newteevee.com - 12/8/2008
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In a corporate blog post today, Netflix said 50 of its technical specialists in its customer service group will be let go at the start of next year. The reason? The company isn’t blaming the economy, it’s blaming Microsoft’s Silverlight. From the post: For those of you who ...
netflixprize.com - 12/3/2008
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netflixprize.com —
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blog.netflix.com - 12/8/2008
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blog.netflix.com —
Steve Swasey, VP of Corporate Communications, here to
let you know about some changes in Customer Service....
For those of you who watch movies instantly on your PC or Mac, you may have noticed our player is much easier to install and use now with ...
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Changes in Customer Service
ps3fanboy.com - 12/9/2008
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ps3fanboy.com —
After Microsoft's successful launch of the NXE (New
Xbox Experience), GamePro had a few questions to ask...
Sony. The redesigned interface for Xbox certainly looks a lot sleeker than before -- would Sony consider changing up the XMB (Xcross Media ...
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Sony: No plans to change XMB or offer Netflix service
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Netflix blames Microsoft for lay offs
The Microsoft Blog —
... : For those of you who watch movies instantly on your PC or Mac, you may have noticed our player is much easier to install and use now with Silverlight. The good news is fewer problems for you. The bad news is that we are now overstaffed with technical specialists in our Customer Service (CS) group. Thus, Netflix plans to lay off 50 technical specialists and reassign an additional 15 to other duties. NewTeeVee notes that Netflix's streaming has not been trouble-free. Although the launch of Microsoft's new Xbox Live largely went smoothly, there were some ...
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