Verizon To Take On Netflix

By Reuters

December 6, 2011 12:45 p.m.

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(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc plans to launch a standalone service allowing customers to stream movies and television shows over the Web, in a fresh challenge to Netflix Inc and the traditional cable TV business, according to several people briefed on the plan.

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