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I love Netflix streaming and have never had an issue with it. Other people, however, are not so happy with the quality of the streaming service, and have become quite vocal about it in the blogs and forums, aiming their ire at Microsoft’s Silverlight player in […] Read more »

After much anticipation, Amazon VOD finally landed on the Roku player this morning, expanding the capabilities of the $99 set-top box beyond Netflix. Roku owners will have access to Amazon’s VOD library of more than 40,000 titles, including the ability to purchase or rent new release […] Read more »

Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy said yesterday that the movie rental company will likely add a streaming-only subscription level “in the foreseeable future.” His remarks came at the Jeffries Internet and Media conference in New York, and reinforce similar comments made by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings last […] Read more »

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During Netflix‘s recession-busting fourth-quarter earnings call last week, CEO Reed Hastings noted that “millions” of the company’s subscribers are using its “Watch Instantly” streaming service. The service, which opened up a year ago but kicked into high gear last fall with new content partnerships and roll- […] Read more »

Netflix announced today that 1 million Xbox users have downloaded and activated the Netflix streaming service since its launch on the game platform in November, and in less than three months more than 1.5 billion minutes of content was watched. First, let’s take a moment to […] Read more »

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