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Advocacy groups are mostly worthless and this lawsuit gets thrown out of court and Netflix can roll out its subtitles at its own pace.
Netflix Faces Setback in National Association of the Deaf Streaming Caption Lawsuit
The National Association of the Deaf announced that Netflix faced a setback in the streaming caption lawsuit. The underlying lawsuit alleges that Netflix violates the ADA by failing to provide closed captioning on most of its “Watch Instantly” programming streamed on the Internet, thereby denyi...
Its important to me as well, if I cant get the off beat films that I never heard of than Netflix can pound sand. This move does not surprise me tho, every move they have made over the last 2 years has been terrible, why stop now?
Roger Ebert: "I'm Told Netflix Has Largely Stopped Buying Streaming Rights to Indie Films"
Roger Ebert tweeted that "I'm told Netflix has largely stopped buying the streaming rights to indie films." How important are indie films to you?
Should someone so dumb be allowed to breed?
Be Careful When Streaming Netflix on Mobile Devices, Especially When Traveling
The NY Daily News tells the story of a Canadian man, traveling to the U.S., managed to rack up more than $10,000 in roaming charges because of Netflix streaming: "The kids were getting bored," his son, Jason, told CBC News. "So we decided to watch Netflix on my air-card on my laptop." The child...
I am having problems streaming HIMYM on my xbox, whats the deal?
Netflix New Releases for November 29th, 2011
Here's the full list of DVD releases this week (detailed list): 30 Minutes or Less, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Water for Elephants, Friends with Benefits, Our Idiot Brother, Beginners, Seven Days in Utopia, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, The Nutcracker: The Untold Story, The Smurfs, The Future, Needl...
So the measure of a good idea is how many "normal people" get upset by it? And getting out of the DVD selling business was smart for all the reasons listed but how that compared to rentals is sketchy at best.
Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph Comments on the Decision to Spin Off Qwikster
Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph, though long gone from the company, has decided to comment on recent decision to spin off the DVD business, Did Netflix Screw Up? I Don't Think So. Randolph describes a very similar move Netflix made in the early days: When Reed and I launched Netflix in 1998, i...
How come sexting is not a option?
Netflix Poll Asks How You Multitask While Watching TV
Netflix is running a poll where they ask customer how they multitask while watching TV. The choices are: You can enter the poll by clicking here. Do you multitask while watching TV?
Its down for my xbox, but I can see people on my friends list on netflix so it cant be down for everyone. Frustrating.
Netflix Streaming is Down Tonight (Sunday) - Fixed
Update: NetflixHelps announced around 2am EST that the streaming issues have been fixed. Netflix streaming was unavailable for about 8 hours for some customers. Update: (12:36am EST): NetflixHelps and Netflix on Facebook confirm the outage: For those of you having difficulty streaming tonight, ...
If I was only interested in cinema that came out in the last 1-3 years I would sign up for blockbuster yesterday. But alas I enjoy cult and classic cinema and netflix delivers that in spades.
Blockbuster Tries To Capitalize on the Netflix Price Increase
The Blockbuster Blog issued a press release intending to take advantage of the Netflix Price increase with a 30-day free trial for Netflix customers, Blockbuster Rescues Furious Netflix Customers. “Blockbuster quickly responded to the cries of Netflix customers,” said Michael Kelly, president o...
What Netflix needed to do was make some high profile deals for content and THAN announce a price hike.
Netflix & NBCUniversal Renew Deal For Popular TV Shows & Movies
Netflix & NBCUniversal announced that they have signed a multi-year renewal of the non-exclusive license agreement which includes many popular TV shows and movies: Programming under the deal includes prior-season series across multiple NBCU networks, including NBC hits "The Office (U.S.)," "30 ...
It might be a overstatement but I tend to agree with shthar, I have to use a lot of websites for work purposes and the constant need to redesign is mostly terrible.
On the topic of the post, the lack of sortable lists was stupid and a feature i used on a regular basis, glad its coming back.
Netflix Making Website Design Changes Based on Customer Feedback
In the price change chaos I missed an important update on the Netflx blog regarding the early June redesign that focused on streaming. Netflix's director of product management, Michael Spiegelman, posted a notice on the Netflix blog that they're making some changes based on customer feedback: T...
Oh netflix, all I want from you is to be able to read reviews and be able to read reviews of people I trust.
Member Reviews Missing for Some Customers, Netflix Working on a Fix
Several readers (and me) are unable to see member reviews. We're getting a message, "There was a problem retrieving member reviews. Please try again later." NetflixHelps on Twitter acknowledges the problem: "We are aware that some customers are not able to load the member reviews. The reviews...
And this is why I shall never stop collecting my favorite films on Blu-ray. Backroom deals and companies having pissing contests shall snatch away your weekends entertainment
Sony Titles Temporarily Removed From Netflix Streaming
Netflix's Pauline Fischer, vp of content acquisition, posted a notice on the Netflix blog about the removal of Sony titles like Salt, The Karate Kid, and The Social Network from Netlfix streaming. Hi, Pauline Fischer, VP of Content Acquisition, here. You may have noticed that Sony movies throug...
Soooo annoying. It is always a blast when you get a sniff of homophobia from a review or some other such nonsense and than you can track down there other mouth farts all over netflix. Or on the opposite end when you find a well written funny review(See the top review on The Octagon) you can find more. lame netflix, very lame.
Netflix Removing Avatars, Nicknames & Bios for Reviews
Netflix announced that they are removing avatars, nicknames & bios from reviews. We’re removing avatars, nicknames and bios associated with reviews, as very few Netflix members use them. We’re constantly working to improve the Netflix experience, and by removing these little-used features we ar...
Hey deaf people, these things take time and money. calm down, we dont need to get the lawyers involved.
Netflix Sued by National Association of Deaf Over Captions
Digial Journal reports that the National Association of the Deaf has filed a federal lawsuit against Netflix for not providing captions for all streaming titles. “We have tried for years to persuade Netflix to do the right thing and provide equal access to all content across all platforms. They...
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