you have netflix, you have amazon tv. how impressed have you been with some of the original content on some of these other outlets? >> if you are a writer, the more vendors that there are for content, the better. obviously, netflix is on fire with "house of cards" and "orange is the new black." amazon has the gary trudeau show, "alpha house." nontraditional tv is great. >> how about you? are you a binge watcher? >> yes. not just of new stuff. i am a binge watcher of old stuff. i can spend a weekend watching "the office." all nine seasons. by sunday night i have done nothing but watch 200 episodes of "the office." >> is this the golden age of television? is content better than it's ever been before? >> i think content is better than it has ever been before. most television isn't very good, there is just more on the high-end now of what is very good. >> how much more competition is there for writers like you, show runners like you? >> i just don't see it that way. if you have something good, it's going to be done. >> i have

you see companies like netflix amazon, and google who are high regarded by consumers, where as it is safe to say that many consumers do not mind your industry as popular. in that way, is there a connection between the popularity of an industry and its success, lobbying, or success deriving from policy and victories and washington? >> i would say the only thing that affects consumer popularity is how you treat a customer and whether you're are providing services that they value. it has, i do not think any neighbor of mine cares about the policy that is going on or how this is fairing or not faring, it is the products and services they consume. but i will dispute the suggestion that the apps are closer to the consumer, i think quite the contrary. cable companies and walk right into your house, nothing more intimate than that. they send you the bill. they are the ones that when you call -- the ones you call when you have a problem. you may have a router that was made in silicon valley, but you will call comcast when it is not working. and i think part of the tougher relationship with th

. >> what about netflix, amazon google and these -- what's in it for them. >> google had a change ofeart here because the irony is the administration says we want to help the little guy. but by increasing regulatory uncertainty what are they going to do? they are going to help the big incumbents, verizon, comcast, all the people who are entrenched who have lobbying interests in washington. and google is trying to compete with these people. now all of a sudden google is against this. >> what is it in it for companies like netflix. >> netflix and you tube together generate more than half of internet traffic. what they don't want is to have to pay for that service that they are using at market rates. so i think now they realize this monster they have created will end up hurting them, too. and that's why google is stepping back a about it. but the general idea is silicone valley wanted washington to force providers of communication services, broad ban networks, to give them a better deal. and so what they did is they aligned with progressives who want the government to control the intern

netflix and amazon are the new backend buyers of the networks products. is on netflix the same way it aired on nbc. there's a lot of partnership between these companies but the biggest one is the huge deal netflix made with disney specifically the marvel titles they have green lit to series, including daredevil. all of these companies are fre nemies. they are working closely on some projects and completing -- and competing to the nail on others. >> if it goes straight to series coming have a lot more freedom and how you do it? >> you do and the vision for the series gets to be laid out early on. this afternoon, we will be talking through with our partners on netflix about the series arc and we are not just going in around the single pilot but we are able to take the liberty and luxury to push out the storytelling and allow the characters to flourish and develop throughout a series as opposed to eight episodic concepts and i think people are responding to that storytelling. the shows don't always have a beginning middle and and like those traditional drama

are the screens, meaning netflix , amazon, are they breaking hollywood? loss: it ultimately gets back to the creators and the content. there's been a drain towards episodic. whether it is traditional television, netflix or amazon. "house of cards" is a great example. the ability to tell a narrative story over 13 hours rather than two hours is appealing to some filmmakers who would have thought the ultimate aspiration, they used to think the ultimate aspiration was to do a theatrical movie. now it might be to do something that could be put on netflix on a weekend so you could binge watch the 13 hours. betty: "boyhood" was almost three hours long. john sloss: two hours and 43 minutes. betty: at any point, did you guys ever think maybe we want to turn "boyhood" into something that is a series or netflix? did that ever come up? john sloss": the film was financed by amc a television network. the conversation was had about making it into a miniseries. the feeling was the specialness was to present it in a consecutive seating. if you binge watched, it would have

netflix is 1 to 4. amazon prime, two at a time hbo go allows three. hulu plus only one. watch espn unlike the other, does not state any limit. so if you don't want to interrupt your own viewing plans, those limits should make you think twice before you give out your password. >> really force people to watch as a family right? >> can't have that. >> well happy anniversary to jimmy fallon. he took over the tonight show one year ago. if you haven't seen it because you go to bed super early, stay up late tonight. >> he's having fun and shows he's putting together the show and its noisy past. he works on the sketches and songs for days sometimes week at a time. in a matter of 12 months he's gone from a promising rookie to market leader. number one in the ratings. >> no one talks about it on set. we don't bring it up. everybody is working, we still have jobs. once you're not getting phone calls from the network, it's a good sign. it means everyone is happy. >> is that raj? >> yeah. i assume he stays up way past us. that was raj sitting down with jimmy fallon. you can see the f

