SAG Awards Nominees Announced for 20th Annual Show January 18


The nominations for the 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are in. The awards show will air on Saturday January 18, 2-14 on TNT and TBS at 8pm Eastern. The nominations are for outstanding...
    






Netflix receives 14 Emmy nominations


Netflix is beginning to enjoy the fruits of labor. Following the company's pivotal foray into pushing original content, Netflix has snagged 14 nominations for original online-only web television for...

Game of Thrones Reimagined as Other TV Shows

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With Game of Thrones back on TV for a third season, it’s only natural the amount of alternative art and mashups for the biggest fantasy show on television which has broken the genre’s barriers among audiences will be hitting an all-time high.

One of the better ones we’ve seen recently was ...
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Ted Sarandos, Mitch Hurwitz and Will Arnett wax poetic about creating content for the internet

Ted Sarandos, Mitch Hurwitz and Will Arnett wax poetic about creating content for the internet

Look, Will Arnett is hilarious. His gravely tones are also just as romantic in person as they are on television. And he took the stage here at D:Dive Into Media 2013 alongside Mitch Hurwitz (creator of Arrested Development) and Ted Sarandos (Chief Content Officer & VP of Content at Netflix) in order to talk about the changing world of original content production. Outside of making jokes about premiums paid for getting props back in order to create a new generation of Arrested Development (seriously, they sold the Aztec Tomb "immediately," per Arnett), Hurwitz and Arnett both agreed that it's a completely different dynamic in creating television for the internet.

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Netflix confirms 14 new Arrested Development episodes, the Bluth family returns to screens this May

If you asked Netflix, it'd probably agree there's more money to be had from the Bluth Family's banana stand -- after all, it did buy the exclusive rights to it. After months of waiting and anticipation, the company has confirmed that the fourth season of Arrested Development will arrive in May. This run of the revived sitcom will consist of 14 episodes in total, all of which will only be streamable from the house of Hastings servers. All we can hope for in the meantime is that, Maeby maybe, just maybe, a certain Gob Bluth will finally get his act together.

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Netflix schedules its original series ‘House of Cards’ for release February 1st

Netflix schedules its original series 'House of Cards' for release February 1st

While Netflix has built its streaming service on content previously available elsewhere, its dive into exclusive original content begins in earnest February 1st of next year. That's when the David Fincher-directed House of Cards series that it reportedly outbid the likes of HBO and AMC for will debut, with all 13 episodes immediately available for streaming in all of Netflix's service areas. Lilyhammer was an exclusive of sorts that debuted earlier this year, however that was in association with Norwegian broadcaster NRK.

Netflix is going it alone backing several original series that will roll out over the next year including the highly anticipated return of Arrested Development (they're apparently looking for walk-ons, check the video after the break), a murder mystery titled Hemlock Grove from Eli Roth, comedy Orange is the New Black from Jenji Kohan, the creator of Showtime's Weeds, and the second season of Lilyhammer. There's no word on why the series will launch next year instead of the originally scheduled "late 2012" window, however production of the second 13 episode season (which Netflix agreed to up front) is already scheduled to begin in the spring as well. We'll see if the new push for exclusive content can cover some of the holes in Netflix's catalog and keep current customers aboard while also attracting new viewers, even as competition in the subscription streaming arena increases.

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Netflix users clock-in more viewing hours than ever: over one billion in June

Despite all Netflix's misgivings up until early this year, the service has got its users watching more video than ever. CEO Reed Hastings recently took to Facebook to announce that subscribers have watched over one billion hours of content in a single month, for the "first time ever." As Tech Crunch points out, that's about one hour of video-viewing per day against the five hours that the regular ole tube garners. Hastings also mentioned he's excited about the service's exclusive rights to House of Cards and Arrested Development, declaring that they'll help to "blow these records away." If you'll recall, back in January the company claimed 26 million streaming subscribers worldwide, compared to just over 10 million who opted for discs -- it'll be very interesting to see how these fluctuate given its newer takes on content.

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