Tag Archives: Netflix

Sep
01

Amazon pips Apple to the post with web TV announcement

Everyone seems to be stepping into the Internet TV market at the moment and Amazon is the latest company linked with a TV and movie streaming service. Amazon is believed to.. more
Posted in All Tech News, IPTV News
Apr
14

Irdeto’s Cloakware protects Netflix content

Website: Rapid TV News Conditional access provider Irdeto has been selected to protect Netflix’s content. Irdeto is supplying its ‘Cloakware’ embedded security to Netflix, and thus protect “tens of thousands of.. more
Posted in All Tech News, IPTV News
Mar
04

Netflix may produce iPhone app

Movie streaming service Netflix has been asking its customers whether it should make the leap onto Apple’s iPhone with an app. So says an article over at the Hacking Netflix website,.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Apple News: iPad, iPhone, iPod and Mac OSX, iPhone News, Mobile Phone News: Networks, Handsets, Mobile Computing
Feb
02

Roku looking for $30 million investment

As the set top box market sees record growth, now would be the time for businesses to expand, but this is not always possible as it requires investment, which is difficult to obtain. However this has not put the set top box maker Roku off.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Satellite TV News
Jan
13

Netflix comes to Nintendo Wii in the US

The Netflix movie streaming service will be coming to the Wii console in the States in just a few months. Come spring, Wii owners will be able to subscribe and watch films and TV programmes using the software provided on a disc. And their broadband.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Gaming News: PC, Xbox, PS3 & Nintendo, Nintendo News
Mar
16

How long can DVDs hold out against VOD

The days of watching TV and videos the old way are quickly becoming numbered, with the introduction of Amazon’s Video on Demand coupled with the amazing new video player from Roku, which is powered by Philips-founded semiconductor pioneer, NXP. Added to the existing Netflix subscriber.. more
Posted in IPTV News
Jan
08

LG to launch broadband HDTVs

South Korea-based LG Electronics is planning to launch broadband-enabled HDTVs in a partnership with Netflix, the online film rental company. The LCD and Plasma TVs will come pre-loaded with streaming software, allowing the sets to instantly stream movies and television shows from Netflix’s library, on.. more
Posted in HDTV / 3D TV News
Nov
18

Netflix CEO Foretells the return of Web TV

Nobody denies the eventual marriage of Web and TV. Technology, in fact, is taking the right step towards that direction. However, there are many competing theories on how that is to happen. Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, has his own. He says that we should expect.. more
Posted in HDTV / 3D TV News
Jul
16

Microsoft to stream Netflix movies

By the end of the year, users of the Xbox 360 games console will be able to access thousands of movies through the Netflix movie service. Microsoft announced at the E3 Media and Business Summit in LA, that they have reached an agreement with Netflix,.. more
Posted in All Tech News, Internet News: Broadband, Telecoms, Social Networks, ISP's
Feb
05

Netflix Not Anonymous As Once Thought

Since the end of last year, and the beginning of 2008, numerous tales of internet security breaches have flooded the news. In an interesting report from two university, it seems it is now possible to track people using movie ratings, and the movies they rent.. more
Posted in IT Security News