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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 [...]