internet providers such as at&t and comcast from striking deals and charging companies such as netflix, amazon and others for faster speeds or preferential treatment. >> if you didn't have net neutrality, comcast or at&t whoever your provider is could enter into a relationship with you tube to say we're only going to serve you tube content. or we're going to treat video con at the -- content better. >> when apple first rolled out face time, at&t actually went ahead and blocked it on their customer's devices. >> reporter: something that will not be allowed under the new regulations. >> reporter: some telecom companies are threatening to file a lawsuit. >> it may not be done just yet, jana katsuyama in san francisco tonight. jana, thank you. >>> congress needs to act by tomorrow or else funding for the department of homeland security will run out at midnight. the senate has scheduled a vote in the morning on a so called clean bill. in the meantime the house is considering a short term funding measure that would last three weeks that vote is also set for tomorrow. without funding there would be a

type in your password and have access to countless video streams on a service like you hulu plus netflix, amazonme instant video, hbo go or waft espn. it seems just as easy to give you log in to someone else a new survey shows 46% of those asked share their passwords with friends or relatives who don't live with them. but is sharing your password illegal? many of the terms of agreement seem ambiguous, but the companies don't seem to be cracking down. >> their business models however, are evolving. next year things could be different. for the time being, they're interested in creating streaming media addicts. >> what do you feel like watching tonight? >> reporter: while it technically may be okay to hand out your password you could get a nasty surprise like the moranos did when the show they were watching got blocked. it said netflix isn't connecting. my daughter said oerks i bet so and so watching. i said how would so and so be watching? she said gave her my password. >> reporter: each subscription plan is different. netflix is one to four, amaz prime two at a time. hbo go allows three, hul low

netflix. yes, there's amazon and other people there, but things are not mutually exclusive here. hbo, starz, showtime are all at levels. i think they can both survive but around the globe i think netflix will dominate the market. >> the price target upped to 500. tony wible of janney. nobody owns netflix, here right? >> no. i was wrong on this. let's just take b.k.'s wrongness aside and figure this. i go to the content carries. i think that's the way to play it. we know the content -- if they're spending $5 billion, some of it's going to go this way. >> remember when it was $96 and you called for $100. what we learned from that interview was content is king. so you go to disney. disney's up 10% year to date. netflix up more. >> that was the high we saw at some point last year. to me this is a no touch here. i'd rather buy it on a breakout above tony's price target above 500. >> all right. it is that time for final trades. let's go around the horn. tim? >> xme. if you listen to b.k., dollar's going lower. >> i listened to b.k. so you buy gg. >> grasso? >> campbell. cpb. if they thi

be so smart, having trouble connecting to the web, that means users can't stream from youtube netflix, amazon sony blu-ray players also having troubles connecting to the web both companies say they're aware of the problems and are now working to resolve the outage. sony pictures hacked last year and sony playstation network was hacked on christmas day so far nobody claiming responsibility for hacking the sony network. >>> a bay area dog owner is suing the purina beneful company, he alleges his dog died after eating the food, lucido says his dog died after eaet eating beneful one dog died two others got sick, according to the lawsuit beneful contains a component of antifreeze and toxins produced by fungus caused by grains, the suit claims more 3,000 online complaints of people's pets getting sick or dying after eating the food, it's backed by purina's strict quality controls and comprehensive program, consumers can continue to feed beneful with total confidence. >>> medical examiner today identified a woman killed yesterday while riding her bike in oakland. 60-year-old barbara burns of oakland

. >> bittorrent certainly faces strong competition from industry giants including hulu, netflix, amazond youtube. these days seems distribution platforms can't afford not to have their own ex cluesive content. >> julia boorstin in l.a. when we come back surprise ads may be a new thing if you have a samsung smart tv. we'll explain just exactly what that means in a moment. "squawk alley" will be right back. pation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these occasional digestive issues... with 3 types of good bacteria. live the regular life. illips' >>> forget surprise endings, now sitting down for a movie in front of your samsung smart tv could mean surprise ads. viewers are reporting this week that 20 to 30 minutes into watching a movie, audio list pepsi ads have been popping up on their screens. so far the ads have appeared on the plex media app center and australia's fox tv. these are third-party apps they're using. unclear if it's exactly due to something that samsung is doing. if i'm a consumer i say this is fine as long

