“Get ready to tighten your belts, Netflix announced today that they plan on increasing the price of their subscription sometime soon. In an email sent out today to Netflix shareholders, CEO Reed Hastings announced that the price should be going up “by one or two dollars, depending on the country.”
Netflix pokes fun at Amazon with explosive new drone-delivery video
“By now, it’s easy to regard Amazon’s Prime Air delivery service as less than realistic in the near term.”
Netflix packets being dropped every day because Verizon wants more money
“The battle over who should pay to carry Netflix traffic is heating up again, and one of the main players blames Verizon’s greed for the poor performance that many consumers see when trying to watch streaming video.”
‘Top Gun’ and ‘Braveheart’ among movies disappearing from Netflix on January 1st
“Over the years, Netflix’s customers have grown accustomed to a revolving selection of movies and TV shows. The company’s licensing deals often result in some films disappearing after spending time in Netflix’s streaming library.”
List Of Notable TV Shows And Movies Expiring Soon On Netflix US Streaming
LIST APPLIES TO NETFLIX USA STREAMING MARKET:
———-TV SHOWS————–
EXPIRING JANUARY 1, 2014
Dark Shadows (original from late 1960s)
Saturday Night Live The 2000s
Mr Bean
The Kids In The Hall
Perfect 10 Model Boxing (Volume 1)
———–MOVIES—————–
EXPIRING DECEMBER 29, 2013
Transformers Dark Of The Moon
EXPIRING JANUARY 4, 2014
Alice In Wonderland (1951 Disney)
Immortals
Dynamite Warrior
EXPIRING JANUARY 1, 2014
The Rundown
Brick
Being John Malkovich
Back To School
Battle Of Britain
Born On the Fourth Of July
Braveheart
Body Of Evidence
Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo
Man On The Moon
Lionheart
1492 Conquest Of Paradise
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
FX
Do The Right Thing
Desperado
Up In Smoke
Can’t Hardly Wait
Capote
Biloxi Blues
Seed Of Chucky
Jarhead
As Good As It Gets
In The Name Of The Father
Inside Deep Throat (documentary)
I’m Gonna Get You Sucka
In Like Flint
Hard Target
Foxy Brown
Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell
Gallipoli
Half Baked
Flashdance
50 First Dates
For The Love Of The Game
The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
The Bad News Bears
The Russia House
The Secret Of Nimh
Revenge OF The Ninja
Roman Holiday
Rob Roy
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
Remo Williams
Requiem For A Dream
Quigley Down Under
Pumpkinhead
Platoon
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
October Sky
Mystery Men
The Skulls
Titanic
Ronin
Romeo And Juliet (1968)
Tales From The Crypt: Bordello Of Blood
Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight
The Woman In Red
Top Gun
Street Fighter
TNT Jackson
Serpico
Seed Of Chucky
Scary Movie
Running Scared
Troll II
True Grit (1969)
War And Peace
Talk Radio
War Games
We Were Soldiers
What Dreams May Come
Windtalkers
World Trade Center
The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes
The Odd Couple (1968)
The Mask Of Zorro
The Great Train Robbery
The Faculty
The Dream Team
Best Of Times
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Species
Netflix Makes Super HD Streams Available to All ISPs
“Netflix announced that they’d be untethering the SuperHD option from their CDN in a .”
Netflix Adds ‘Super HD’ Option for All Users and Additional Devices, Including 3rd Generation Apple TV
“Internet streaming service Netflix has announced today that it is rolling out its Super HD video quality to all Netflix members and additional devices, including the 3rd-generation Apple TV.”
Netflix to dump Silverlight, Microsoft’s stalled technology
“Computerworld – Netflix on Monday said it would abandon Microsoft’s Silverlight media player plug-in for Windows and OS X in-browser video streaming, and replace it with a trio of HTML5 extensions.”
Netflix Cracks Down on Sharing: One Stream Per Customer Unless You Pay More
Netflix streaming customers who happen to share their account with other family members are having a frustrated Labor Day weekend as Netflix completes implementation of strict new limits on the number of concurrent video streams available for viewing.
Netflix has always unofficially had streaming limitations:
Some membership plans allow you to watch simultaneously on more than one personal computer or Netflix ready device at the same time. If you are on the 1 disc out at-a-time plan [or stream-only plan], you may watch only one device at a time. If you are on the 2 discs out at-a-time plan, you may watch on up to two devices at the same time. Members on the 3 disc plan can watch on up to three devices. The maximum is four devices simultaneously, and that is available for members on the 4 or greater discs out at-a-time plans.
But many of our readers have told us they have never had problems running two or even three concurrent streams at the same time on a “stream-only” plan… until recently. What Netflix’s “official policy” was and what customers could actually do were two different things.
“Netflix never liked two streams at the same time on the same browser, but if you have several family members, two or three people could watch different shows on their own devices at the same time, but no more,” says Stop the Cap! reader Jared Ustel. “As of this weekend, streaming customers can only watch one show at a time.”
Stop the Cap! was able to verify this ourselves this weekend. Sure enough, while in the recent past we were able to support up to three video streams running at the same time, now it is just one.
This new restriction seems timed to coincide with Netflix’s recent price increases, which took effect Sept. 1. Now, large families sharing a Netflix account will either have to reserve time to watch their respective favorites or:
- Pay considerably more for a combo disc-rental/streaming plan which unlocks a corresponding number of concurrent streams. If you want two concurrent video streams, you will need to pay $19.98 a month, which also allows you two mailed DVD’s out at a time. Three streams and DVD’s runs $23.98, four: $29.98;
- Sign up for a second Unlimited Streaming account at an additional $7.99 a month;
- Forget about Netflix.
While Netflix may have been hoping to cut down on the number of “shared accounts” with friends and distant family members, their policy change will hit families hard.
With the controversial Sept. 1 price increase effectively near-doubling the cost to watch video streams and rent one DVD at a time by mail, now may not be the best time to further antagonize loyal customers.
via Stop the Cap!.
Netflix updates Android app, expands device support
No more locking to only approved devices, give it a try! – http://pulsene.ws/1K5vC