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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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Netflix Traffic Drops Due to New Encoding Scheme
SV Staff  |  Jun 24, 2016
Netflix represented 35% of traffic on North American fixed networks, down slightly from 37% six months ago, according to Sandvine’s 2016 Global Internet Phenomena study.
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Netflix Vows to Be True Blu
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 11, 2008
Netflix will drop HD DVD and stock its virtual shelves exclusively with Blu-ray discs, the rental service announced today. From now on it will buy new stock only in Blu-ray and will phase out existing HD DVD stock by year-end.
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Netflix Wants Extra Green for Blu-ray
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 29, 2008
Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, cutting-edge videophiles who rent Blu-ray discs from Netflix will be charged extra. High res equals high price.
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Netflix Watch Instantly hits the iPad
SV Staff  |  Apr 01, 2010
I had to double-check to make sure this wasn't an April Fool's joke. Yes, Netflix has released a streaming video app on the iPad through the iTunes App Store. The app seems to let people browse Netflix's Watch Instantly library, add movies to...
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Netflix Will Stream Star Wars Sequel in 2016 — But Only in Canada
SV Staff  |  Oct 26, 2015
The highly anticipated Star Wars sequel, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which opens in theaters on December 18, will be available for streaming on Netflix next year but not in the U.S., according to Variety.com.
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Netflix's $1 Million Contest: Highly Recommended
SV Staff  |  Nov 21, 2008
So, when it's late at night and you can't fall asleep, have you ever wondered how Netflix knows what movies to recommend to you? I know I have. Netflix has a system called Cinematch that picks movies it predicts you'll like, but...
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Netflix's streaming future: Classics online, new movies in the mail
SV Staff  |  Aug 11, 2008
Last week, we published a review of the Roku Netflix Player, a $99 box that lets you use the Internet to stream movies and TV shows straight into your TV from Netflix. It's not a perfect solution, but it's a handy, inexpensive way to get some...
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Netflix, Now On TiVo
SV Staff  |  Dec 08, 2008
If you've been putting off getting a TiVo, now might be the time. Looks like TiVo and Netflix are cozying up, in a really attractive way. Who needs a limited pay-per-view schedule when you can have the Netflix library at your fingertips?TiVo...
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Netflix-to-Xbox Movie Rentals Coming Soon?
SV Staff  |  Mar 26, 2008
Snail-mail DVD rental company Netflix hasn't officially said it plans to allow downloads of movies via Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console, but all clues point in that direction. Let's add them up, shall we? 1. Microsoft nixed Blu-ray on its game...
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Netflix: I'm the King of the World
Mark Fleischmann  |  May 19, 2011
It's official: Netflix is now king of the internet, eclipsing all other forms of net traffic, bringing an abrupt end to the nation's use of other video streaming operations, web browsing, email, and naughty bits.

Oh all right, that's an exaggeration. But not by much. a recent study by Sandvine, a network analytics firm, reveals that Netflix is indeed the biggest bandwidth consumer on the net.

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Netflix: If We Offer Blu-ray, They Will Come
SV Staff  |  Dec 09, 2008
Early year-end present for Netflix! They had hoped to have 500,000 subscribers paying an extra $1/month to be able to get Blu-ray discs by the end of the year. They've already met that goal, a few weeks ahead of schedule. Do the math -...
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Netflix: Videos Between Episodes Are Not Commercials
SV Staff  |  Aug 22, 2018
If you love the convenience of Netflix and hate commercials, you’re not alone. Which is why bingers freaked over a recent post on reddit.com that read: “Netflix forced me to watch an unskipable [sic] ad for Better Call Saul.”
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Netflixers Plead for Disc-Only Plan
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jan 27, 2011
Even while Netflix has passed the 20 million mark in subscribers, some Netflixers are pleading for a disc-only rental plan.

"If you don't want instant gratification, then there should be an option -- call it the slow lane, if you like," said a blogger quoted in Home Media Magazine. In the wake of recent Netflix disc-rental price increases, an online poll showed 10 percent threatening to ax their membership. That probably won't cut much ice with Netflix, which sees its future in streaming, even to the point of removing "Add to DVD Queue" from its streaming interface.

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