Netflix teams up with Starz to provide more streaming content

Posted by Caitlin on October 2nd, 2008

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The Official Netflix Blog announced yesterday that, thanks to an agreement with Starz Play, Netflix will now be making roughly 1,000 new movies and television shows available on demand. If you have a PC and a Netflix subscription, you can watch these movies online instantly. You can also watch streaming Netflix movies on your television if you have a Netflix Player by Roku. The LG BD300 Blu-ray Network player, which will be released in a few days, will also allow you to stream Netflix content to your television. And later this fall the Xbox 360 will be able to stream movies as well. Netflix also promises an option for Mac users to instantly watch movies on their computers by the end of the year.

If you are interested in learning more about Netflix or other online DVD rental services, see our reviews and comparson.

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2 Responses to “Netflix teams up with Starz to provide more streaming content”

  1. Nick Says:

    I am having the same problems everyone else has had with blockbastard. They ship fast for the first 2 weeks free trial, once you have paid the they ship slower and slower. Then I canceled because of the slow service and they just stopped shipping my movies. I paid for the whole month, but have another 11 days paid up!

    They claim you will receive your movies in a 1 or 2 days. That is far from being right. This is what I have come up with.

    Movies in 1 day 10%
    Movies in 2 days 30%
    Movies in 3 days 50%
    Movies in 4 days 7%
    Movies in 5 or more days 3%

    I told them I do not renew and cancel my account when the monthly fee runs out. They shut my account off 9/29 I still had another 11 days left to receive at least 3 more, but no. They said the month ends at the end of each month. I did not pay for a partial month, that was not an option. If you start up with them during the month, they have found a way to steal from you. They owe me $6.33 for the unused portion and will NOT send me anything. The emails I receive trying to get my movies or money back are just unbelievable, they are just down right stupid.

    Even when blockbastard receives a movie it takes them almost 48 hours before they ship the next one out - if you sign-up with blockbastard, you should receive 3 movies a week and that is it!

    Go with Netflix, All the movies I have received from them are next day except for one that shipped from New York and that was 4 days. You should recieve 6 a week with Netflix.

    Never again blockbastard!!!!

  2. Caitlin Says:
    Thanks for your comment, Nick. Every consumer’s experience is different, and that’s why we review multiple services in each category in order to help our readers make more educated purchasing decisions. While Netflix is our top rated online DVD rental service at this time, we also review Blockbuster as well as a few other services. If you are interested in learning more about the various services available, check out our reviews and comparison chart here: http://www.nextadvisor.com/online_dvd_rental_services/index.php

    Thanks again for your feedback!

    Caitlin Podiak
    NextAdvisor.com

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