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Netflix updates iOS app for widescreen iPhone 5
MacRumors reports: Netflix has updated its iOS app to support iOS 6 and to provide support for the iPhone 5’s 4″ screen. The update also claims to improve the browsing, searching and watching experience.
Continue reading...Apple’s netflix-killing service not coming anytime soon
Monday, August 8, 2011
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Despite rumors that Apple was planning to implement Netflix style streaming via a service reportedly dubbed “iTunes Replay”, it seems that existing studio contracts will prevent Apple from doing so anytime soon. According to CNET, Apple hasn’t yet signed “cloud agreements for feature films with at least four of the top six film studios.” One […]
Continue reading...Apple already has deals in place with TV networks and Movie studios to stream content – Report
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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Apple’s long rumored HDTV has been described as something that will blow Netflix and other video competitors out of the water. But before Apple launches such a product, if it ever does, it would have to shore up its media offerings by implementing a streaming video service a’la Netflix or Hulu. To that end, Piper […]
Continue reading...Netflix app debuts on Android, only 5 handsets supported
Friday, May 13, 2011
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Back in November we highlighted how fragmentation effectively precluded Netflix from releasing a Netflix app for Android. All the while, iOS users had been enjoying mobile Netflix for months. If you recall, Netflix had been working on an Android app for some time but ran into roadblocks with respect to DRM. Netflix product developer Greg […]
Continue reading...Netflix dips its toe into the original content pool
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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Not content with its commanding lead of the movie download market, Netflix is now looking to start sourcing original content as well. Rumor has it, courtesy of Deadline Hollywood, that Netflix may have recently outbid both HBO and AMC for the rights to a 1990 British miniseries titled House Of Cards. Negotiations are still going […]
Continue reading...Netflix still the top dawg when it comes to movie downloads and streams
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
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Apple may own the market when it comes to music downloads, but in the streaming and download video market, Netflix remains the top dog. In recently released data compiled by the NPD Group, measured between January and February 2011, the research firm found that more than 60% of all streamed videos in the US are via […]
Continue reading...More users watch Netflix via the AppleTV than via the iPad
Thursday, January 27, 2011
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Netflix on Wednesday released their quarterly earnings report and revealed that users watch more streamed content (measured in hours) via their AppleTV than they do via the iPad. This is a surprising revelation for two reasons. First, the ability to stream Netflix content to the Apple TV was only implemented this past September. iPad users, […]
Continue reading...Analyst: iTunes rentals 1/10 that of Netflix online rentals
Thursday, December 30, 2010
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Oh, these analysts certainly come out of the woodwork at times. The most recent example is Gleacher & Co. analyst Brian Marshall who postulates that Apple has about 475,000 daily rentals on iTunes compared to 2.6 million daily rentals via Netflix’s online streaming service. Marshall’s worked backwards from Apple’s disclosure last week, in announcing it was […]
Continue reading...Why Netflix uses HTML 5 for its UI
Sunday, December 5, 2010
If tech companies being completely forthright about the technologies they use and why, then we simply can’t get enough – and Netflix, more than most, seems to be completely open to explaining the rationale behind the technological road it travels. In a post from this past Friday, Netflix VP of Personalization Technology Jon Ciancutti explains […]
Continue reading...Why there’s still no Netflix app for Android – Fragmentation
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Netflix redefined the way we watch movies and it was only a matter of time before the service started showing up on devices like the Xbox and Apple TV in addition to infiltrating devices in the mobile space. A Netflix app for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad has been available since August, and like you’d […]
Continue reading...Netflix app update adds support for video out for iPhone 4 and 4th gen iPod Touch
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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Rejoice Netflix users. A recent update to the Netflix app for the iPhone 4 and most recent iPod Touch now includes support for video out. via 9to5Mac
Continue reading...Revamped Apple TV to include support for Netflix streaming – Report
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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Bloomberg reports: Apple Inc., preparing to announce a new set-top box that delivers video to consumers’ TVs, will include programming from Netflix Inc., according to three people with knowledge of the plans. The streaming service would be available on the revamped version of Apple TV, due to be introduced tomorrow in San Francisco, said two […]
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
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