Netflix to Stream ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Netflix, a leading online movie rental service, says it’ll invite America to a free and commercially uninterrupted online screening of the newly restored 1939 classic, “The Wizard of Oz,” on Saturday, October 3, 2009. The film, celebrating its 70th anniversary this year and reissued earlier this month by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, can be [...]

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Netflix to Stream Disney-ABC TV Content

Netflix, a leading online movie rental service, today (August 3) announced an agreement with Disney-ABC Television Group to stream ABC’s popular TV series from Netflix. The agreement will add top broadcast properties to its library of over 12,000 movies and TV episodes. The deal will allow Netflix members to instantly watch the first five seasons [...]

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Will You Welcome Adobe in Your Living Room?

Adobe Systems is knocking on your living-room door. It has announced today (April 20) the extension of the Adobe Flash Platform to connected digital home devices. The solution is to deliver high definition (HD) video and rich applications to Internet-connected televisions, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, and other devices in the digital living room. The Adobe [...]

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YouTube-UMG Tie-Up: Behind the Scene Story

Universal Music Group (UMG) and Google’s video-sharing site YouTube are working together to offer a blended service, VEVO. The plan is to provide UMG’s music video content using YouTube technology and community support. Others are also fast and furious. The action taking place in the emerging tech-entertainment convergence market is just fit for making a Hollywood [...]

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Netflix, MTV in Your Living Room for More Fun

The fun plan includes previous seasons of Comedy Central’s Emmy and Peabody animated series “South Park” along with Nickelodeon shows like “iCarly” and “SpongeBob SquarePants.” This is in addition to thousands of movies and TV episodes that Netflix subscribers can watch instantly on their computers and TVs. The agreement was announced today (April 6) by [...]

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Netflix Net Numbers: 10 Years, 2 Billion Movies

Netflix, a leading online movie rental service, declares today (April 2) it has delivered the two billionth movie since the company’s subscription service was launched in late 1999. The mark was reached yesterday when a Blu-ray version of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s romantic comedy “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” was delivered to Clay Shannon, a [...]

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Movies with a Social Touch

Here’s a case of an entertainment business making use of social networks to provide more interactive experience to the consumers. Leading online movie rental service Netflix has announced its integration with Facebook Connect, which seamlessly links a Netflix member’s account with their Facebook account. Facebook Connect will extend members’ movie ratings from the Netflix community [...]

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