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Boxee Adds Netflix Support

Written on December 04, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 4 people have commented

Today, boxee is releasing their latest alpha build for the flexible media player. The big news for this release is the tantalizing Netflix support and new custom interfaces for various channels like Hulu, CNN, Flickr, Picasa, and YouTube. There are a few new content sources as well.
Netflix takes center stage for this release at the [...]

i.TV Updates, Adds Netflix

Written on November 11, 2008 by Omar McFarlane and No one has commented

Today, i.TV updated their free (ad supported) iPhone Application. The i.TV iPhone app is a guide for up-to-date local TV and movie listings.
With this seemingly minor point-release comes a major addition—Netflix integration. With what founder and CEO Brad Pelo says is “the first of several major third party integrations that will be announced through the end [...]

Netflix “Watch Instantly” Now Available to Mac Users

Written on November 02, 2008 by Jason Guthrie and 6 people have commented

In true trick-or-treat fashion, Netflix announced Friday that the first beta phase of its new streaming player is over. Mac (and PC) users can now opt in to use the new Silverlight player as part of the next beta phase.
Existing customers can simply visit www.netflix.com/silverlightoptin to opt in to the new player. After [...]

Netflix “Watch Instantly” Coming to Mac — Still

Written on October 27, 2008 by Omar McFarlane and 8 people have commented

It seems that Netflix is finally making good on their long standing promise that the much lauded “Watch Instantly” would be coming to the Mac. Utilizing Microsoft’s Silverlight (with Play Ready DRM), Netflix will be able to provide their vast library of movies and TV shows instantly to Intel-based Macs for the first time. Initially [...]

Netflix “Watch Instantly” Coming to Mac

Written on October 02, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 3 people have commented

I don’t know about you but my favorite corporate blogger is now Brent from Netflix – or as I like to call him – “The Bringer of Good News.”
Netflix announced on Wednesday the addition of 1,000 movies to its “Watch Instantly” collection, which on its own is a welcomed announcement. But at the end [...]

iTunes’ Attackers

Written on May 20, 2008 by Jethro Jones and 2 people have commented

Netflix and Napster are both launching assaults on Apple, today. CNET is reporting the release of Netflix’s Apple TV rival, simply called Player by Roku, and Napster is getting into the digital music distribution with apparently an identical model to iTunes ($0.99 a song, $9.95 an album).
I am all for competition, but I don’t think [...]

My Experience with Renting a Movie on iTunes

Written on January 19, 2008 by Michael Clark and 31 people have commented

We received three inches of snow last Thursday, but I wasn’t worried. We had plenty of white supplies (bread, milk, toilet paper) stocked up, so we didn’t have to venture to the grocery store. NetFlix said two DVDs would be delivered that afternoon. So before dinner, I ventured down to the mailbox to retrieve [...]