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Amazon Working on Rival to Netflix Streaming-Only Subscription Service

December 6, 2010 / posted in Entertainment, Internet / Comments Off

Over the last year, Netflix has gone from a mail-order DVD subscription service to a streaming Internet video service. In the companys last quarterly report, it announced that streaming had surpassed DVDs as the preferred method for content delivery and just last month it began offering a streaming-only option in the U.S.Seeing this success, then, it doesnt come as a surprise that Amazon – the worlds largest Internet retailer – is looking to make a subscription-based, streaming-only option of its own to compete with Netflix.

via Amazon Working on Rival to Netflix Streaming-Only Subscription Service.

If all of the content that is available in Amazon VOD is available for the there their subscription service, THIS WOULD BE MONSTER.

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Comcast Pressures Netflix, Partner Level 3, to pay a bandwidth Toll

November 29, 2010 / posted in Internet, Technology / Comments Off

If anyone is at all wondering why Net Neutrality is essential to a free and open Internet I give you exhibit A

Level 3, who recently signed a deal to become the primary provider for streaming Netflix content, was pressured by Comcast to pay a “recurring fee” “to transmit Internet online movies and other content to Comcast’s customers who request such content.” After a few days of negotiating, Level 3 paid the fee, ensuring uninterrupted service for Netflix subscribers.

via Comcast Is Bullying Netflix Partners Into Paying a Toll to Deliver Streaming Video.

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