Comment On Why The Idea Of A Netflix For E-books Makes Sense By Mathew Ingram

I agree, Darren -- it would be nice if libraries could come up with a competitive offering, and they still might, but Amazon so far looks best equipped to do so. Thanks for the comment.

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Comment on Netflix launches a new $7.99 DVD-by-mail plan by Kevin

Exactly. It's not up to Netflix to "just stream everything." Many rights holders are holding out on offering their property anywhere. And to be honest, the last thing I would want Netflix to do is attempt to emulate Hulu with their horrible Hulu Plus Service.

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Comment on Netflix launches a new $7.99 DVD-by-mail plan by A S

While I agree that streaming licences are very expensive now and sometimes totally unavailable, I wouldn't say we should 'never' expect an all-streaming future. It's going to happen sooner or later. DVDs are going to be as passe as floppy disks.

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How To Install Netflix On Any Android Phone (The Easy Way) (GOOG, NFLX)

For some lucky Android owners, Netflix is already available.

But for now, it's limited to only a few HTC devices along with Google's own Nexus One and Nexus S.

It was only a matter of time before someone figured out how to tweak the app to get it to work on most other phones. (Unlike the method we showed you before, you won't need to root your phone for this new method to work.)

Here's how to do it:

• Make sure you enable third-party apps on your phone by going to Settings > Applications and check the box next to "Unknown Sources." (This won't work for most AT&T phones at the moment. But a fix is coming.)

• Head over to this thread on the XDA forums.

• There are three different versions of Netflix. One is the clean version, the second won't verify which device you're using (should work on most phones), and the third fixes a problem where the app crashes on certain phones. (Read through the thread and see which version will work on your device.)

• Download the file to your phone and install when prompted.

This isn't guaranteed to work on all phones, but it looks like many have had success already.

[XDA Developers via Lifehacker]

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CHART OF THE DAY: Netflix Is Eating Up More Of North America's Bandwidth Than Any Other Company

Netflix's streaming service is so popular that it's now consuming 30% of peak downstream internet bandwidth in North America, according to data from Sandvine, a broadband equipment company, via TechCrunch.

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Guide to Install Netflix on Android Devices

Netflix rolled out Android App to select Android devices, leaving users confused and annoyed by the lack of love. The devices that currently support the sreaming service includes: HTC Incredible, HTC Nexus One, HTC Evo 4G, HTC G2, and Samsung Nexus S. If own a Android device other than the above, here's how to get [...]

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Comment on Next Up for Netflix: Family Plans by Josh

I don't mind. Only I use my account, I don't want this to increase my subscription cost.

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Comment on Next Up for Netflix: Family Plans by Will

Pay more for another profile? No. Want another profile? Yes. How else does one get parental controls on the streamed content?

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Comment on Next Up for Netflix: Family Plans by andy

sounds like you won't be for long, D.

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Comment on Forget Netflix. E-book Publishers Need a Hulu by A S

Isn't this EXACTLY what Google offered the publishers and copyright holders? Google offered to do all the technical hard work, keep the ebook technology improving through the years, offer multiple channels for distribution, offer multiple payback schemes, etc. But they spit in Google's face. Now they should form a Hulu-like consortium of their own? Before publishers do that, they should ask themselves the following questions: How successful is Hulu compared to Youtube in terms of audience reach? How much more money could the video producers have made if they chose Youtube to distribute their content instead of trying to rebuild the wheel with Hulu?

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Comment on What Are Apple’s Options in the Video War With Netflix? by Gary

Yeah, just like they pulled iTunes from Windows.

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Netflix Gets Into The Original Content Game, Buys Upcoming Show For A Rumored $100m

Netflix got its start as the red-envelope movie rental service, later turning into the video streaming authority (bankrupting Blockbuster in the process), and now may be making yet another major move: bankrolling original content. Deadline Hollywood reports that Netflix successfully outbid HBO and AMC for the rights to House Of Cards, an adaptation of the successful 1990 British miniseries. The show reportedly stars Academy Award winning actor Kevin Spacey, who we know isn’t cheap, and David Fincher, who is hotter than ever following the success of The Social Network.

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Netflix Is Streaming 15X More Movies Than Apple (NFLX, CMCSA, AAPL)

Another reason Netflix's subscription-based movie business is in better shape than some may think: Because people can stream a lot of movies for the same monthly price, and that seems to be a popular value.

NPD Group said today that Netflix's share of movies streamed or downloaded in January and February reached 61%.

That's 15X the 4% share that Apple's iTunes movie store reached, although it's a different business -- at iTunes, you have to pay for each movie rental or download individually. (And they're not very cheap, given that they are often newer titles, versus older movies from Netflix.)

And that's almost 8X the 8% share of Comcast cable video-on-demand. (Not including free movies streamed on Comcast VOD or premium-subscription-channel VOD like HBO or Starz, which NPD doesn't measure, for some reason. We've reached out to Comcast to try and figure out what percent of its VOD movie streams are being neglected by this study, but haven't heard back.)

For context, Comcast had about 20 million digital video subscribers at the end of 2010 -- about the same size as Netflix's subscriber base.

Digital video is now almost 1/4 of all home video volume, according to NPD.

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Netflix Not Affected By Apple's New Subscription Plan (AAPL, NFLX)

Netflix will not be affected by Apple's new subscription billing plan, we are hearing from a source.

Yesterday Apple rolled out a new policy saying that if an app maker offers digital content then it has to give users an option to buy that content in the app.

If the user chooses the in-app payment option, Apple keeps 30% of the sale.

In other words, Netflix would have had to give its users an option to sign up for a Netflix account inside its iOS apps. If the user took that option, Apple would collect 30% of the sale, which is clearly not something Netflix wants.

This is great news for Netflix, but it's only going to cause more confusion for publishers who aren't getting the same kind of favored treatment.

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