How FCC’s net neutrality decision could affect you February 27, 2015, 7:13 AM|The FCC voted Wednesday to approve net neutrality and regulate the Internet as a public utility, similar to landline telephone service. The rules are designed to make sure that Internet companies treat all content providers equally. Maggie Reardon, a senior writer with CBS […]
January 23, 2015 – The Postal Service filed a lawsuit Dec. 23 against the Postal Regulatory Commission for the right to create a new product for DVD and disc mailings. The agency wants the court to overturn the oversight body’s decision that denied the Postal Service the ability to create a new product called the […]
The USPS may not have gone forward with its plans to kill Saturday mail delivery, but Netflix isn’t waiting. A few customers have noticed it’s no longer processing shipments on Saturdays, opting for a five day schedule instead. Company spokesman Joris Evers tells Engadget that it’s been transitioning in that direction over the past year […]
A former Dayton postal worker is alleged to have stolen more than 1,000 Netflix DVDs between May 5, 2012 and Dec. 18, 2012, according to a federal complaint. Mark E. McCurry, then an employee of Dayton’s United States Postal Service, is accused of theft of mail matter by officer or employee. A complaint filed in […]
Netflix won’t miss Saturday mail delivery, even though the weekend service helped keep its DVD-by-mail subscribers happy. The U.S. Postal Service’s planned shift to five days of home delivery a week instead of six may even make Netflix Inc. slightly more profitable by lowering the costs for sending out its familiar red envelopes with DVDs. […]
Gamefly Asks PRC To Speed Up Decision In USPS Preferential Treatment To Netflix Case In April 2009 Gamefly filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission stating that Netflix & Blockbuster envelopes were getting preferential treatment from USPS. Larry J. Belair, USPS senior plant manager in San Diego said in a 2010 filing to PRC: […]
Company is Increasing, by One Dollar a Month to $9.99, the Price of Popular Subscription Plan LOS GATOS, Calif., Nov. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — With its members now watching more content streamed over the Internet than on discs delivered by mail, Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) today introduced a $7.99 streaming-only subscription plan in the United […]
INDIANAPOLIS – Ricky L. Alsip, 53, of Evansville, Indiana, was sentenced to two yearsof probation by U.S. District Judge Richard L. Young following his guilty plea to theft of mail by a postal employee. This case was the result of a investigation by the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspection General. Alsip admitted that he […]
Funai, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sharp, Toshiba to Provide Netflix Ready Devices LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ — Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), the world’s largest online movie rental service, today announced agreements with five global consumer electronics companies that will introduce Netflix ready devices later this year. The partners include Funai, which distributes the Philips, Magnavox, Sylvania […]