Netflix is a subscription-based movie and television show rental service that offers media to subscribers via Internet streaming and via US mail.

Netflix offers Internet video streaming (" Watch Instantly ") of selected titles to computers running Windows or Mac OS X and to compatible devices.

MediaPortal is open source and offers a variety of skins and plugins for Music Videos, Netflix, Pandora and others.

On January 1, 2008, a Netflix employee unofficially stated on the Netflix Community Blog that customers used the RTW page to add newly released movies to the top of their queues, then complained about delays in receiving them after demand outstripped the supply of DVDs on hand.

By removing the page, Netflix sought to quell complaints that these movies were not readily available.

Netflix has speculated that the effect of the Blockbuster-Weinstein agreement could result in higher rental costs and / or fewer copies of the studio's movies, which would limit the number of each movie's DVDs that would be available to subscribers at any one time.

, Netflix continues to make available Weinstein movies, including Unknown, School For Scoundrels and Harsh Times, among others.

The first-sale doctrine allows Netflix and other video rental businesses to offer movies released by the Weinstein Company, but the long-term effects of the Blockbuster-Weinstein deal remain uncertain.

In June 2011, the National Association of the Deaf filed a lawsuit against Netflix for not providing closed captioning on all of its Watch Instantly movies.

Netflix recommends that people stream its movies over a broadband connection with a speed of at least 1. 5 megabits per second ( 1. 5 Mbit / s ), and that people use an Internet connection of at least 3 megabits per second to get better-looking video on par with a DVD.

Netflix claims that " the large majority of our subscribers are able to receive their movies in about one business day following our shipment of the requested movie from their local distribution center.

* " Behind How Netflix gets your movies to your mailbox so fast " The Chicago Tribune accessed January 3, 2010.

The decision is also in part due to competition from other on-demand movie services such as Netflix, and to change Cinemax's image from a channel mostly known for its softcore pornographic series and movies.

Blockbuster was the exclusive rental chain for The Weinstein Company movies since January 1, 2007, although due to the First Sale Doctrine, other rental stores and online DVD rental-by-mail companies, like Netflix, could still rent DVDs released by The Weinstein Company.

" Netflix launched a service in 2007 to stream movies and television to a users ' computers.

Because online video rental provider ( such as Amazon. com or Netflix ) stocks movies in centralized warehouses, its storage costs are far lower and its distribution costs are the same for a popular or unpopular movie.

Those economics of storage and distribution then enable the advantageous use of the long tail: for example, Netflix finds that in aggregate, " unpopular " movies are rented more than popular movies.

Competitiveness in the UK is ever growing and there are many companies that offer rental movies online but mainly Lovefilm and Netflix.

In 2006, Netflix held the first Netflix Prize competition to find a better program to predict user preferences and beat its existing Netflix movie recommendation system, known as Cinematch, by at least 10 %.

Examples include XOO. tv, Rotten Tomatoes and The New York Times, which allow users to click to add titles to their Netflix queue or begin watching on Watch Instantly from their pages, and Jinni, which additionally enables search within Watch Instantly and import of some user information like reviews.

In 2006, the on-line movie company Netflix held the first " Netflix Prize " competition to find a program to better predict user preferences and beat its existing Netflix movie recommendation system by at least 10 %.

The code is also used in a variation where is replaced with for the command a Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 user must use to reset their Netflix account on the Netflix application.

As a result, in December 2009, an anonymous Netflix user sued Netflix in Doe v. Netflix, alleging that Netflix had violated U. S. fair trade laws and the Video Privacy Protection Act by releasing the datasets.

PlayOn also provides the ability to access user ’ s Hulu and Netflix accounts, as well as particular YouTube videos.

There is also speculation that Dish Network might purchase Sprint or Clearwire CEO Charles Ergen plans on adding wireless internet and mobile video services that can compete with Netflix and cable companies.

Netflix spokesperson Joris Evers indicated that the PAC was not set up to support SOPA and PIPA, tweeting that the intent was to " engage on issues like net neutrality, bandwidth caps, UBB and VPPA.

