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No Saturday Mail Delivery Shouldn't Hurt Netflix, Gamefly In Long Run
A collective shudder likely went up the spines of Netflix and Gamefly customers around the nation when they heard the U.S. Postal Service is looking to eliminate Saturday delivery.Both services — Netflix for DVDs of movies and television shows, Gamefly for video games — rely on snail mail to get their goods into customers'... Read More
Nintendo Wii Picks Up Netflix Streaming: Coming In Spring 2010
Man, this took long enough, did it not? After literally years of rumoring, Nintendo's Wii is finally going to stream Netflix movies. The Wii joins the PS3 and Xbox 360, both of which have been able to tune into Netflix Watch Instantly queues for months upon months now, and while it may be last, we get the idea that it'll... Read More
Movie Lovers Shunning DVD, Moving To Download/Kiosk-Based Rental Options
A very interesting new report at the Wall Street Journal has thrown a huge assumption from 2009 in the face of itself. If you'll remember, many entertainment analysts said that consumers could be spending more time in front of the television (instead of at the box office) during 2009 as they struggled to curtail entertainment... Read More
Redbox Rents 450 Million DVDs In 2009, Paul Blart Leads The Way
Redbox. It's a name that is now linked directly to one-night DVD rentals on the cheap, and as if Netflix had not done enough already to put a kink in Blockbuster's business model, Redbox has all but destroyed it. These famously red boxes are now littered about at Walmart locales, grocery stores and other shopping complexes,... Read More
Netflix Now Playing On Sony's PlayStation 3
Netflix is taking the world by storm. Blockbuster stores are shaking at the thought of being dominated by by-mail DVD outlets, and with "Watch Instantly" bringing Netflix titles to users on-demand over broadband, one really does have to wonder if there's any limit to just how popular this company will become.For the longest... Read More
Roku HD-XR and Roku SD Netflix Streamers Unveiled
The Roku movie streaming set-top box has been a real winner in the grand scheme of things. While units like Vudu have struggled to grab ahold in the consumer market, linking the Roku box to Netflix was a golden idea. There are millions of loyal Netflix users across the US, and with a cheap box giving them access to "Watch... Read More
Netflix Hints At Streaming Support For Wii And/Or PlayStation 3
There's no denying the significance of Netflix these days. The once tiny startup is now a monolith in the industry, and it has practically put the likes of Blockbuster on the ropes. What's interesting, however, is that the DVD-by-mail nature of its business isn't getting most of the attention these days. What is? The "Watch... Read More
Xbox 360 Upgrade Includes On-Demand Gaming
Microsoft unveiled a number of significant upgrades to its Xbox 360 platform with the latest Xbox LIVE Update. While the update is available today, a few of the new features won’t be available until tomorrow, August 13th. Here’s a quick look at what you can look forward to with the update. Games on Demand Starting tomorrow,... Read More
Blockbuster Sells ARCHOS Multimedia Netbooks
ARCHOS, a company that claims to have released the first-ever, pocket-sized hard, drive-based MP3 player, has struck a deal with Blockbuster to feature ARCHOS netbooks in Blockbuster stores. The ARCHOS 10 netbook, manufactured by the company which is evidently well-known in Europe and unknown in the US, will allow access... Read More
Blockbuster OnDemand Coming To Samsung Wares
Whatever you can do, I can do better. That's the saying that Samsung and Blockbuster have evidently taken to heart, as the tandem has joined up to match Sony and Netflix's streaming announcement with one of their own. The Blockbuster movie services are slated to go live this fall, the same time in which Sony BRAVIA TVs... Read More
Netflix Streaming Comes To Sony BRAVIA HDTVs
If you're in the market for an HDTV, and you can't survive without your Netflix account, we've got some great news to share. Netflix, Demand Media and ON Networks have teamed up to provide instant streaming content to Internet-connected BRAVIA HDTVs and older BRAVIA HDTVs that are compatible with the company's Internet... Read More
Redbox vs. Netflix’s Red Envelopes
Netflix is one of the few companies today that continues to enjoy success despite the tough economy. However, there’s another rental company run by one of Netflix’s former lieutenants that’s giving the company some good competition: Redbox.Redbox began as an experiment at McDonald’s restaurants. The group running Redbox... Read More
Watch movies/TV shows instantly on your PC
Microsoft took a gigantic leap into online entertainment this week with a new partnership with Netflix, the online/mail-order movie rental service. More than 12,000 movies and television episodes from Netflix can now be watched immediately on a PC that has Windows Media Center and runs Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate.... Read More
Netflix Adds Comedy Central and Nickelodeon
As the competition heats up in the online video watching realm, Netflix is making sure it stays one step ahead (or in lockstep, worse case scenario) with all those rivals. Starting today, those with Netflix subscriptions can instantly watch popular Comedy Central and Nickelodeon programming on computers (via Netflix.com)... Read More
Netflix Delivers 2 Billionth Movie
Netflix has delivered its two billionth movie. To commemorate the milestone, Netflix is giving the lucky recipient of the DVD a complimentary lifetime membership. The 2-billion mark was officially hit yesterday, when Netflix shipped a Blu-ray version of the romantic comedy Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist to Clay Shannon... Read More
Netflix Adds Facebook Connect, Personalization
It's pretty amazing, really. While Blockbuster has withered as the world shifted from in-store DVD rentals to by-mail rentals and now to streaming rentals, Netflix has managed to keep itself relevant by staying one step ahead of the curve. Rather than pushing out its own proprietary "Netflix box," it instead created software... Read More
Netflix Addresses Streaming Issues
After a small but vocal group of people complained about the quality of Netflix’s streaming service, the company has responded to the issue on the company's corporate blog. In the post, Neil Hunt, chief product officer at Netflix, identified three points in the system that could affect a user’s experience: CDNs, the variety... Read More
Netflix to Stream to Wii, PS3?
It was over a year ago that reports emerged of Netflix surveying users about possible streaming to the Xbox 360 (which eventually came to fruition) and the PS3. New reports have arisen about Netflix asking the same questions, this time about the PS3 and the Nintendo Wii. In email surveys sent to customers, reports indicate... Read More
The Future of Netflix is All About Streaming
A great debate is raging as to what the future of movie distribution will look like. On one side of the debate are those who claim that physical discs like DVDs, Blu-ray, and whatever format will eventually supplant Blu-ray, will always deliver a superior viewing experience than anything that will be available via... Read More
One Million Xbox LIVE Members Stream Netflix
Who knew? Netflix -- the company famous for its by-mail DVD rentals -- is surging ahead of competitors, and while the tried and true red envelope approach is certainly to thank, it's the online streaming that has really taken the world by storm. In an effort to instantly gratify those looking for entertainment inside the... Read More
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