The online video service is planning its first US price hike since 2011 — the year it lost thousands of subscribers after a failed attempt to split its DVD rental and on-demand services. Chief Executive Reed Hastings provided hazy details about Netflix’s planned rate hike, which he downplayed as modest, during a webcast Monday discussing the company’s first quarter results.







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