Friday August 8th, 2014 – 1pm
Posted Aug 8, 2014 02:22:05 PM.
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The fourth hour of the 570 Midday Show
1:00 Care Finch, Announcer on Country 106.7 and Host of I On Music with RogersTV
There are tons of things going on this weekend in the region. What exactly do we have going on? Events include, The annual Blues Festival, Baden’s corn festival, Galt Grand Fest, the Scottish Festival and Highland Games, The Fred Astaire Dance Studio BBQ for KW Humane Society, and the Cambridge Rotary Family Ribfest. Other events include Ongoing exhibits at the KW Art Gallary, imPrestOnArt street art festival, JM Drama Alumni’s show Dracula: The Musical, and the summer music series at Waterloo Region Museum.
1:30 HBO VS NETFLIX
Matt Head and Eric will be discussing the HBO vs Netflix debate.The streaming video service just edged past HBO on the subscription revenue front last quarter, earning $1.146 billion to the cable network’s $1.141 billion.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted the news to Facebook, noting that his company is still behind when it comes to profits and Emmys, but “we’re honored to be in the same league.” He added, “Yes, I loved Silicon Valley (Mike Judge’s sitcom about tech start-ups) and yes, it hits a little close to home.”
Netflix NFLX shares rallied 4.5%, one of the better performers on a down day for the market.
Founded in 1997 as a online DVD rental service, Netflix began streaming movies and TV series online in 2007, entering the original content business in 2011 with House of Cards. The show brought Netflix its first Emmy nominations the following year. Both Cards and prison dramedy Orange is the New Black are up for series Emmys on Aug. 25.
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