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Netflix Could Be Cooking Up Streaming On the iPhone and Wii [Rumor]
Gizmodo —
A "industry executive familiar with Netflix's plans" speaking with Multichannel News claims that Netflix will soon extend Watch Instantly to the iPhone and the Wii. We have been hearing rumors about the Wii for quite some time, but the iPhone? Naturally, Netflix did not comment on the rumor, but if it did happen on the iPhone, you can damn well bet that it won't be available on 3G. After all, we have already been down this dark, dilapidated road with the SlingPlayer. [Multichannel News via Zats Not Funny] ...
Report: Netflix streaming video headed to iPhone, Wii
AppleInsider —
... Published: 07:00 PM EST Citing an unnamed source described as "an industry executive familiar with Netflixs plans," an industry trade journal is claiming that Netflix will soon offer its Watch Instantly streaming video service on the iPhone, iPod touch and the Nintendo Wii. The brief report by Multichannel News describes the move as the next step for Netflix' content, which currently streams to Windows PCs, Macs, the Xbox 360, TiVo DVRs, the Roku, and certain TV and Blu-Ray players built to support video downloads. Netflix Watch Instantly vs iTunes Unlike Netflix' ...
Report: Netflix streaming video headed to iPhone
The Iphone Spot —
... The brief report by Multichannel News describes the move as the next step for Netflix’ content, which currently streams to Windows PCs, Macs, the Xbox 360, TiVo DVRs, the Roku, and certain TV and Blu-Ray players built to support video downloads. ...
Netflix Next to Stream to iPhone?
The iPhone Blog —
Multichannel News (via Apple Insider) is reporting that an industry source claims Netflix “Watch Instantly” is coming to the iPhone.
Netflix currently uses Microsoft’s proprietary DRM, however, so unless they’re planning on switching to something more iPhone friendly — namely H.264 like YouTube did — we’re not quite sure how they’ll manage it with anything approaching decent results.
That’s if Apple even allows an iTunes competitor onto the iPhone (and before people howl ...
If Apple doesn't allow duplicates, why would they allow Netflix on iPhone?
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... The latest story making the rounds is that Apple is soon going to approve a native Netflix app for the iPhone and iPod touch. While we'd love to see this, we think there might be some pretty significant hurdles for the Netflix team to overcome. Namely that Apple doesn't like competition (or duplication) of its apps on the iPhone and has expressly forbidden it in the past. Apple banned Podcaster from the App Store because iTunes plays podcasts for instance. ...
Netflix To Stream Mostly Tired Videos to iPhone
iPhone Savior —
... Speaking in a brief conversation with Multichannel News, an "industry executive familiar with Netflix's plans", is making big claims that the company will soon extend Watch Instantly
video-streaming to both the iPhone and Nintendo Wii. Creating wild
anticipation for users anxious to enjoy mostly outdated content
streamed directly to their epic devices. If it's new, it's not for you! ...
Rumor: Netflix streaming coming to the iPhone
iPhonefreak —
... , it would make a perfect combination with the existing (third party) app PhoneFlix. Given that, users would be able to manage their account and queue as well as watch movies while on the go. Additionally, this should go without saying, especially after we saw the restrictions with other video apps such as SlingPlayer, that the streaming will be restricted to a Wi-Fi connection. Finally, as you would expect, a Netflix rep could not confirm or deny this rumor. [ Multichannel via ...
Netflix rumored to be bringing Watch Instantly to iPhones, skepticism advised
Engadget —
... Multichannel News is passing on word from "an industry executive familiar with Netflix's plans" that the company is prepping an app for the iPhone and iPod touch (not to mention the Wii, which we've heard before) that would let users enjoy their ...
Netflix set to stream Watch Instantly flicks to iPhone, Wii
Infinite Loop —
... This just in: Netflix appears to be set to launch Watch Instantly for some new devices—namely, the Nintendo Wii console and the little handheld platform from Apple. The source of this rumor is "an industry executive familiar with Netflix's plans" who spoke on (we assume) the condition of anonymity to Multichannel News. That executive says that Netflix plans to launch streaming for the iPhone, iPod touch, and Nintendo Wii very soon. ...
Netflix: There’s a Movie Waiting on Your iPhone
Digital Daily —
... Among the 1,000-plus new features included in Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 3.0 is a new open standard for live video streaming over HTTP and soon Netflix (NFLX) will make use of it. Well, that’s the rumor anyway. An industry executive said to be familiar with the company’s plans tells Multichannel News that Netflix plans to extend its Watch Instantly video-streaming service to the Nintendo Wii and to the iPhone and iPod touch as well. ...
RUMOR: Netflix to stream movies and TV shows to Apple iPhone, iPod touch
MacDailyNews —
... local Wi-Fi connections only — not over AT ’s 3G data network — in the same the way other bandwidth-heavy video apps for the iPhone are limited," Spangler reports. "For example, EchoStar’s SlingPlayer Mobile for the iPhone is Wi-Fi-only, because AT says “slinging” TV would chew up too much bandwidth over its 3G network (and would violate its terms of service, anyway)." MacDailyNews Take: Then why does the MLBatBat.com 2009 stream live video of 3G to Apple iPhones? Full article here . Dan Frommer writes for The Business Insider, "Look at MLB At Bat's new full game ...
Netflix expected to release a Watch Instantly video streaming app
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) —
... Todd Spangler of Mutichannel.com speculates, and I agree with him totally, that when released, streaming will be limited to Wi-Fi only. This is not because there's any technical reason not to stream over the AT&T 3G network, but like the ...
Is Netflix developing an iPhone application?
BloggingStocks —
... A report contends that Netflix will soon offer its "Watch Instantly" video-streaming feature for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, as well as the Nintendo Wii gaming console. Netflix already allows subscribers to manage their movie queue and search for movies via their iPhones, so watching their choices on the smartphone would be the next logical step. ...
