Netflix Video Streaming In Canada Launch Soon
Posted on July 19th, 2010 | 0 CommentsNetflix, the popular DVD rental company that is now also popular for its subscription-based online video streaming service has revealed that the company will finally be moving outside the United States this fall. The new Netflix Canada service will work very similar to the service in United States. According to a statement from the company, [...]
Nip/Tuck, Veronica Mars & Pushing Daisies Now On Netflix
Posted on July 16th, 2010 | 0 CommentsNetflix and Warner Brothers have announced the signing of a new partnership that will bring several new TV shows from Warner Brothers into Netflix’s catalog of online streaming video content. The partnership has also extended Netflix’s license for movies from Warner Bros. until 2011. According to a media release issued by the companies yesterday, the [...]
Netflix Pay TV : New Deal Brings DVD Rental Service To New Market
Posted on July 6th, 2010 | 0 CommentsNetflix has signed an attractive deal with production company, Relativity Media, which will pit the DVD rental service directly against the likes of HBO, ShowTime and Starz in the Pay TV segment. According to the deal, Netflix has gained exclusive licensing rights to all movies that are distributed by Relativity Media. To put this into [...]
New NetFlix Devices With Microsoft PlayReady DRM To Launch Soon
Posted on May 26th, 2010 | 0 CommentsThe Netflix online streaming service for Mac and Windows computers makes use of Microsoft’s PlayReady DRM. Now, this DRM may also be employed on a range of new Netflix enabled devices come summer. In a media release published yesterday, Microsoft has confirmed the signing of an agreement to this effect. The statement notes that this [...]
Netflix HD Movie Streaming Available For PC, Mac
Posted on May 13th, 2010 | 0 CommentsNetflix has announced that HD video streaming is now available for PC and Macs. Users shall be notified with a ‘HD Available‘ message when movies have a HD video alternative. However, do note that at this point, HD videos are only of 720p resolution. Full high definition movie streams of 1080p is still unavailable. So [...]
SeaGate Media Players To Get Netflix Video Streaming
Posted on April 19th, 2010 | 0 CommentsLast week, Seagate partnered with Paramount Pictures to pre-load several movies including the likes of GI Joe and The Love Guru to its 500GB FreeAgent Go Portable hard drives. Now the company has announced another partnership; this time with Netflix to offer video streaming services from the movie rental company on Seagate’s home media players. Seagate’s [...]
5.1 Surround Sound Coming To Netflix?
Posted on February 9th, 2010 | 0 CommentsGet ready for better experience on the live streamed Netflix movies from later this year. CNET is quoting sources as revealing that a higher 5.1 surround sound and closed captioning features could be offered on Netflix’s HD livestreams from later this year. However, another rumor surrounding the introduction of 1080p HD streaming went bust as [...]
Will Amazon Buy Netflix This Time?
Posted on January 30th, 2010 | 0 CommentsRumors of Amazon being interested in Netflix are not new. There was talk about this as early as June of last year though at that point, it seemed more unlikely since Netflix’s strategy of staying with physical goods did not fit Amazon’s core philosophy of selling digital content. However, a lot of things have changed [...]