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Facebook versus Netflix
Facebook with Warner Brothers has entered into the streaming movie and TV arena. What does this mean for Netflix? This is a good move for Facebook who has more than 600 million users. I read through a few articles to find out pricing and payment structure and here’s what I found so far. A 48-hour [...]
Full StoryNetflix May Offer Premium Channels
Netflix has been really spinning up new ways to get more customers and this is one that makes sense. Netflix may be considering adding a premium tier to its “Watch Instantly” online streaming service. If it does, subscribers will probably have to pay more, but it could also eventually mean better access to new movie [...]
Full StoryGet Free Movies using Google
Why take a risk using web sites such as Limewire or Kazaa known to serve up malicious code? There’s a simple way to get your favorite movies by searching for them using Google. In a previous blog we showed you how to “Get Free Music using Google” and now we are going to show you [...]
Full StoryBiggest Buzz of 2008
We started out in May 2008, but have blogged since mid 2007. Since May 2008 we have posted over 500 blogs with over 4100 comments. What will 2009 bring? We will work even harder to bring our fans and visitors the best in Technology news and more. Listed below are the top 10 blog posts [...]
Full StoryRoku Netflix Player gets HD
Finally Netflix offers up HD for the Roku player. The Roku player which lets you stream about 13,000 of Netflix “Watch Instantly” titles for free, as long as you’re a subscriber—started getting the HD firmware upgrade over the weekend. Only about 300 streaming Netflix titles are currently available in HD (720p, to be exact); still, [...]
Full StoryMGM Offers Full Films on YouTube
YouTube is by far the world’s most popular online video web site. But in some ways Hulu is stealing the show. With critical plaudits and advertising dollars flowing to Hulu, the popular online hub for television shows and feature films, YouTube finds itself in the unanticipated position of playing catch-up. On Monday, YouTube will move [...]
Full StoryNetflix Now Available for Mac Users
This is great news for Mac users who currently have an account with Netflix. Mac users can now stream movies through Netflix “Watch Instantly” feature. This is a beta version of the new service and Netflix hopes to have the new service in full operation by the end of the year. The new service offering [...]
Full StoryNetflix Partners with Tivo
Netflix on Thursday snared its latest distribution coup: A long-overdue partnership with TiVo in what amounts to a Netflix everywhere strategy. Under a four-year deal, Netflix will stream its movie and TV episode library on TiVo’s digital recorders starting in December. The deal, reported at various outlets (Techmeme), gives Netflix another distribution outlet and provides [...]
Full StoryMac Users Can Now Stream Movies With Netflix
Great news for Mac users! Netflix, the online movie rental service, has finally added support for customers who use the service’s “Watch Instantly” feature on Apple machines. Up until now, only PC users were able to use Netflix “Watch Instantly” feature leaving Mac users in the dark. Netflix has adopted Microsoft’s Silverlight, which will allow [...]
Full StoryNetflix to offer Starz on Watch Instantly
Netflix is now going to be offering streaming video from the Starz network. There will be more than 2500 movies and TV shows that subscribers of Netflix will have access to. Starz, the premium cable television service, plan to announce a deal on Wednesday that will make films aired on Starz available to Netflix subscribers [...]
Full StoryNetflix Struggles with Delays and Outages
Netflix is scrambling to find answers over delays and outages. According to the company it is hoping to bring its systems online overnight. These issues will come with a price and cost Netflix roughly $1.8 million to $3.6 million in revenue a day, according to Citi analyst Tony Wible. On Thursday, Netflix continued to “to [...]
Full StoryXbox 360 to Stream Netflix movies
This could be a perfect match in heaven or at least business technology heaven. Netflix is the world’s largest online movie rental service, and with Microsoft Xbox 360 in its corner could be even bigger! Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 video game console will be able to stream thousands of movies over the Internet, thanks to [...]
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