Netflix
Netflix from WikiPedia:
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is an online DVD and Blu-ray Disc rental service, offering flat rate rental-by-mail and online streaming to customers in the United States. Established in 1997 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, it has amassed a collection of 100,000 titles and approximately 10 million subscribers. The company has more than 55 million discs and, on average, ships 1.9 million DVDs to customers each day. Netflix previously claimed to spend about $300 million a year on postage. On February 25, 2007, Netflix announced the billionth DVD delivery. Two years later, on April 2, 2009, the company announced that it had mailed its two billionth DVD, and awarded the recipient with a complimentary lifetime membership. It topped the ForeSee Results’ Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index with an American Customer Satisfaction Index score of 86, well over the industry average of 75.
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Netflix stories from Top sites:
- $1 Million Netflix Prize To Be Won Imminently
It seemed like the contest that would never end. For the past 3 years, Netflix has been offering a $1 million prize to whoever can improve its movie recommendations by 10% or more...
- They Did It! One Team Reports Success in the $1m Netflix Prize
In October 2006 online movie rental company Netflix announced a contest called The Netflix Prize; any team that could beat its in-house recommendation engine by 10% in predicting which movies people would like would win a $1 million prize...
- And the Winner of the $1 Million Netflix Prize (Probably) Is...
After nearly three years and entries from more than 50,000 contestants, a multinational team says that it has met the requirements to win the million-dollar Netflix Prize:...
- Boxee Alpha for Windows: Hands-On
Boxee has quickly garnered street cred for turning Mac and Ubuntu systems into good-looking media centers. Now, PC users can get in on the fun: Boxee has publicly released the free alpha version of its software for Windows XP...
- The Battle for the Home Network Pits PCs Against Set-top Boxes
The other night I watched "Corpse Bride." The Tim Burton flick was streamed from Netflix via my Time Warner broadband subscription, though my Linksys router to my Roku box, and from there through an HDMI cable to my television...
Netflix videos from YouTube:
- NetflixYou might have noticed something new about the website. It's kind of subtle.
- Netflixlive.pirillo.com - Chris has been a long-time Netflix supporter, and he explains why in this video. What video rental services do you use?
- Netflix Roku Player Review...Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont do a review of the highly anticipated Netflix Roku Player.
- Netflix's Watch Instantly...HackingNetflix reviews the vmcNetflix plug-in for Windows Media Center that enables you to watch Netflix's Watch Instantly movies and TV shows on an Xbox 360.
- Netflix Prank CallGet the official "Ship Was Sinking" T-Shirt in our online store! www.zazzle.com *AUDIO ONLY* The original recording from this live show was completly lost! Thank you so much to Sean for sending us full audio recording of the show ...
- How to Find Streaming Movies...go.tagjag.com - geeks.pirillo.com - If you don't have a Netflix account already, you're missing out. You can watch Netflix movies on demand on your computer. But it's challenging finding out what's available on demand. http Distributed by Tubemogul.
- GadgetDog: Netflix on TiVoGadgetDog reviews Netflix on TiVo: Noah takes a look at TiVo's new Netflix service that lets you watch videos from your Instant Queue via a TiVo Series 3, HD, or XL DVR. More GadgetDog reviews @ www.phonedog.com
- Netflix ThiefWe have video proof of our Netflix DVDs being stolen from our mailbox. krischeonline.com
Netflix tweets from Twitter:
- EvilRyan1234: @thirteen23 How can I download your Netflix App? Your stuff is amazing would love to get more!!Tue, Jun 30th, 2009 3:49 PM EDT· Reply · View Tweet
- theartoftech: @edenlsharp right that episode was wack, I saw it on TiVo via the Netflix integration. Do you have showtime in your crib?Tue, Jun 30th, 2009 3:47 PM EDT· Reply · View Tweet
- teresadg: really need to improve my movie picks, netflix just recommended cocaine cowboys2 for my watching pleasure, that can't be goodTue, Jun 30th, 2009 3:46 PM EDT· Reply · View Tweet
Netflix stories from Digg:
Redbox Eats Into Netflix Market Share
The companies also use different business models: Netflix pays postage for each DVD rented, so it does best when customers opt for ambitious subscription plans but are slow to watch and return movies. Redbox’s profits on renting each disc as many times as possible and Redbox rental costs just $1 per day. (Tech Industry News)GigaDrillWed, Jun 24th, 2009296 Diggs, 85 CommentsNetflix Streaming To Be Built Into TVs
More options on the way for watching Netflix (NFLX) streaming movies in your living room: Beginning this spring, Korean electronics giant LG will build Netflix streaming directly into some of its plasma and LCD HDTVs, the companies will announce today.(Tech Industry News)msaleemMon, Jan 5th, 20091053 Diggs, 138 CommentsNetflix comes to Windows Media Center
Starting tomorrow, Windows Media Center users who are also Netflix members will gain access to more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes from Netflix directly within Windows Media Center on their PCs. (Microsoft)NerdCore44Wed, May 20th, 2009532 Diggs, 139 Comments