hulu netflix, amazon youtube, all of them are delivered to the same speed to your house. the government says they're trying to make sure keeps happening. essentially they're applying the new sets of rules to make sure they have like police officers on the beat in case there is crime in the future. it's a little bit strange and some people look at this saying why are they trying to do this why are they trying to regulate the internet? the government says it's because they want to make sure there are rules in place in order to make sure there's not bad behavior by the companies in the future. as you mentioned, president obama has been a staunch supporter of this ever since he came out three months ago and said he wanted this to happen things moved quickly. now his administration can call this a big victory. >> brian stelter, thanks for the explainer, we appreciate it. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," russia's president has been photographed shirtless on a horse and practicing martial arts. now we're learning about another one of his manly pursuits. that's next. quiet! m

what's the impact of netflix and amazon on this space?ing things more creative or consen traiting the green light for certain projects in the hands of billionaires like reed hastings and jeff bae zoes? >> i think from an audience per spec five if it's a good show they'll find it, amazon, netflix, hbo, whatever, people follow good shows. but i do think it's going in that direction. i mean i watch a lot of stuff on my iphone. you know, if i'm, you know, crashing early and want to watch something pop my headphones into my iphone and watch something. i've been watching the amazon pilots on my iphone. it's futuristic and weird to think you can watch a television show on your phone but at the end of the day, i think it's the material and people will find good material. >> but ultimately with what you're doing it's up to not whether you think it's good material but the public thinks it's good material. how much do you worry about the future in the longevity of some of the projects? >> oh, man. well, i believe if something is -- it will happen if

amazon, netflix and a few others. put them together, i do not like the nasdaq 500 here. >> dan, one more? >> the trade. look out. bk made a great point. of course, okay. the thing, i want to look out to may. okay? looking at the qqq, nasdaq 100. today 109 i bought the may 108, 98 put spread. paid $2 for that. max gain, $98. make up the 8 basically four times my money. chose the strikes, the qqq broke out at 106. a good level. over the next 2 1/2 months a good shot to be there at least and in the index that would be a nice support level. >> this is exactly the trade you want to do. first of all notice that the math works nicely. the other thing i point out it's the out of the money puts on indices that tend to be most overpriced when you look at it. that's where people often go for insurance. you actually want to buy a higher strike and sell with a lot of those other forke folks buying. i like the structure. >> when i'm trading i look at risk management. nice about options, you can define that risk very easily. right f

income from netflix and amazon and apple.nly all these platforms pouring money into television. so parts that appeared to be weak some years ago are very strong. >> and the idea that content is king, do you think that is one that still lasts for the next decade or go? >> i think with technology that consumer is king. and the real king is consumer. because that consumer has that remote control device and can flick off any channel they want. and how they get content matters to the consumer. the consumer, 50% of the people with a denver wvr skip the show the ads. >> when they allow you. >> but netflix has no ads. hbo, no ads. youtube you can skip the ads. so the question then becomes in the future, does the younger generation which is brought up would want looking at ads and watching on different screens -- mobile devices, for instance -- will they put up with what the cable networks want them to put up with? which is 20 minutes an hour of programming of advertising. >> we used to call them cord cutters. now they are used to get

they get income from netflix and amazon and apple, all of these platforms pouring money into television. parts of television that appeared to be weak some years ago are very strong. >> that idea that content is king, do you think that is one that still lasts for the next decade or two? >> i think with technology consumer is king and the real king is the consumer. that consumer has the remote control device and can flick off any channel or any content they want. how they get content matters. the consumer -- 50% of people who have pvr who record those shows skip the ads -- >> when you can, when they allow you to. >> but netflix has no ads and hbo has no ads. youtube, you can skip the ads. so the question then becomes in the future, does that younger generation, which is brought up without looking at ads and watching on different screens, mobile devices, for instance, will they put up with what cable and broadcast network want them to put up with, 20 minutes an hour of programming of advertising. >> that younger generation, a lot of them we used to call them cord cutters but they never had

