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Netflix Streaming Bumps Off Disc Option
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 25, 2011
Attention Netflix streamers: The "Add to DVD Queue" option will be eliminated from streaming devices. The move effectively means that you can rent a disc only by going to your computer, even if you pay the monthly rate for a combined streaming and disc plan.

The announcement came in a company blog. Here is the blog post in its entirety:

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Netflix Streaming coming to Windows Phone 7
SV Staff  |  Mar 15, 2010
Netflix is on a mission to get their streaming service onto just about every device with a screen, but the cell phone market has been woefully neglected until now. Microsoft has been showing off how their new Windows Phone 7 platform plays nice...
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Netflix streaming hitting Canada this fall
SV Staff  |  Jul 20, 2010
Our neighbors to the north have been sadly lacking in streaming video content over Netflix. While we've been able to watch the service's thousands of movies and TV shows over our HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc players, and game consoles, Canada has gone...
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Netflix Streaming in HD Soft-Launching Soon
SV Staff  |  Oct 29, 2008
It started with rumors strictly about the Xbox 360. But apparently, Netflix is rolling out a soft launch of its HD streaming service to all streaming devices. Oh, the Xbox 360 will have it with the New Xbox Experience, but so will the LG and...
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Netflix Streaming Is Huge
Mark Fleischmann  |  Oct 26, 2010
Netflix streaming is not just an up-and-coming mode of video distribution. It's become huge.
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Netflix Streaming Network Favorites
SV Staff  |  Sep 23, 2008
Netflix just announced that, starting next month, subscribers will be able to stream a variety of current TV shows, sometimes just 24 hours after their TV network broadcast. Both CBS and ABC's Disney Channel are signed on for this deal. Starting...
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Netflix Streaming-Only Plan Arrives
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 23, 2010
Netflix has officially taken the wraps off its previously announced streaming-only plan for the U.S. The price is a low-low-low $7.99. However, the announcement also brings price hikes for the existing disc-and-streaming plans.
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Netflix Surges
 |  Oct 06, 2003

Movie fans can't seem to get enough of DVDs.

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Netflix Taunts ISPs with Speed Ratings
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 01, 2011
If you're a Charter subscriber, you are fortunate indeed. But if your provider is Clearwire, you're in ISP hell—at least that's what Netflix says in a blog post.

"We find ourselves in the unique position of having insight" into ISP performance thanks to the many streams Netflix delivers over the internet, says Ken Florance, the company's director of content delivery. "The throughput we are able to achieve with these streams can tell us a great deal about the actual capacity our subscribers are able to sustain to their homes."

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Netflix Teams Up with Roku for Streaming Box
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 21, 2008
Netflix and Roku are teaming up to offer a $99 set-top box that would allow Netflix members to stream more than 10,000 movies and TV program episodes.
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Netflix to Expand Use of Subtitles
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 02, 2011
Movie subtitles are a must for the elderly, the hard of hearing, and those for whom English is a second language. They're a universal part of Blu-ray and DVD releases but rarer in video streaming. Netflix aims to fill that need by expanding the use of subtitles in the majority of its online offerings.

Specifically, Netflix aims to have subtitles in 80 percent of its streaming programming by the end of 2011, up from 30 percent now.

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Netflix to Offer Streaming-Only Plan in U.S.
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 28, 2010
Netflix is "looking at adding a streaming-only option for the USA over the coming months," its CEO says.
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Netflix to Produce More Teen Programming
SV Staff  |  Aug 25, 2015
Netflix is adding exclusive movies and TV series aimed at teenagers and “tweens” to its streaming roster in an effort to win over the post-millennial generation, according to a report by Advanced Television.
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Netflix to Rent TV Shows on the Net
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 29, 2008
Netflix has cut deals with CBS and the Disney Channel to make their shows available through its fledgling online service, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Netflix online library has only about 12,000 titles, versus the 100,000 titles available through the chain's brick-and-mortar stores, so the company needs to keep cutting deals like these.
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Netflix Tool Helps You Dodge Overage Charges
SV Staff  |  Aug 23, 2016
Is your Netflix consumption pushing your mobile data consumption past the cap? The company has new tool to help subscribers dodge overage charges.
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