Netflix to allow unlimited streaming on select plans
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Netflix subscribers who have unlimited rental plans will now be able to stream an unlimited number of movies or TV shows on their PCs at no additional cost.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- DVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc. will begin delivering movies and other programming directly to televisions later this year through a set-top box that will pipe entertainment over a high-speed Internet connection.
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Netflix Inc., the online movie rental company, said Monday it is switching exclusively to the Blu-ray format for high-definition DVDs, following four major movie studios in selecting the Sony technology over one pushed by Toshiba Corp.
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Deal will make "Heroes" and "The Office" available as video-on-demand options for mobile subscribers, CNBC as a streaming live feed.
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Online movie renter Netflix Inc. on Monday cut its rental subscription fee, a step aimed at mitigating competition that has fueled concern about its future growth prospects.
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New Zealanders will be among the first in the Asia Pacific region to access a new video-on-demand service over the internet. Anytime TV will deliver Hollywood movies, TV shows, popular music videos and premium games to broadband subscribers.
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MacCentral - Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc. have signed an agreement to let TiVo subscribers access Netflix's library of movies over broadband Internet connections, the two companies announced Thursday.
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In a win for Blu-ray and a loss for consumer choice, Netflix said Monday it will no longer be stocking new HD DVD movies for its subscribers to rent.
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In an obvious attempt to attract its rival's customers to its own online movie rental service, Blockbuster will let Netflix subscribers with a Blockbuster membership rent movies from its stores for free through December 21.
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Home entertainment trendsetters Netflix Inc. (NFLX) and TiVo Inc. (TIVO) hope to link up on a service that will use high-speed Internet connections to pipe DVD-quality movies into the homes of their mutual subscribers.
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Girding for a potential threat from Apple Inc., online DVD rental service Netflix Inc. is lifting its limits on how long most subscribers can watch movies and television shows over high-speed Internet connections.
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SAN FRANCISCO  Â DVD-by-mail service Netflix Inc. will begin delivering movies and other programming directly to televisions later this year through a set-top box that will pipe entertainment over a high-speed Internet connection.
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The movie download offering from Netflix only offers older movies, so it is not a direct competitor to the new iTunes movie rental service, which emphasizes new releases.
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Online DVD rental company Netflix  Inc  on Tuesday said it is considering a broad range of  options as part of its strategy to allow subscribers to  download movies from the Internet.
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Netflix subscribers who have unlimited DVD rental plans will be able to stream as many movies and television shows as they want online for no additional charge. The step is seen as a response to Apple's expected launch of an online movie rental service.
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A plan aims to offer Comcast subscribers a nearly limitless supply of movies and TV shows that can be viewed on demand and through the Internet.
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Stating that the industry has already picked a winner in the battle of next-generation DVD superiority, Netflix announced Monday that it will stock only Blu-ray discs and drop the HD DVD format. Since the first high-definition DVDs came on the market in early 2006, Netflix has offered both formats.&quot;We&#39;re now at the point where the industry can pursue the migration to a single format, bring clarity to the consumer and accelerate the adoption of high-def,&quot; Ted Sarandos, chief content officer for Netflix, said in a statement. According to the statement, the company cited the decision by four of the six major studios to use only the Sony-developed format.Netflix&#39;s move comes about a month after&#160;Warner Brothers announced its shift to Blu-ray, joining three other major studios. Only two major studios, Paramount Home Entertainment and Universal Studios Home Entertainment, publish in the HD DVD format.Netflix subscribers can still rent the remaining HD DVD titles until the discs&#39; natural life cycles take them out of circulation. The company plans to fully abandon HD DVD by the end of the year.Netflix offers more than 90,000 DVD titles, over 400 of them are Blu-ray.&#160;