. >>> netflix and amazon prime could be getting some competition, really from an unlikely place. >> curious as to who? for that and the rest of your use, we turn now to landon dowdy, live at cnbc's world headquarters. good morning, landon. >> reporter: good morning to both of you. futures are lower after falling for a second straight day, erasing nearly all of their losses from january. another jump in oil prices. crude has spiked 19% in the past three sessions. although it's drifting lower today, back below $53 a barrel. look for data today on private sector job growth and the services sector and earnings from gm. the dow rising 310 points. the nasdaq up 51 to 47.27. disney is employing a new streaming service for some of its most popular content, including sports programming from espn, marvel and "star wars." it's part of an effort to capture wruyounger people. disney is working on a sequel to "frozen" and will show a seven-minute short featuring a new song ahead of its live action cinderella film which opens next month. americans are feeling less stressed out in general than they were be

i think, you know, you see companies hike netflix or amazon or google are very well regarded by consumers whereas i think, you know, it's probably safe to say that many consumers don't find your industry as popular. in that light, you know, is there a connection between the popularity of an industry and its success at, you know lobbying or success at deriving policy victories in washington? >> guest: well, if i understand -- i'm not sure i understand the question, but i would say, look, the only thing that affects consumer popularity is how you treat a customer what your relationship is with that customer and whether your providing them -- you're providing them quality services that they value. i don't think any neighbor of mine thinks two wits about what policy issue's going on or how their industries are fairing or not fare -- faring or not faring. i also would dispute the suggestion that, you know, the app skies are closer to the consumers. i think quite the contrary. cable companies walk right into your house. nothing's more intimate than that. cable companies are the ones that send y

. >> reporter: hulu plus netflix, amazon prime, instant video, hbo go or watch espn.easy to give your log in to someone else a new survey shows 46% of those asked share their passwords with friends or relatives who don't live with them. is sharing your password illegal? many of the terms of agreement seem ambiguous, but the companies don't seem to be cracking down. >> the business models are, however, evolving. next year things could be different. for the time being, they're interested in creating streaming media addicts. >> what do you feel like watching tonight? >> reporter: you get a nasty like the muranos did when the show they wanted to watch got blocked. netflix is not connected. my daughter said i bet so and so is watching. i said how is that? she said i gave her my password. >> netflix limits simultaneous viewing. netflix is one to four depending on your plan amazon prime, two at a time. hbo go allows three. hulu plus only one. watch espn unlike the others doesn't state any limits. if you don't want to interrupt your own viewing pleasure those limits should ma

i think companies like netflix or amazon or google art very well-regarded by consumers whereas i think it's safe to say that many consumers don't find the industry is popular. in that light, you know is there a connection between the popularity of an industry and its success at lobbying or success at driving policy victories in washington? >> guest: i'm not sure understand the question but i would say the only thing it affects consumer popularity is how you treat a customer and what your relationship is with the customer and whether you give them services they value. i don't think any neighbor of mine thinks two wits about how their industries are faring are not paired faring and whether or not they don't like products and services they consume. i also dispute the apps are closer to consumers and i think it's quite the contrary. cable companies walk right into your house. nothing more intimate than that. cable companies are the ones ascended the bill. cable companies are the ones that you call when you have a problem even if it isn't there. you brought your linksys router which was mad

but for the first time giving companies like netflix google and amazon the availability that if they believe they are being charged unreasonable rates or being discriminated against to come in and file a complaint and say they are discrippleminating against us under the communication act. this is a very big thing. this is where it goes further than the president's position which is a point i wanted to make before. there are two places where our proposal is stronger than president obama's proposal. one is in that he didn't call for us to exurt authority over interconnections and we are not only using title ii but section 706 and title iii of the communication act. we have gone further than the president's proposal >> host: does anyone have the proposal beside those in the agency? >> guest: outside of the agency? no. >> host: when will it become public so we can read it? >> guest: that will be after february 26th. >> host: what happens on february 26th? >> guest: we will take a vote and we need two people to vote. >> host: do you think you will get that? >> guest: i cannot speak were t

supercongested highway with most of the wider lanes being taken up by big fat trucks carrying content like amazon netflix and hulu. the fcc's new rule means those big companies would not be able to pay to dominate the fast lanes. all of us from students studying at home to mom and pop businesses to the amazons of the world will be guaranteed equal access to the fastest services. >> the internet is simply too important to allow broadband providers to be the ones making the rules. >> reporter: the new fcc rules will also prohibit internet service providers like verizon, at&t and comcast, nbc's parent company, from slowing down internet traffic and blocking access to competitors. that means a vast majority of us will see no change to our internet service and internet providers will not be able to limit what we see at home or on our smartphone. >> this is about preventing a future where some websites would have gotten preferential treatment over other websites. >> reporter: critics say the new rules amount to government overreach. >> this is not what the internet needs, and it's not what the american people