Current plugin scripts include functions like Internet-TV and movie-trailer browsers, weather forecast and cinemaguides, Over-the-top content video streaming services like YouTube, BBC iPlayer, Hulu, Netflix, Veoh, MLB. tv, Internet-radio-station browsers such as Pandora Radio, online picture sharing sites like Flickr, TV-guides, e-mail clients, instant messaging, train-timetables, home automation scripts to front-end control PVR software and hardware, P2P file-sharing downloaders ( BitTorrent ), IRC, also casual games such as Tetris and much more.

XBMC can also take advantage of a broadband Internet connection if available to stream Internet-video-streams like YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, and Veoh, and play Internet-radio-stations ( such as Pandora Radio ).

For instance, by 2007 Netflix " watch instantly " subscribers could view streaming content using their HTPCs with a browser or with plug-ins with applications like Boxee, Plex, and XBMC.

As of late 2010, Samsung introduced an LED TV with a proprietary operating system with Internet access to websites like Facebook, YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, and other sites.

RedOctane was making dance pads for games like Dance Dance Revolution for home consoles and also operated an online video rental service similar to Netflix.

All three seasons are currently available to watch instantly on Netflix.

Netflix developed and maintains an extensive personalized video-recommendation system based on ratings and reviews by its customers.

As the corporate culture may mean almost everything, firing on the base of culture means the employer does not accept and desire to be inclusive for the culture of the employee and thus the employee " does not fit in corporate culture " ( Zappos, Netflix, and many other companies hire and fire based solely on cultural fit ), athough this may fall in the ground of discrimination, there is still not law or case law resolving or addressing the question making this practice possible and available for businesses for now.

Through its plugin system, which is based on the Python programming language, XBMC is expandable via add-ons that include features such as television program guides, YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, Veoh, online movie trailer support, and Pandora Radio and podcast streaming.

* Through the merger with Viacom, they gained U. S. rights to the majority of the Cannon Films library ( except Lifeforce, where some of said rights are owned by Sony via its initial US theatrical distribution by TriStar, once posting it on the website Crackle ), owned for other media by MGM ( who also posted Lifeforce on Hulu and Netflix ).

Netflix began online streaming of five of the six Star Trek television series on July 1, 2011 ; Deep Space Nine followed on October 1.

CBS Television Distribution currently holds rights to the series ; it is ( as of 2011 ) currently broadcast on CBS. com's video archives and is not broadcast on any linear channel but is currently available via Netflix streaming ( as of November 2011.

* The series was added to Netflix streaming on September 2, 2011.

All eight seasons and 24: Redemption are also available for purchase or rental on iTunes, Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, and the Zune Marketplace.

On November 23, 2010, it was reported that Google was interested in purchasing the digital rights to the Miramax library to improve the premium content offerings on YouTube, and compete with similar services such as Hulu and Netflix.

On November 16, 2011, Miramax announced a multi-year digital licensing agreement to stream a broad range of films to Netflix members in the U. K. and Ireland, and on November 21, 2011, Brazil's NetMovies and Miramax entered into a multi-year movie streaming agreement.

( This episode, in three parts, is available for view on YouTube, and in its entirety on streaming Netflix.

Series 1 – 6 are available on Netflix Instant Streaming service.

Kino's version has been issued on DVD and online via Netflix.

The series is also available via Netflix, Hulu, iTunes, and on Funimation Entertainment's website.

Netflix initiated an initial public offering ( IPO ) on May 29, 2002, selling 5, 500, 000 shares of common stock at the price of US $ 15. 00 per share.

After incurring substantial losses during its first few years, Netflix posted its first profit during fiscal year 2003, earning US $ 6. 5 million profit on revenues of US $ 272 million.

Netflix capitalized on the success of the DVD and its rapid expansion into U. S. homes, integrating the potential of the Internet and e-commerce to provide services and catalogs that brick and mortar retailers could not compete with.

Netflix first moved internationally by launching their streaming-only service in Canada on September 22, 2010.

Netflix was officially launched as a streaming-only service in the United Kingdom and Ireland on January 9, 2012, priced at £ 5. 99 a month in the UK and € 6. 99 a month in Ireland.

The reason being that " two websites would make things more difficult ", he stated on the Netflix blog.