There are around two weeks left until the new season of “Arrested Development” is released on Netflix. To get fans excited, Netflix has released a trailer for the new season of the show. Even though seven years has passed since the show has been off-the-air, the characters seem to be up to their usual antics.
Netflix has reported their first quarter earnings for 2013 today. The net profit was $2.6 million (5 cents a share) and the company had their first billion dollar quarter at $1.02 billion. If you exclude the one-time charges, Netflix reported profits of 31 cents a share and profits rose to $131 million.
I’m looking forward to hearing the intro to Arrested Development again, “now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything and the one son who had no choice, but to keep them altogether.” The fourth season of “Arrested Development” is launching exclusively on Netflix starting May 26th.
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Online video streaming company Netflix has hired Andy and Lana Wachowski, the creators of The Matrix series of movies, to produce a show called Sense8. Netflix also brought on Joe Straczynski, the creator of Babylon 5, for this program. The plot of Sense8 is not yet known.
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Spotify is best known for allowing users to stream music for free through their desktop software. Spotify’s paid service lets users listen to music without ads, offline for your playlists, and a seamless mobile experience. BusinessInsider is reporting that Spotify wants to launch a video service that would compete directly against Netflix. Spotify’s streaming video would also include original content, which would compete against content provider companies like YouTube, HBO, and other cable channels.
Netflix announced today that they have integrated Facebook into their platform. This way you can get suggestions from friends on what to movies and TV shows to watch. By default, sharing will happen on Netflix and you will be able to see what titles your friends have watched in the “Watched by your friends” section and what they rated in a “Friends’ Favorites” row.
Arrested Development lasted for three seasons before Fox cancelled the show. After the show was archived on Hulu and Netflix, the cult comedy sitcom gained a lot more fans. Netflix noticed the popularity of the show on their website so they decided to work with the cast of Arrested Development in a reunion season, known as Season 4. During a recent investor call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said that the TV show will be a one-off production. He described the fourth season of Arrested Development as a “non-repeatable” event.
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Netflix is working with Dreamworks Animation to create an original children’s TV show called Turbo: F.A.S.T. Turbo: F.A.S.T. will be debuting in December and will be based on the upcoming DreamWorks movie called Turbo. The movie is debuting on July 19th.