starbucks, another expensive restaurant stocks breaking out, although unlike -- kind of like netflix and amazon. who else trades in the growth sector, again, no news at all. the money is going into growth. i have to tell you, don't get too complacent about the longevity. we may see it reverse back to old tech. in light of the stellar force, the market is now declaring a new winner in the tug of war between the quote, value of today courtesy of the disappointment that was hewlett-packard. a reminder that a monster movement can still create a size and ship. one that very well could lift the fast growth tech laden nasdaq to all-time highs, perhaps as early as tomorrow. dave? >> yeah jim, on behalf of the windy city, thank you for taking my call. >> not a problem. >> jim, this may be several months away this is a topic in the news with the prospect of the feds raising interest rates in june or even early in 2016 shouldn't the prudent investor take property or equity holdings ahead of the first rate hike. >> dave if you're a hedge fund manager, if you can get in and get out, that is right. and not d

is: are you perhaps going to take on a google of the world and do you need to partner with a netflix or amazonarmstrong on the heels of quarterly numbers that were mixed here. but he has turned that company around. we're also looking at the snowstorms, especially up in boston, the super bowl for one company, that would be generac. we have the ceo of generac. he'll be talking about what happens once the snow clears. great for hiss his business. do summer storms affect him as well? we'll talk about the brian williams situation. as to whether it impedes the timewarner comcast merger. >> i look forward to that. talk about a thrifty fine. how they nabbed vince lombardi's sweater for nothing. how one hotel is capitalizing on your heartbreak. you can never have too much money. ♪ ♪ melissa: whether it's on wall street or main street here's who is making money today including the new owner of a tattered vince lombardi jacket. a man in knoxville was shopping in a local good will when he bought the item for 58 cents. it's worth $20,000. the lucky man only spotted lombardi's name tag when he saw a similar

netflix is up 37%. beating out amazon and apple. more gains to come?a one-year high. sara eisen will sit down with the ceo for an interview later on. warren buffett dumping hedge funds following suit. when putting their money to work instead. >> as we said, in a few moments irene rosen fell of mondelez doesn't do a lot of interviews, you should probably know this. when she tends speak she says a lot about the consumer and headwinds mondelez is facing. that's coming up. >>> european markets hitting a seven-year high ahead of the ecb meeting and the greeks delaying offer of an extension until tomorrow. here in the united states entering a crucial period where of course the fed will publish its minutes this afternoon and then janet yellen will give testimony on tuesday wednesday of next week as we prepare for a change in the language of the march meeting and rate rise in june. joining us morgan stanley's chief european economist. do you feel that the fed is now ready to drop the language of patience at its next meeting potentially hike rates in june or ju

before you say anything, matt, netflix and amazon. that's all i have to say. matt: competition.es: facebook was a disaster out the gate too, but that had to do with the way they priced their ipo. >> that's exactly right. this is risk money. facebook was too. my number one rule with any ipos and gopro is one recently, you never ever buy the stock on the first day of -- even in the first month of issuance. charles: i bought it when the dust settled. >> facebook was case in point with that as well. charles: i'm in facebook as well. you know these names. any chance they come back? >> absolutely. i think you have to go back to why you bought particular stocks in the first place. watch the fundamentals. it's so funny because people like the quick hits. the quick bounces. it doesn't happen that way. nothing is really a steady ride whether you go sector he ca-specific stocks. charles: you love the story. management is so-so. when do you say, okay, it won't work? >> when you're convinced the underlying reason you bought the stock isn't there. charles: a material change? >> sure. charles:

why not -- i'll just ask it -- partner with someone like a netflix or amazon right off the bat? you looking for those types of partnerships. notice i'm not saying merger with yahoo. you don't like that question. but partner with another opportunity to make you stronger? >> our strategy has been specific. what we did in all hands earnings -- to update our employees on what's happening around the company. the strategy used in that deck is about shooting the gap. we're building a media technology company that's highly attractive for all the traditional media companies to partner with. and highly attractive for internet companies. our space is between the large companies and the traditional media companies. we're partners with almost everyone in silicon valley and partners with everyone in traditional media. we're one of the unique companies that has a universal partnership strategy. so i think you'll see us continue to partner and make more partnership announcements as the year goes on. this year, we'll do more partnerships than last year. >> tell us first when that happens. >> you

companies leading the charge now for the most part aren't that expensive, with the exception of amazon and netflix. and i'm hoping we won't hear tales of irrational exuberance. if we breach that i go know mainous wall even if done with amazon and netflix and apple at the vanguard. you know what netflix is a real good place to start the game plan for next week. because those of us who are subscribers to netflix know that at 6:23 a.m. this very morning, the new season of "house of cards" became available. did you get your e-mail? i did. i always tell you netflix isn't a play on earnings per share, it's a play on signups per share and i expect them to be voluminous. big lookout monday for analysts itching to raise their estimates based on strong signupses, simply because three of the much-talked about show will spur worldwide demand for the service for certain. don't worry, i'm not going to spoil "house of cards" for you, and we have already decided to rags ration it out this time after killing an entire weekend a year ago of binge viewing of every episode. my motto now, everything in moderation, inc

