Netflix down 5.3% as BSkyB plans streaming - CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of video rental provider Netflix Inc. were down 5.3% Tuesday after British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc announced a plan to challenge Netflix's recent U.K. launch with a streaming video service of its own. The service, which will get underway in the next six months, will have unlimited access to a package of Hollywood movies for a monthly subscription fee, according ...

Netflix down more than 5% as BSkyB moves toward streaming - Netflix down more than 5% as BSkyB moves toward streaming

Verizon deal could cannibalize Redbox DVDs: BTIG - CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The just-announced deal between Verizon Communications Inc. and Coinstar's Redbox could have negative consequences for Redbox, in the view of media analyst Richard Greenfield of BTIG Research. In his latest blog entry, Greenfield commented: "The problem with the Verizon/Redbox JV is that once you have a great streaming product, consumers are simply not going to want ...

MarketWatch First Take: Verizon, Redbox give Netflix a new worry - A new service will offer streaming videos and downloads, notes media columnist Jon Friedman

Netflix makes round of management changes - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Netflix Inc. announced a set of executive changes at the video-streaming and DVD-rental company. Leslie Kilgore, Netflix's chief marketing officer, will join the company's board as a non-executive director, while Jessie Becker, Netflix's vice president of marketing, will take over as chief marketing officer. Additionally, Netflix named Jonathan Friedland as its new ...

Fantasy Earnings Trader: Fantasy Earnings leader wins week with Netflix - Prescient bet on volatile video provider boosts gains.

Euro 2012 - Early Doors: Better the devil you know for England - Like Joey Barton, Early Doors likes to validate any argument by leaning heavily on borrowed quotes from noted authorities.

Coinstar shares jump on results, NCR deal - SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Coinstar Inc. jumped more than 16% to $58.90 on Tuesday morning after the company reported better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter and announced plans to buy the DVD-kiosk business from NCR Corp. -- removing a key competitor for Coinstar's Redbox service. The deal came after Coinstar announced a partnership with Verizon for a new digital ...

Tuning in to TV - Verizon, Redbox to team for video streaming service Phone company Verizon Communications Inc. will challenge Netflix and start a video streaming service this year with Redbox and its DVD rental kiosks. Verizon and Coinstar Inc., Redbox's parent, said the service will be national and available to non-Verizon customers as well, ...

IBEX Spacecraft Intercepts 'Alien' Particles - As it circles Earth, NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer hunts for particles streaming in from beyond the solar system. It has intercepted hydrogen, helium, neon and oxygen atoms. IBEX principal investigator Dave McComas discusses how the abundance of those atoms hints at the Milky Way's composition.