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NFLX And Chill With These 8 Wall Street Shows And Movies
Friday, October 28, 2016 - 11:42am | 385Investors and traders who dread the weekend because the U.S. stock market is closed could find some satisfaction in catching up on the following movies and TV shows available on Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX). 1. 'White Collar' This TV show follows an unfortunate recurring theme on Wall Street,...
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Lions Gate Teams With Vimeo For First-Of-Its-Kind Content Deal
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 11:17am | 299Vimeo’s global television store is going to a lot of award winning content next month under a brand new deal with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (USA) (NYSE: LGF). Under the first-of-its-kind deal for a studio, titles such as “Mad Men,” “Nurse Jackie” and “Orange...
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Hulu Adds More Value With Skinny Bundles, Original Series And Documentary Division
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 1:47pm | 339Hulu's annual upfront presentation this week brought news beyond just the standard series pick-ups and renewals. As leaked earlier in the week, Hulu has announced its getting into the streaming "skinny bundle" game with a new service. While a final price has not been confirmed many have it pegged...
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6 Companies That Could Acquire AMC Networks
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 4:39pm | 1036Twenty-First Century Fox (NASDAQ: FOXA) stunned investors Wednesday when it was revealed that the company offered to acquire Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) for $80 billion. The deal (which valued Time Warner at $85 per share) was ultimately rejected, but that didn't stop investors from buying the...
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The Top 10 Most Binge-Watched Programs
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 4:21pm | 709TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) Media Research, along with Albert Fried, recently conducted a 15,000-person survey. The results from that survey showed that, perhaps unsurprisingly, about 91 percent of respondents binge-watch television. Albert Fried released a note on Wednesday, listing the top 10 most...
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AMC's 'Low Winter Sun' Captures The 'Beauty And Grime' Of Detroit
Friday, August 9, 2013 - 4:40pm | 1030Low Winter Sun, the latest drama from AMC (NASDAQ: AMCX), isn't merely another Detroit 1-8-7. Viewers may remember that latter series as an ill-fated cop show from Disney (NYSE: DIS) and ABC. While it had a notable fan base (IMDb readers gave it a 7.3 out of 10; TV.com readers awarded it with a...
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DISH or DirecTV? One Satellite TV Firm Stands Out
Monday, November 5, 2012 - 9:59am | 609Consumers have a lot of choices these days when it comes to television programming. Cable providers and satellite providers have been duking it out for years; now AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) are in the game with offerings of their own. Dish Network (Nasdaq: DISH) and DirecTV (NYSE:...
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Redheads Get Premature Ejection from Sperm Bank
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 11:21am | 353Once again, redheads are discriminated against for being extra awesome. Last month, MSNBC reported that the world's largest sperm bank, Cryos International, had pulled the plug on donations from redheaded men. “Demand for redheads is still high in Ireland, according the clinic, but apparently it'...
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Eight Stocks Insiders Are Buying
Friday, August 19, 2011 - 9:54am | 796There is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price is going to move higher and they want to profit from it. Market-driven sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity to snap up shares for investors who have faith in a company. Here are some stocks that have...
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'Mad Men' Coming To Netflix
Wednesday, April 6, 2011 - 3:15pm | 106Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have agreed to a deal to stream all seven seasons of the television hit “Mad Men”. The deal is reported to be worth between $75 and $100 million. Lions Gate has a separate deal with cable network AMC to broadcast the show via more...
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Mad Men, Family Guy Top Shows for Online Audience
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 1:53pm | 142A&E hit show Mad Men was the top show in General Sentiment and Q Scores' inaugural Prime-Time Television Audience Evaluation Report (TVAER). Mad Men narrowly beat out Family Guy, broadcast television's top show during the week of September 6 – 12. Overall, broadcast television dominated, with...