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New Netflix Survey Offers Clues
zatznotfunny.com - 3/25/2009
New Netflix Survey Offers Clues
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Looks like Netflix is once again soliciting feedback via a branching web-based survey. Last week we started to see blog coverage of what looks to be them testing the waters for providing service on additional game consoles (Wii, PS3). My immediate reaction , given the scarcity of ...
Is Netflix PS3-bound, too?
engadget.com - 3/25/2009
Is Netflix PS3-bound, too?
— engadget.com — Rumors of Netflix content streaming to the PS3 date back to, well, the first rumors of it... hitting the Xbox 360. We all know which of those two platforms got some red envelope love last year, and now, soon after hearing the service may be heading to ... (more) Is Netflix PS3-bound, too?

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blog.netflix.com - 3/20/2009
Netflix Trying for Consistent Excellence on Streaming
— blog.netflix.com — This is Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer at Netflix. There’s been some blog swirl about Netflix streaming... delivery, and I’d like to explain what we are doing to improve our streaming delivery. Our aspiration is to deliver to everyone the best bitrate ... (more) Netflix Trying for Consistent Excellence on Streaming

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blog.netflix.com - 3/24/2009
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— blog.netflix.com — Hi, Mike Hart here from product development at Netflix. As you know, we’ve been introducing ways for... people to experience Netflix beyond our website with such things as mobile apps, adding movies to your queue from NYT or Rotten Tomatoes and of course ... (more) Share Ratings with Facebook Connect

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CrunchGear:  Netflix asking if you’d be willing to pay $10 for PS3 streaming

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Netflix asking if you’d be willing to pay $10 for PS3 streaming
CrunchGear — ... well last year, here’s why”—did the heavy lifting and got nothing but predictable “we don’t talk about rumors” quotes from both Sony and Netflix. Well, Sony said it has “nothing to announce,” while Netflix has never elaborated on just how “exclusive” its deal with Microsoft (MSFT) is regarding Netflix streaming. So, don’t be too surprised if one of these days you see a screaming yet bland headline: NETFLIX STREAMS TO PS3, YAY! via Zatz Not Funny

Netflix Streaming to iPhone & Wii?
Zatz Not Funny! — ... We’ve seen the Wii pop up as a potential Netflix streaming video destination on a few occasions – specifically via online surveys and possibly via ...

Regarding that Xbox Netflix Streaming Exclusivity
Zatz Not Funny! — ... partnership” language found in Microsoft’s July, 2008 press release announcing Netflix streaming on the 360, it doesn’t get any clearer than this: Xbox 360 will be the only game system that lets users instantly watch movies and TV episodes streamed from Netflix. Of course, exclusivity deals aren’t necessarily perpetual (just ask AT&T). And we know Netflix has run a few customer surveys and a suggestive employment opportunity pointing towards possible PS3 and/or Wii ...

Netflix Streaming Arrives on PS3 Next Month
Zatz Not Funny! — ... By way of the Playstation blog, we learn that those Netflix surveys did indeed foreshadow the end of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 streaming exclusivity. Beginning next month, Netflix-subscribing PS3 owners will be treated to instant video streaming from their gaming console. I’m not sure how the companies landed here, but the solution will be delivered via disc. Which isn’t nearly as elegant as Netflix on the Xbox. (And reminds me of running a web browser or Linux from disc on a Dreamcast eons ago.) ...

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