particular projects are put together because it is a phenomenon that has taken over between netflix and amazon as an actor, is this a different world? >> no not really. it is not so much about the medium, as it is about the material. and i know personally i'm just drawn to good material. i feel like the pace might be a little bit different. it feels like we're shooting a long fill for six or seven months. like we're working on a long film compared to my network experiences that i've had. but there is a lot -- there is a lot of quality control and care put into the project -- the product that we're putting out. >> and one of the things that -- i'm a political junky and one of the things i love about house of cards, is amplified about the cynical way washington works and takes dramatic license with it. but do you think it is reflective of crowing cynicism in our politics or do you think in a way that fictionalizing it furthers the cynicism? >> i think it is more of a reflection of the cynicism that people already feel. and think also -- why i believe the show resonates with people to the degree

not extremely light volume, so that's one reason that perhaps -- >> nice early move too from netflix from amazonbook, even twitter. all of them moving positive when the s&p was negative. >> bring up the alibaba thing too because of the fact that everyone is focused on apple and amazon and some other names. you have a great rest of the day. power starts now. >> "halftime" is over. "power lunch" and the second half of the trading day start now. >> power lunch. key numbers on the state of the american housing market as we gear up for the key spring selling season. if spring ever comes, mandy. >> feels like it's not going to. okay. well, ceos are cashing out. a big surge in insider selling going on right now. what is fueling it? should you also be getting out of some of these stocks? >> one stock that investors are getting into recently is target. that one up 35% in the past we're. >> the retail giant outh

youtube, which is built on that advertising experience, allowing you to perhaps compete even with netflix and amazonrime streaming. we look forward to hearing more details on that subscription service over the next couple of months. scott, back to you. >> all right, julia. thank you so much. google shares, you have seen them moving lower on that news. coming up, new developments in the halftime portfolio challenge, and final trades. all that up next. in my world, wall isn't a street. return on investment isn't the only return i'm looking forward to. for some, every dollar is earned with sweat, sacrifice, courage. which is why usaa is honored to help our members with everything from investing for retirement to saving for college. our commitment to current and former military members and their families is without equal. start investing with as little as fifty dollars. so if you get a trade idea about, say, organic food stocks, schwab can help. with a trading specialist just a tap away. what's on your mind, lisa? i'd like to talk about a trade idea. let's hear it. [ male announcer ] see how schwab can

. >> now netflix, amazon google versus comcast, verizon. right. government in there so that anybody that wants to do anything now gets to go to its corporate headmaster and bow to government regulators again to get anything done. which is just what we need for the internet. >> look how fast these debates change. you talk about the debate for walmart. i remember when the unions were fighting walmart viciously for years. yesterday we saw the president of the united states call the ceo of walmart and congratulate and commend him for raising wages for his workers. so these debates as soon as the economics change the debate terms change and the sides swap. this is what's happening this year. >> it's amazing. we're not even close where the two sides stand. it's so clear. it's like reading the editorial pages of "the wall street journal" one day and "the new york times" the other. never the two shall meet let eamon talk. what's your problem? >> the republican congress decides they need to do something about this fcc vote. will may pass some kind of legis

netflix is 1 to 4. amazon prime two at a time and hbo go allows three and hulu plus one. watch espn does not state any limits. if you don't want to interrupt your viewing pleasure those should make you think twice before you give out your password hbo and dish network offered more open line contact and they may get more interested in who is watching. we put company resopss on 6abc.com. i'm nydia han, chapel 6abc news. >>> here's a freebie that would help you get moving in the morning. chick-fil-a is giving free coffee away all night long. you can get a twelve oups hot coffee or 1 ounce high schooled coffee fog on all month on and limited of one cup per customer per visit and bring one pour me pleads. >> much more coming up "action news" saturday morning changing view we had word on cohoingt leaving the daytime>> golfers get creative with their winter landscape. we'll be right back. thank you, cable for taking longer to upload our family movies. for the slower internet upload speeds. for taking longer to upload my files to the cloud. for making me wait longer to share my p

