Tag: NETFLIX

Google's been on an acquisition spree lately, and their newest buy is Widevine, a company that does streaming video optimization and DRM for a slew of big companies. AT&T, Blockbuster, Netflix, and Zip.ca (the "Netflix of Canada") are among the companies that have licensed Widevine DRM for their online video offerings. Widevine does multiplatform streaming video -- Netflix, for example, ...

There good news today for those of you who have been wishing you could sign up for Hulu Plus: the service has officially launched. Better yet, they've knocked the price down from $9.99 to $7.99 -- and preview users will get a credit back for the difference. The price drop has a lot to do with the recent testing of Netflix's streaming-only plan (which is also $7.99 per month). Hulu's launch ...

As Windows Phone 7 nears its North American launch date, big name apps continue to appear in the Zune Marketplace. Today, Netflix announced that its WP7 app is now live and ready to download. As with the Netflix apps for other platforms, the WP7 version is totally free and will allow you to watch streaming content on your device. In case you're keeping tabs, the Windows Phone 7 app actually ...

I've been thoroughly enjoying Netflix on my Wii. It's not perfect, but we Canadians aren't exactly blessed with a plethora of streaming media options. Also, it scores big-time bonus points for offering Blackadder. One minor gripe about the Wii incarnation: having to use a disc to launch Netflix. Today, however, Netflix has announced that you can now access the app from your Wii Menu -- totally ...

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As a Canadian living about 600 miles from the nearest metropolitan center, this is huge news: Netflix has opened its doors in Canada. The service is streaming-only -- no rentals by mail as in the U.S. -- but I'll take it. For $7.99 a month, Canadians can watch all the TV shows and movies they want via their Wii, PS3, or PC -- Xbox 360 support is coming soon. Better still, your first month of ...

The baited, belabored wait is over! After almost four months of iPad exclusivity, Netflix has done as it promised: the iPhone and iPod touch app is here [iTunes link]. The Netflix app lets you stream TV shows and movies straight to your iOS device -- and according to MacRumors, the service works over Wi-Fi and 3G. You'll need a Netflix subscription ($8.99/month), and 3G data costs will be ...

If you're an Android user seething over the fact that the iPad and the iPhone are getting Netflix streaming before you do, seethe no more! A Netflix employee has confirmed the company is hiring developers to begin work on the Android app, and the company's job listings on Reddit corroborate his information. As Mashable points out, Netflix's new "Android Video Playback Expert" will be someone ...

So you've created a slick iPhone app only to be handed a rejection from the boys in Cupertino? Back to the drawing board, then... and time to take a good, hard look at alternative ways to get your project in the hands of iDevice owners. For PlayOn, the answer was an HTML5 web app -- which, according to VentureBeat's Devindra Hardawar, runs every bit as well on the iPhone as many of the video ...

If we use heat as a metaphor for access to streaming movies, Canada really IS the frozen north. No access to Hulu and Netflix means a hard life for film-hungry Canadians. Hulu will have to wait, but Netflix has announced it's launching in Canada this fall. If you're in Canada and you want to be notified when Netflix is available, you can sign up now at netflix.ca. Canada should be getting ...

If you subscribe to Netflix and watch a lot of new releases, you won't be too thrilled about this news: Netflix just announced agreements with Fox and Universal to delay those companies' new movies for 28 days. Netflix already had this kind of deal with Warner Bros., and it's basically an attempt by the movie industry to shore up slipping DVD sales. Netflix didn't make this deal for nothing, ...

When Netflix announced they'd be streaming movies via iPad, we guessed it wouldn't be long before iPhone users got in on the action, too. Netflix has more-or-less confirmed an iPhone app now, according to our friends at TUAW, who spotted a revealing post on the Netflix blog. The post, written by a Netflix VP, says, "For those of you asking whether Netflix will be on the iPhone and iPod Touch: ...

Everyone's talking about the iPad as the next big thing in eReaders, but could it also be a killer device for watching movies? Sure, if Netflix has anything to say about it. The Wall Street Journal says Netflix has an iPad app in the works, which means subscribers can stream movies to their iPads, without going through Apple's iTunes. This may come as a surprise to anyone familiar with Apple's ...

As I was on my way out the door today the friendly postman drove by and shoved a familiar red envelope in my mailbox. Knowing what was coming, I skipped back to the house with the Netflix streaming disc for Wii... My video missed the startup chime, but it kinda sounds like a THX startup sound, low and dramatic. Browsing on the Wii is pretty basic, but at least more functional than a Samsung I ...

We told you back in January that the ability to stream Netflix movies via your Nintendo Wii would be coming soon, and now it's here! Netflix customers just started receiving email notifications that their Wii discs are in the mail. The discs are available for free to any Netflix subscriber -- just order them on the site -- and they provide access to the whole Netflix streaming library. ...