Netflix

Netflix Offers Unlimited Online Viewing to Customers: Full Rollout On the Horizon?

According to Hacking Netflix, select Netflix subscribers have been receiving emails over the past few weeks granting them access to unlimited Watch Instantly hours. They have also increased the number of titles available on the service to 6000 —presumably in anticipation of a full-scale rollout. Keep in mind that this is only a rumor at…

Blockbuster Online Members Socked With Christmas Price Hike

Isn’t this a fine little Christmas present from our friends at Blockbuster? Maybe the movie rental company figured since it’s this close to the holidays, no one would notice a price increase at Blockbuster Online, announced in a letter to subscribers yesterday. The most painful hit will be taken by those with a “three-out unlimited”…

NBC Hooks Up With Netflix to Deliver More TV on Your PC

NBC has become quite the digital distribution whore, like they broke up with their longtime lover and are slutting it up to make them jealous or something. Their latest partner is Netflix.com, where subscribers can watch Heroes eps the day after they air—the release curiously avoids the word “stream”—as well as past eps of 30…

iFlix iPhone Netflix Queue App Almost Better Than the Real Thing

I got five words for you: Drag and Drop Netflix Queue. This app by Brent Jensen that supports multiple accounts, downloads thumbnails of movies, lists new and top 100 movies, also has a search function.

Blockbuster Essentially Concedes to Netflix

Buried in the pile of bad news that was Blockbuster’s Q3 earnings report (losses more than tripled vs. last year to $35 million) was the quote from CEO Jim Keyes that “the company will no longer be narrowly focused on its online subscriber count but instead will concentrate on the growth of, and report on,…

Netflix Considering Distributing Movies Via Consoles, HD Disc Players and Set-Top Boxes

During its mostly positive Q3 earnings call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings dropped word that “in terms of enabling the viewing of online content on the television screen, we are exploring a variety of options, including Internet connected, high definition DVD players, internet connected game consoles, and dedicated internet set tops, with a variety of partners,…

Movie Gallery, the number two video rental chain, has been browbeaten into bankruptcy by the vast array of forces assaulting B&M rental outlets—the bloodbath between Netflix and Blockbuster, web video, VOD and so on. Quick and dirty takeaway: The picture’s not looking pretty for your corner video store. [Crave]

HD DVD Player Sales Top Blu-ray Again, Win Netflix Users As Well

In a not-so-surprising turn, standalone HD DVD players have regained their lead on Blu-ray sales in September, giving the overall year-to-date figures (in which HD DVD has always been ahead) as 53% HD DVD, 44% Blu-ray, and 3% dual-format. Although this may give you the impression that HD DVD is in the lead, the numbers…

Netflix Confirms $15.99 Price Was Test For Select Few

Following up on our story from last week about further Netflix price cuts, again reducing rates for its 3-disc at-a-time plan to $15.99, we’ve gotten a confirmation from Netflix Director of Corporate Communications Steve Swasey (pictured in the graphic here) about the nature of that $1-lower price. He says it’s part of a “price test”:…

Blockbuster Fires Off Email Notifying Customers of Price Increase

What kind of price war is this? Yesterday we saw proof of Netflix cutting a dollar off its three-disc at-a-time plan resulting in a $15.99 monthly tariff, and today a tipster shows us an email from Blockbuster talking about raising prices. But there’s some good news in that email for existing customers. https://gizmodo.com/updated-netflix-lowers-prices-for-dvd-rentals-by-1-290100 The good…

UPDATED: Netflix Lowers Prices for DVD Rentals by $1 … Again

Netflix just lowered its prices on the “three DVDs out at-a-time” plan again, taking it down a buck to $15.99 a month. Our jaws dropped as we saw the above notice in our inbox, because it was just three weeks ago when Netflix had lowered the price to $16.99. Hey, keep those price reductions coming,…

Netflix Download for Macs and TVs Coming in 2008

Steve, the developer behind Netflix’s download service, gives us explanations for Mac, Firefox and TV support, as well as the reason why the Netflix online collection is so tiny. The OS X hold up til 2008 is, of course, the lack of studio-sanctioned DRM, since Apple doesn’t license theirs. (Like it matters, since WM11 and…

Hackers Allow Netflix’ Streamed Movies to be Decrypted and Saved

Netflix’s online movie-streaming service has been hacked by a Very Clever Person . The tools: Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player 11, FairUse4WM and Notepad. The method: finding and downloading the URL of the video file, getting the license key and stripping the DRM. Sounds simple enough. The catch: Only Netflix subscribers can do it. Logically,…

Netflix lowers their pricing to match Blockbuster’s offerings. [dvddosier]

Netflix Set-Top Box Rumor Will Not Die

Following closely on the heels of its April 11 announcement that Bruce Willis’ band will headline a concert series that I, for one, will not be attending, Netflix today announced the appointment of Anthony Wood, founder of both ReplayTV and Roku, as VP of Internet TV. That means a Netflix set-top box, right? Follow the…

Netflix on Your TiVo, Though Not How You Want It

Yes, now you can interact with your Netflix account on your TiVo, although sadly that doesn’t mean you can stream movies to your TiVo via Netflix’s Watch It Now service. No, it just means you can sort through movies and add them to your Netflix or Blockbuster queue without turning on a computer. You can,…

Netflix Founder Joins Microsoft Board

Netflix founder Reed Hastings has joined the Microsoft board of directors, indicating a cozy relationship between the two companies. While no actual business deals between the big M and Netflix have been announced, a partnership could benefit them both greatly in the current marketplace. What with TiVo and Amazon joined at the hip with their…

Netflix Watch Now: Secret Technique for Cutting In Line, Get Streaming Now

Netflix is slowly rolling out its movie streaming feature, but some members of the movie service won’t be getting this capability until June. If you’re one of the unlucky Netflix users who haven’t seen that Watch Now tab appear on the Netflix website yet, now there’s a way you can skip waiting in line and…

What It’s Like to Work At a Netflix Shipping Center

Ever wonder what it’s like to work as a DVD shipper/sorter/inspector at Netflix processing those millions of DVDs every day? Check out this employee’s notes on what his typical day is like, going through those DVDs your kids accidentally spilled milk on. In short, it’s a third-world experience doing menial labor that takes its toll…

Hands On the Netflix Download Video Service: Thumbs Up

Click to view Netflix flipped the switch on their video download service and I just took it for a spin. Let’s see, the essentials: https://gizmodo.com/breaking-netflix-internet-tv-film-delivery-starts-this-228894 I used a Winblows machine, plus IE, per their requirements. Logging into my account, I was presented with a new tab up top called “watch now.” Clicking through, I was…