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Netflix became the past year's best performer on the S&P 500.
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| November 16th, 2015 at 9:11:59 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Batgirl was a creation of the 1960's. In 1967 the character was changed so that she became Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Gotham City police commissioner James Gordon. Batwoman is a creation of the last 10 years, and is a lesbian superhero. The character is very similar to Bruce Wayne, as Katherine Kane is a wealthy heiress who uses her money and power to build a lair and fight crime with super gadgets.  The choice of Batwoman as a lesbian superhero in 2006 is ironic since it was a half century after a character named Batwoman began appearing in DC Comics stories beginning with Detective Comics #233 (1956), in which she was introduced as a love interest for Batman in order to combat the allegations of Batman's homosexuality arising from the controversial book Seduction of the Innocent (1954). When Julius Schwartz became editor of the Batman-related comic books in 1964, he removed non-essential characters including Batwoman, Bat-Mite, and Bat-Hound. |
| January 3rd, 2016 at 6:34:54 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | In total, and as of right now, for 2016 Netflix will work with 30 original series (about half new). They are now basically on par with a major broadcast network CBS
And probably larger than Fox Network which is now 30 years old
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| January 4th, 2016 at 8:42:00 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Too bad only about 3 of them are worth a crap. Never seen a network with so many god awful shows, it's like they produce everything that's offered them. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| September 13th, 2017 at 12:02:18 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | Jun 15, 2017 Now, Netflix has claimed a major symbolic victory over the country's biggest cable providers, with research showing that the streaming service now has more U.S. streaming subscribers (50.85 million) than the number of customers for the country's largest cable companies (48.61 million). Netflix announced those subscriber totals as part of its most recent quarterly earnings report, while the cable industry numbers come from a study published last month by Leichtman Research Group, which estimated the combined subscriber base of the top six U.S. cable companies, led by Comcast (22.5 million) and Charter Communications (17.1 million), and representing the bulk of the U.S. cable industry. Netflix is having trouble growing past the 50 million mark, and has recently teamed with T-Mobile. Netflix sells subscriptions to T-Mobile at a bulk rate, and T-Mobile now includes them for free for couples who purchase unlimited data plans. Of course cellular video usually maxes out at 480 progressive which is slightly better than plain old standard definition TV, which was 480 interlaced. You can normally cast the signal from your phone to a larger TV with a $30 adapter (although newer TVs have the capability built in). T-Mobile obviously sees this as a way to compete with AT&T which is offering significant discounts for Direct TV Now for cellular subscribers. Christopher Nolan does not want you to watch his movies on a cell phone (like Dunkirk and Interstellar). |