Microsoft Teams With Netflix

15 Jul 2008 at 00:43:05 by Paul Younger

Hot off ther E3 Microsoft Press conference comes news of a Microsoft Netflix deal which will enable Xbox 360 users to stream movies and TV episodes to their console and TV. This exclusive Netflix deal will allow Gold Xbox Live members, who are also Netflix subscribers, the service for no extra cost.

Netlix has a library of more than 10,000 movies and TV episodes so there's going to be plenty to watch when it launches this Autumn in the US. Members can add their selections to 'instant queues' which are automatically displayed on the TV screen via Xbox 360. The movies/TV episode will then start playing within 30 seconds. Xbox LIVE Gold members can fast-forward, pause and rewind, all using either their Xbox 360 Controller or Media Remote.

“Watching movies at home will never be the same. Netflix on Xbox 360 is an entertainment first, and we are bringing friends together with the best in entertainment content like no other device in the living room,” said John Schappert, corporate vice president of Interactive Entertainment LIVE, Software and Services Business at Microsoft. “We are creating a completely new social entertainment experience, and Xbox 360 will be the only video game system where you can access your library of instantly streamable movies from Netflix and turn any room into a virtual movie theater.”

“Netflix and Xbox 360 are a perfect combination, the leading online movie rental service and the leading games and entertainment system joining forces to create an all-in-one entertainment experience with content for everyone,” said Reed Hastings, chairman and CEO of Netflix. “For Netflix, it represents an important step forward in making instantly streaming movies on the TV more broadly available to our members.”

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