competition among content creators like my members, amongst studios and the vimeos and the netflixes and the amazonsnetworks. we know what a nonneutral media landscape looks like, broadcast tv and hollywood movies, you've got a small number of powerful players that decide what gets seen. the fact is in almost every city in the country there's one provider of internet services, maybe two. that's not competition. you've got to make sure since everything goes over one pipe everybody has equal access. >> i understand what, but what worries me shall the fcc is supposed to be an independent organization. tom wheeler used to run the national communications telecommunications, he was all for protecting the rights of the broadband guys out there and suddenly gets hauled in and speaks at a few high level obama administration people and complete lie changes. did he get rolled by the white house? >> he did. he did. you should look at his statements that accompanied what's called the notice of proposed rule making that went out when the plan was issued back in may of last year. and he laid out clearly he was goi

amazon 15 bucks from 400. netflix 20 bucks from 500.>> a lot of reaction is to hewlett-packard. hewlett-packard, western digital digital, micron, they captured the fancy. put in intel, very negative note about intel, one analyst believes intel will have a down year. out of the old into the new. and you're seeing that salesforce versus hewlett setting the tone and those stocks are high growth stocks what people want right now. >> you like a good pullback. we've not gotten one though the ten year has come in. what does that say. >> we have stocks that rested like facebook and google. and they've rested now ready. we saw that happen with mastercard ready after resting, under armour. high growth stocks resting. now they can bust out. >> google is resting? that's what you call it? >> interesting that piece, google in "the journal" youtube can't make money with it. >> we'll talk about that. >> if we got together we could make money. >> facebook manages to cobble together $3 billion. >> facebook there was insider selling that got people down.

interconnection or traffic exchange is, for the very first time, giving companies like netflix google, level 3, amazon, the ability, if they believe they're being charged unreasonable rates or they're being discriminated against, if an internet service provider is favoring their own traffic over theirs, to come in and file a complaint and say they are discriminating against us they are charging unjust and unreasonable rates under section 201, 202 and 208 of the communications act. this is a very big thing, because we've never taken -- and this is where it goes further than the president's position, which is a point i wanted to make before. there are two places where our proposal is actually stronger than president obama's proposal. one is in that he didn't actually call for us to exert authority over interconnection and second is we're not only using title 2 as a source of authority, we're using section 706 of the telecommunications acts of 1996 and title 3, which covers mobile of the communications act. so we've actually gone further than the president's proposal. >> gigi sohn, does anyone have this

netflix is one to four amazon two at a time hbo go alous three, hulu plus only one.spn, unlike the others, does not state a limit. so, if you don't want to interrupt your own viewing pleasure, those limits should make uf think twice before you give out your password. erika gonzalez, news4. >> consumer reports reached out to all of those companies. a netflix spokesperson said a crackdown is not even a conversation in the company. h hbo go says the service is meant to be used by the members of a household with an hbo subscription. we do not encourage password sharing outside of that household and we limit viewing to three concurrent streams. espn says it cannot share the exact limit number of simultaneous streams, but it is enough to allow each household to enjoy the benefits of access across multiple devices. hulu plus and amazon prime did not provide a response. >>> the news4 iteam is digging into a problem awaiting local gamblers. >> i ain't going to lie to you. i was sick. >> the uptick in crime could be just feet away from you. >>> and storm team 4 is tracking thi

. >> my call on netflix, wait for amazon to compete with the stand-alone ad supported free service. >e will start switching over. wait for that. the timing is probably later this year. >> mike always good to have you. thanks for joining us. >> update on the tanker story. some local new wires correcting their story saying it's not 90,000 gallons of fuel. more like 9,000. still a fair amount. but that would be a very, very large truck. which something our viewers alerted to very quickly. thank you for that. when we come back a look at samsung's new phone courtesy of john ledger. don't go away. what does it mean to have an unlimited mileage warranty on a certified pre-owned mercedes-benz? what does it mean to drive as far as you want... for up to three years... and be covered? it means your odometer... is there to record... the memories. during the mercedes-benz certified pre-owned sales event now through march 2nd, you'll get complimentary pre-paid maintenance and receive your first two month's payments on us. only at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. i'm spending too much time hiri

