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As Netflix Doubles Down, Apple Mulls Original Content?

Apple (AAPL) has had early Hollywood discussions about original content, Variety reported late Monday. It’s unclear if the Eddy Cue-led effort would try to develop movies, TV shows or both — or if it would create an in-house studio or follow the Netflix (NFLX) model of working with outside production companies. Netflix for its part, over the weekend confirmed that it was dropping its online deal with big movie channel and distributor Epix as

Amazon, Netflix Stream Past Earnings Estimates

Streaming video is one of the fastest growing industries as “cord-cutting” consumers continue switching from TV networks to Web-based content. Amazon (AMZN) and Netflix (NFLX) were early market leaders and are widely expected to continue growing in the streaming market. Today’s Screen Of The Day is Estimate Beaters, stocks that beat earnings-per-share estimates by the widest margin in the latest reported quarter. Amazon absolutely crushed EPS

Netflix Now Without Epix And Starz As Hulu Jumps In

Video streamer Netflix (NFLX) dropped its online deal with major movie distributor Epix, three years after ending a similar agreement with Starz, as Netflix increasingly relies on its own content. Netflix rival Hulu quickly jumped in, announcing a distribution pact with Epix, while analysts speculated that Comcast (CMCSA) also looms as a new Epix partner. Comcast, along with 21st Century Fox (FOXA) and Walt Disney (DIS), owns Hulu. Comcast is the