Netflix to Launch S. America Streaming Service

Dan Rayburn submits: Talk about a crowded industry. In addition to BestBuy (

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Dan Rayburn submits: While this isn't the first time that DirecTV (DTV) has promoted that customers can get some movies from them faster as opposed to Netflix (NFLX), over the weekend DirecTV started running a new series of commercials taking aim at Netflix's 28-day window.

With rising wealth in emerging markets in recent years, people in China, India and Brazil have quickly acquired a taste for mobile phone and Internet technology. The industry in developing countries is in its infancy but growth has been swift. Below are seven surprising facts about this fast-growing emerging market trend:

Markos Kaminis (Wall St. Greek) submits: Netflix (NFLX) shares jumped 10% after-hours Tuesday, after the pioneer in the movie rental business beat the street with its quarterly earnings. Netflix grew EPS by 55% in its fourth quarter, with its $0.87 in EPS exceeding the analysts’ consensus of $0.71 by 22.5%.

Dan Rayburn submits: At the beginning of this year, Akamai (AKAM) took the Netflix (NFLX) business away from Level 3 (LVLT) and

Dan Rayburn submits: Yesterday YouTube launched a new "YouTube video speed dashboard" saying their goal is, "to give you insight into what your YouTube speed looks like compared to the YouTube speed of users in other regions and different ISPs." While that sounds like a nice idea, the results don't actually tell you anything in terms of your "YouTube video speed" or the quality of the video you are viewing.