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"The best thing that happens to us is when a great company gets into temporary trouble...We want to buy them when they're on the operating table." The company lost three million subscribers and angered many others in late 2011, after a series of mind-boggling missteps by founder and CEO Reed Hastings.

Microsoft is announcing the new Xbox, called Xbox One , right now, and is promoting the box as an all-in-one home entertainment solution.

Brazil and the Nordics except for the UK, where the series premiered on Channel 4 and was recently renewed for a second season.

The New York Times named 2012 the crossover year for Big Data : As a term and as a concept, Big Data broke through from the tech circle and into mainstream consciousness.

Summer television used to be a wasteland, nothing but reruns and a handful of originals that weren't worthy of airing during the fall, winter or spring.

Ben Silbermann is the founder of Pinterest, which is the subject of extra scrutiny as an acquisition target in the wake of the Yahoo deal for Tumblr.

Perhaps the most frustrating thing about the 2013-2014 network upfronts that wrapped up last week was knowing that three months of soul-crushing reality TV, generic police procedurals and over-the-top primetime soaps stand in the way between now and all the shiny, new shows the networks promised this fall.

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told the Canadian Digital Media Network 3.0 conference that the future of Internet TV will be filled with apps and constantly evolving.

Sound crazy? Yes, I know the SEC has accused him of oversharing only to back off later .

On Saturday night, Sacramento fashion consultant Kari Shipman will dress up to celebrate a TV sitcom that she never saw when it was broadcast, but has become so important to her that it informs her friendships.

Sandy Vasquez faces a bit of a dilemma on May 26 when new episodes of Arrested Development start streaming on Netflix.

A new study has revealed the dark side of binge viewing series like "House of Cards" on Netflix -- spouses that "Netflix cheat." If half of marriages end in divorce, maybe "Netflix cheating" is an early sign of trouble in a relationship.

For those who don't know, Imagine Entertainment is the production company founded by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer , and the two have been busy for 26 years at Universal with an exclusive production deal.

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Be sure to check out fellow LockerGnome writer Candice Shane's 2012 article on what to watch on Netflix - but be sure to add House of Cards and other Netflix originals to that list! Hastings' company Netflix is winning the streaming battle.

I have closely watched the up-and-coming generation, known as The Millennials, for 29 years now.

Amazon is still determined to snag every TV exclusive possible , and it just scored one of its better deals -- or at least, one of the more forward-thinking. It now has the sole unlimited subscription streaming rights to the previous seasons of five NBCUniversal shows.

However, should Coinstar really be advertising this service at all? Shouldn't it wait until it has a comparable library to what Netflix and Amazon.com ( In this video, longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz looks at the shortcomings that Redbox Instant faces, and its hook to get noticed.

Online media streaming sites like Netflix , Hulu and Amazon are tailor made for binge watching your favorite shows, as users watch entire television series in just a few sittings.

This morning, a news report indicated that a consortium of cable companies were in discussions to purchase Hulu, a web television provider.