Netflix

Netflix Offers Subscribers the Option of Instantly Watching Movies on Their PCs

Jan. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netflix, Inc. today introduced a new feature that allows people to immediately watch movies and television series on their personal computers and said it will make the new feature available to its subscribers in a phased roll-out over the next six months.

The introduction marks an important enhancement to the Netflix service. Subscribers will continue to receive DVDs by mail from the company's market- leading catalog of over 70,000 titles and will have the additional option of instantly watching about 1,000 movies and TV series on their PCs. The new feature will be included in subscribers' monthly membership plans at no additional cost, and the company said its phased roll-out is meant to ensure that subscribers have a great initial experience with the feature. Read more

Netflix Launches 'Previews' Feature for Instant Viewing of Movie Trailers

Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netflix today introduced a new Web site feature called "Previews" that enables Netflix members to instantly watch movie trailers that have been personalized for them based on their movie tastes.

The new "Previews" section consolidates all of Netflix's movie trailers in one area on the Web site, just one click away from the member home page. Netflix's proprietary recommendation software chooses the trailers and the order in which they are shown based on individual members' movie rental and movie rating histories at Netflix. The previews run sequentially and without interruption. Read more

Netflix Will Support High-Def DVD at Launch

Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Netflix today announced it will carry the first movies available in HD DVD when the new high-definition format launches in late March, according to plans recently outlined by several major movie studios, and said it will similarly offer titles in the Blu-ray format when that product launches, expected to be later this year.

"High-definition DVD is the next wave of excitement in home entertainment Read more

Netflix Lowers Price

Netflix just announced a new low price. Netflix members can now rent as many DVDs as they want, and keep them as long as they want, with three movies out at a time for just $17.99 per month. There are no due dates, no late fees and no shipping charges.