ABC drama Pan Am is set for a revival at the hands of online retail giant Amazon, who would use the series as an exclusive on their Amazon Prime Instant Video service, should such a deal go ahead. The series, which is set based on a 1960′s American airline (the real-life former airline Pan Americam World [...]
While online TV and linear schedules are generally seen on different markets, Netflix appear to have made it their duty to claim that they are responsible for the recent upturn in success of AMC drama Mad Men, suggesting that the show’s prominence on the online streaming site has given it a cult status that has [...]
Having come under scrutiny last year for their dominance of the movie broadcasting market in the UK, satellite broadcaster Sky have been cleared of needing to give up some of their rights by the Competition Commission, after the trade fairness regulators ruled that online services such as Netflix and LoveFilm served as viable additional options that help [...]
The official Netflix app for Android devices went into a minor update yesterday, as the service revealed an improvement to the streaming of content amongst tweaks of their features. Detailed as an ‘enhanced playback experience’ for users on Android smartphones and tablet computers, the update als ofeatures ‘improved stability’, fixes for ‘general bugs’, and a new method of installation (as [...]
If you watch Netflix on a PC then you may have noticed a brand spanking new player appearing on your browser screens. Improvements include more playback features and options as well as a useful resize option for the viewing screen. After hitting play, viewers will notice that the streaming images now go to the edge [...]
To get the Netflix player running on a connected device means using their API (Automatic Programming Interface) to request a stream. And the online movie and TV show service have revealed an astonishing rise in API requests for the last two years. Speaking at a Paypal presentation, the director of engineering for Netflix, Daniel Jacobson, [...]
