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Netflix Strengthens Indie Film On-Demand Offerings (Tuesday, February 2, 2010) According to a February 1 Netflix press release, 300 new indie movie titles are available for instant watching for Netflix subscribers as a result of deals with independent film distributors. These new titles will be added to the Movie Monitor database as soon as they become available; see our Netflix Instant Watch page to browse all titles available on-demand through Netflix.
Amazon.com offers free downloads for disc purchasers (Thursday, December 10, 2009) A new promotion at Amazon.com allows customers who buy a DVD or Blu-ray disc to instantly watch the same title online for free. This appears to be an attempt to increase lagging DVD sales; although the promotion is currently limited to only a few hundred titles, it could become an important new retail strategy.
Boxee Box announced (Thursday, November 12, 2009) According to the official Boxee Blog, Boxee will be presenting models of a new box, which will allow customers to access a wide variety of internet content directly through their television sets, at an event in New York on December 7. For more information, see the blog post and the coverage over at the New York Times.
Hardware and content improvements at Roku (Tuesday, October 27, 2009) Roku, the makers of the set-top box by the same name, have announced two new products: a standard-definition only box, for $79.99, and a premium product, at $129.99, which adds HD support and extra connectivity options. Roku has also indicated that it plans to introduce new "channels" of content in the near future; we will post details when they become available. Roku currently streams Netflix instant watch and Amazon On Demand titles.
Netflix instant watch titles soon to be viewable on PlayStation 3 (Monday, October 26, 2009) According to a post on the official PlayStation blog, Netflix and Sony have partnered to enable streaming of Netflix instant watch titles on the PlayStation 3. This deal improves the competitiveness of the PS3 in the home media field; of the available game consoles, the Xbox 360 presently offers streaming from the largest number of services. For an overview of what services can be played on what devices, see our VOD on your TV page.
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