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LG Blu-ray Player Offers Netflix

LG Electronics has announced it will start selling a new Blu-ray DVD player that will allow Netflix customers to watch movies and TV shows streamed directly from the Internet to their TV sets.

Xbox 360 To Stream Netflix Movies

Microsoft and Netflix Unveil Partnership to Instantly Stream Movies and TV Episodes to the TV via Xbox LIVE: Exclusive agreement creates game-changing home entertainment experience; more than 10,000 movies and TV episodes will be available to watch instantly at no additional cost to paying subscribers.

Will Netflix Survive a Future Without DVDs?

There have been questions as to whether or not Netflix will be able to survive the future where DVDs are obsolete. Many don't think they will be able to compete with companies that offer downloadable and streaming movies via set top boxes.

Time Inc. Setting Up Netflix-Like Magazine Site

Magazine subscriptions are strong commitments of a sort; after forking over a few bucks, you're locked into receiving a single publication for a year (or more) or your life.  Time Inc. aims to loosen things up by launching a Netflix-style site for magazines called Maghound.

Netflix and Logo Strike a Deal

Everyone's favorite (or mine at least) online DVD rental provider Netflix has signed a new deal with Logo, a cable channel owned by MTV Networks that specializes in gay and lesbian-themed programming. According to Variety, under the deal Netflix will exclusively distribute 3 shows via its rental service. In exchange, Logo will promote Netflix on the channel, and on it's 36gay.com and NewNowNext.com websites.

Blockbuster Is Turning Profit

In the age of video on demand, advertisements touting that Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) has rented over two billion movies, the pervasiveness of peer to peer (p2p) networks, and the general drum-beat of the demise of video rental, today's earnings report from Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is a shocker:

Netflix Embarrassed By 11-Hour Outage

Nothing's perfect; WebProNews itself flickered in and out of working order yesterday afternoon.  But for hours on either side, Netflix was decidedly down, and this created a rather large hubbub in certain circles.

No Blu-Ray For Xbox 360

Microsoft says no Blu-ray for Xbox 360 | Special Coverage | ReutersReuters is reporting on comments by Aaron Greenberg, group product manager for the XBox 360, that Microsoft is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-Ray Association to integrate Blu-Ray into the XBox 360.This is disappointing.

Maybe Advertising Should Go the Netflix Route

This article in Wired is a good read about Netflix’s competition to improve it’s movie recommendation engine.

Apple Hops Into Movie Rental Market

Pretty much everyone knew that Apple intended to enter the movie rental market.  And now that it's done so, well . . . perhaps the anticipation was better than Apple's actual arrival.