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Netflix Giving Away 48 Hour Streaming Trials With New XBOX 360 Games
Netflix Giving Away 48 Hour Streaming Trials With New XBOX 360 Games
Inside the case of the new James Bond XBOX 360 game that came out today is a special insert card that allows you to trial the Netflix streaming service for 48 hours. While the trial won't officially kick off until...
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Netflix streaming trials bundled with some games
Joystiq — ... It appears that Quantum of Solace for Xbox 360 is bundled with a 48 hour Netflix NXE trial, reports StreamingMedia. Obviously, the NXE isn't live yet (and will cut you off from Live if you pirate it), so redeeming the code now is ...

Netflix Offering Free 48-Hour Trials For Xbox 360 [The New Xbox Experience]
Kotaku — ... and Netflix wants to make sure gamers are ready when the New Xbox Experience officially launches. To that end, they've begun slipping in cards for 48-hour trials of the service into newly released 360 game titles, beginning with James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace. This is the first game we've seen with the card inside, but knowing Netflix's penchant for stuffing free trial flyers into every possible orifice of every potential customer they can get their hands on, it won't be the last. Netflix Giving Away 48 Hour Streaming Trials With New XBOX 360 Games [The Business of Online ...

Netflix Offering Free 48 Trials For Xbox 360 [The New Xbox Experience]
Kotaku — ... and Netflix wants to make sure gamers are ready when the New Xbox Experience officially launches. To that end, they've begun slipping in cards for 48-hour trials of the service into newly released 360 game titles, beginning with James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace. This is the first game we've seen with the card inside, but knowing Netflix's penchant for stuffing free trial flyers into every possible orifice of every potential customer they can get their hands on, it won't be the last. Netflix Giving Away 48 Hour Streaming Trials With New XBOX 360 Games [The Business of Online ...

Netflix giving 48 hour trials with new 360 games
CrunchGear — ... This is actually an excellent move. The streaming on the 360 is a dream, it’s in everyone’s home, and it’s easy. Sadly, I think the limited selection will turn off younger gamers but this is definitely a great way to get older gamers in on the streaming action. ...

Netflix bundling 48 hour trials with some Xbox 360 games
Engadget — ... It looks like the new Quantum of Solace game for the Xbox 360 has a little something extra bundled in with the package: according to reports, an explosive 48 hour Xbox Live Gold trial membership card with a secret "Netflix code" on the back is included. ...

New Xbox 360 Games: Netflix 48 Hour Trial
PR News: — ... and Netflix. There has been a lot of talk about the new technology between the two big companies, so is great that we will get to see how well the two work together. Once the new service is fully up and running, you can expect both Microsoft and Netflix to up their marketing programs, and the two will be able to share the cost of the marketing. And with Microsoft onside, they have a long reach thanks to the amount of Xbox 360 consoles there are in the world. Source

New XBox 360 James Bond games carry Netflix streaming promotion
D' Technology Weblog — Netflix is promoting trials of its ‘Watch Instantly‘ streaming video service with select Xbox 360 games, reports Streaming Media’s Dan Rayburn. In a joint marketing effort with partner Microsoft, a 48 hour ‘Gold’ pass to XBox Live that includes the Netflix promotion, can be found in the box of US retail copies of the newly released James Bond game, although access to Netflix on XBox 360 won’t be available until later this month when the previously announced Dashboard ...

The Streaming Content Is There, But Not Enough People Are Watching It — Yet [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... Even with all these numbers, they don’t truly give us an idea of the growth, as there are a lot of unanswered questions. For starters, Microsoft won’t say how many of the 15.1 million Xbox 360 consoles are connected to a broadband connection. And while Netflix says that a million Xbox LIVE members have downloaded and installed the Netflix app for their Xbox 360, since Netflix offers free 48-hour streaming trials to Xbox 360 owners, we don’t know how many paying Netflix subscribers are using the service today. With Netflix ...

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