. >> target said many forgot they have a video extreming service that was to come pet with amazon and netflix but it will shut down march 7. the customs can keel autopsy of the movies in the streaming item they but the. >> right now you must be thinking, by we have a warm day. >> she is looking outside saying, they have a warm day shipping -- shaping up. >> our day is hot hopefully as hot as the market or maybe the market should physical -- follow our temperatures. it is dry. it is sun glass day. possibly short leaves this afternoon. the dry air and lack of rain cools us at night. especially in the valleys. walnut creek is 41. mid-40's around union city and concord and pittsburg. fremont as well. check out how beautiful the colors are from the camera this morning as we look to fremont. high clouds. a few today. warming friend begins. high clouds are not so thick as year. record warmth for tomorrow through saturday. we have dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves. it will kin side with the warmth. 67 at half moon bay. that is a temperature for san francisco and richmond and concord, the coole

cheryl, with amazon, netflix or who knows what else? >> aol certainly has the name and brand. armstrong is one of the most innovative ceos in the last decade. at the same time he is under a lot of pressure. he has a lot of management changes at the company. there is a lost leadership changes, people he lech r let go for lack of performance. if he gets right people on his team to establish partnerships and manage partnerships, yes he needs them and yes he should do them. liz: michael, since 2012 the stock is up 119%. the question becomes who are they in competition with? is it google or yahoo!? don't ask about partnering with yahoo! or merging with them. ii don't he is interested. >> he should partner with verizon. the problem with aol they have 2.3 million subscribers with dial up modem. to find a dial up modem you need to visit nursing home. these people are on death's door. join with verizon and say good-bye. liz: todd? >> i agree. they need help. their revenues are exclusively linked to subscribers. they have nothing to fall back on if things fall apart. liz: they did excel

ensuring your expnche internet in the xt few years is not going to be slowed down because yore not amazon or netflix, you're just tryg watch a video online me your kid's science proje they have dat home. what th ruling sed is they're not go to allow preferential treatmot going to allow amaz, amr hulu or net t buy faster pipes if you will, to buy a faster highwa faster lane on the hig. but ier interesting becaus what's happened is as we' talke many people in our newsroom, as sooas we saith r net neutrali their eyes glazed over. that t problem. it soun so bureaucrac. does mean? it means the net is neutral. it means everybody is treated the same. >> so tod some of the critics of th said well it wasn't bro w 't need the governo it, and this is sor of government intveinomhi that reay s to stay pure. whas sw that? >> a lot of republicans have sai listen why are we creati whole new bureau mess? the fcc says we're not creating a bureaucratic mess. we' tryingo leave the inteet open for everybody to parci and if you were to allow some companies to have access to or be able to literally dominate the high-speed

not extremely light volume so that's one reason that perhaps -- >> nice early move too from netflix from amazon facebook, even twitter. all of them moving positive when the s&p was negative. >> bring up the alibaba thing too because of the fact that everyone is focused on apple and amazon and some other names. you have a great rest of the day. power starts now. >> "halftime" is over. "power lunch" and the second half of the trading day start now. >> power lunch. key numbers on the state of the american housing market as we gear up for the key spring selling season. if spring ever comes, mandy. >> feels like it's not going to. okay. well ceos are cashing out. a big surge in insider selling going on right now. what is fueling it? should you also be getting out of some of these stocks? >> one stock that investors are getting into recently is target. that one up 35% in the past we're. >> the retail giant out with earnings. targets chief financial officer. the cfo will be joining us in a power lunch exclusive to give us his financial forecast. we begin now with the health of the american house housi

netflix is one to four, amazon prime, two at a time. hbo go allows three and hulu plus only one.pn unlike the others does not state limits if you do not want to interrupt your viewing pleasure think twice before you give out your password. >> as hbo go and dish network are giving out online only access, they be more interested in exactly who is watching we put company responses on 6abc.com. i'm nydia han channel 6 "action news." >>> finally at 4:00, a warning the tiny creature in this story may actually be too cute to handle. yes. this boxer puppy is adorable on his on but when the human guy's human mom decided to teach him how to hail, the cuteness weren't off the richter scale. take a look. don't worry toby practice makes perfect. you'll be able to howl and snort. >> when i laugh too hardy get the snort. >> that will do it for "action news" at 4:00, shirleen and i along with ducis rogers are back tonight for a full hour of "action news" at 10:00 on phl 17. >> lets head on over to rick and monica. >> did brian say he was part boxer. coming up next on "action news," five children

the content side on video, you have these great services like amazon prime with amazon video offering and netflixers that provide great value to users and to people who love watching shows and movies, but anything else -- if you look at air b&b and uber and lyft and all the great new companies, who knows what the future holds, and you don't want and isp being able to decide what companies will make it and what services are offered. >> is there a sense that this opens up the door for new competition? netflix is a leading provider of video online for feature films and so on. why do they want to allow competitors into their space? is this about saving money for them? >> no, competition is great. if netflix has more competition, they have to work harder and users will benefit from that. there is great competition on the internet company side. there is almost no competition on the internet service provider broadband side. the fcc put out a report that 75% of american households have no choice in broadband provider. one or zero choices for regular high-speed broadband, and that has to change and that's