarter after losing ground in the third period, ending the year with 24.4 million

The pilot episode of the yet-to-premiere Broadway-themed NBC TV show Smash is streaming on Netflix. Netflix is apparently providing a sneak peak of the show, which stars Katharine McPhee of American Idol fame, until Feb. 23. The show officially premieres on NBC Feb. 6. The show also stars Debra Messing, Anjelica Huston and Megan Hilty. Your primer below: Pop singer Katharine McPhee

Time Warner has never been a friend to Netflix. The company has repeatedly put up roadblocks to offering their content on Netflix. HBO content, which Time Warner owns, is pretty much blocked all together. Another chapter in this war over content distribution has now emerged, according to AllThingsD. Want to watch a new movie just out on DVD from Warner Brothers? You’re

There has been a fair amount of speculation that Netflix could be gobbled up by a large tech company over the last few months. The latest in the line of speculated suitors is Yahoo! In a statement yesterday, Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock said “Yahoo is considering a wide range of opportunities for the company’s business, as well as specific investments