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Netflix Explains U-Turn on Offline Viewing
After famously denying that it would ever introduce the feature, Netflix launched an offline viewing function to its video-on-demand apps at the end of 2016, albeit quietly. After Amazon introduced offline viewing in September 2015, Netflix announced that it had no plans to follow suit, claiming that its users would…
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Netflix’s 4K Steaming on PC Comes with a Big Catch
4K streaming content has been available on Netflix for the past two years, but has been limited to certain capable streaming boxes and smart TVs. Now, Microsoft has revealed that 4K streaming is finally coming to Windows 10 PCs, but with one major caveat: only systems running Intel’s seventh generation…
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Netflix to Introduce Offline Viewing by the End of the Year
In an effort to compete with Amazon Prime Video on Comcast’s online video service, Netflix is expected to introduce an option to download videos for offline viewing before the end of 2016. The move is intended to serve subscribers on the go who might not have access to an external…
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Britflix Could be the BBC’s Alternative to Netflix
Following the new White Paper on the future of the BBC, overseen by Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, which lent its support to the British broadcaster to monetise its content online, it is understood that the BBC is planning to launch a Netflix-style video-on-demand service, tentatively branded Britflix. Britflix will effectively…
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Netflix to Introduce HDR Content This Year
With 4K slowly becoming the home standard for televisions and computer monitors, it seems that high dynamic range (HDR) is set to become the latest innovation for video content. HDR takes images of the same content, taken at a range of different exposures, and blends them together to highlight details…
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Australian Netflix Users Threaten to Cancel Accounts over VPN Crackdown
Following the announcement by Netflix that it will begin cracking down on VPN ‘piracy’ to bypass geoblocked content, a number of Australian users have threatened to cancel their accounts with the video-on-demand platform, citing sub-standard native content, news.com.au reports. mum emailed me geo-block Netflix article & I said I'll cancel…
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Netflix Begins VPN Crackdown
Netflix has announced that it is beginning its first widescale crackdown on VPN ‘piracy’ to view geoblocked content in other countries. David Fullagar, Vice President of Content Delivery Architecture at Netflix, revealed the move on Thursday evening (14th January) via the Netflix blog. Fullagar blames existing territorial licensing agreements for…
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Netflix Debates Geoblocking and VPN Use
Following its global rollout to over 130 countries, Netflix has been discussing the reality of its users bypassing geoblocked content via VPN services, admitting that it’s “not obvious” how to prevent it, The Globe and Mail reports. The technique of using VPNs, proxies, and DNS spoofers to access Netflix content…
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How to Exploit Netflix’s Meticulous Cataloguing for a Better Browsing Experience
As good as Netflix’s own algorithm for suggesting new things to watch is, sometimes you just want to explore, which is not an easy task using the video-on-demand service’s default interface. However, there is a sneaky way to exploit Netflix’s meticulous genre (and sub-genre) cataloguing system for a more precise…
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Netflix Avoided Paying UK Corporation Tax Despite 4.5m Subscribers
Video-on-demand streaming service Netflix has witnessed a rapid rise in popularity in the UK since its launch there in 2012, boasting 4.5 million subscribers at last count, each paying a minimum of £5.99 a month, and yet the company did not pay a penny in corporation tax to the UK…
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4K Content From Netflix and Amazon Floods Torrent Sites
Did you spend all your money on a 4K television in the Black Friday sales, leaving you unable to afford food, clothing, or legal on-demand video streaming services? Well, fear not, because 4K content from Netflix and Amazon has hit torrent sites with a vengeance. Granted, it won’t fill your…
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Australian Netflix Launch Ushers Fall in Piracy
Making content available prevents piracy. Everyone knows it, including Hollywood (though, it’d rather use the situation as an excuse for suing users and screwing video-on-demand services). It’s so simple it shouldn’t need saying. Yet it does, over and over. The latest proof is the recent launch of video-on-demand service Netflix…
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BBC Launching Netflix-Style Streaming Service in the US
The BBC has unveiled plans to launch its own video-on-demand streaming platform in North America, which aims to deliver all of its channels’ programming to what it calls a “niche” US audience. “We’re launching a new over-the-top video service in America offering BBC fans programmes they wouldn’t otherwise get –…
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Netflix Says Users Can’t Handle Offline Playback
Now that Amazon has introduced offline playback to its video streaming service, all eyes turned to Netflix to see how it would react to its rival’s bold move. Instead of aping Amazon Instant Video, however, Netflix has reaffirmed its previous stance that it will never introduce offline playback, and has…
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Amazon Prime Instant Video Now Offers Offline Playback
Amazon is introducing a key feature to its video on demand service that its biggest rival Netflix doesn’t offer: offline playback. Amazon Prime Instant Video – now known as just Amazon Video on mobile platforms – will let users of its Android, iOS, and Fire apps to download video content…
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