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prnewswire.com - 10/27/2008
Netflix Begins Roll-Out of 2nd Generation Media Player for Instant Streaming on Windows PCs and Intel Macs
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Based on Microsoft Silverlight, New Player Features Enhanced Dynamic Streaming, First-Time Use for Macs and Breakthrough Navigation for Fast-Forward and Rewind LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX ), the world's largest online movie rental service, ...
Netflix finally brings 'Watch Instantly' to Macs via Silverlight
engadget.com - 10/27/2008
Netflix finally brings 'Watch Instantly' to Macs via Silverlight
— engadget.com — Filed under: Home Entertainment In a move that seemed like it would never, ever, ever happen ,... Netflix has finally managed to bring its streaming video technology (and decent library) to Macs everywhere, thanks to Microsoft's Flash-esque ... (more) Netflix finally brings 'Watch Instantly' to Macs via ...

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mono-project.com - 10/30/2008
Moonlight
— mono-project.com — Moonlight is an open source implementation of Silverlight ( http://silverlight.net ) , primarily for Linux and other... Unix/X11 based operating systems. In September of 2007, Microsoft and Novell announced a technical collaboration that includes access ... (more) Moonlight

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netflix.mediaroom.com - 10/27/2008
Netflix Begins Roll-Out of 2nd Generation Media Player for Instant Streaming on Windows PCs and ...
— netflix.mediaroom.com — LOS GATOS, Calif., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), the world's largest online movie rental... service, today announced it has begun the deployment of Microsoft Silverlight to enhance the instant watching component of the ... (more) Netflix Begins Roll-Out of 2nd Generation Media Player ...

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Netflix Begins Silverlight Rollout
Contentinople: — Mac users, rejoice! With the help of Microsoft Silverlight , Netflix Inc. is finally rolling out online video streaming that is compatible with Intel-based Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) computers.  In a press release issued this morning , Netflix confirmed what Contentinople readers have known for a while -- that the company would use Microsoft's cross-platform, cross-browser video player for delivery of its online streaming service. Due to digital rights management (DRM) concerns, Netflix streaming previously was available only to Windows ...

Netflix Begins Testing a Mac Streaming Solution
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech — By Michael Santo Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews Way back in January, Netflix promised to add Mac video streaming to its “Watch Instantly” feature before the end of 2008. Well, they’ve done it, ironically, with the help of Microsoft technology. Microsoft’s Silverlight to the rescue. But hold onto your horses. Netflix calls this their second generation player, so it will likely cover PCs as well, and it also states that it will only roll out to a limited number of users at first. Yes, once again we consumers are beta-testing for someone. Previously, Netflix outlined their issues with Mac streaming: And that’s our holdup for the Mac - there’s not yet a studio-sanctioned, ...

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Netflix has expanded its video streaming service to Macintosh users, but customers will need to install Silverlight technology from Apple rival Microsoft to watch movies and TV shows.