streaming service

Netflix (Glitch?) Limits Accounts to One Concurrent Stream, Huh?

Digg / Television  Sun, 01/08/2012 - 14:11

I'm fully aware of the oxymoron in the title, because after all, how can a single stream be concurrent? It can't, and that's exactly my point.

Netflix got itself in a bit of hot water a few months ago when subscribers reported the streaming service was tightening the reigns on the number of concurrent streams, enforcing a strict limit laid...


 

Napster name will live on to irritate Lars Ulrich another day in...

Engadget  Mon, 12/05/2011 - 17:32

Those who declared the death of Napster have apparently underestimated the survival skills of the plucky headphone-wearing feline.


 

MPAA Costs Hollywood More Than US BitTorrent Piracy

Digg / Television  Tue, 11/22/2011 - 20:00

During the last year Netflix managed to outgrow BitTorrent in terms of the amount of US Internet traffic it generates.

A promising finding for Hollywood as it shows that there's an overwhelming interest for the legal movie streaming service.

At TorrentFreak we wondered what might happen if all US BitTorrent users made the switch to Netflix, and the results of this exploration are quite intriguing.


 

Hulu Plus coming to 3DS and Wii, handheld getting 3D video captu...

Engadget  Fri, 10/21/2011 - 07:32

Hulu Plus on Nintendo 3DS Rejoice Nintendo fans, Hulu Plus is coming to your console of choice... provided you're up on the latest in Nintendo hardware.


 

Sony's new A, E, and S series Walkmans to get Music Unlimited fr...

Engadget  Wed, 08/31/2011 - 15:31

For those that haven't yet gone down the iFaithful portable media player route, there's always the Walkman.


 

Here’s Spotify! The Music Streaming Service Officially Lands I...

Digg / Television  Thu, 07/14/2011 - 05:23

The wait is finally over! Spotify, Euroland's prized music service, just launched here in the States. This shouldn't come as too much of a surprise as the company sent over pre-announcements yesterday.

But here it is, complete with offline modes, mobile listening, exclusive content and, yes, even a limited, but still free user mode.


 

PlayStation Network outage caused by 'external intrusion,' conti...

Engadget  Sat, 04/23/2011 - 08:11

It started on a quiet Wednesday night, with PlayStation gamers finding their Network unresponsive to their login attempts, and now continues well into its third day.


 

Hulu Plus not happening on cable-provided TiVo Premiere DVRs, Sc...

Engadget  Tue, 12/21/2010 - 05:32

Hulu not happening on TiVo cable-provided Premiere DVRs, Scrooge wins again It's a little hard to know exactly who to blame here, but one thing is for sure: consumers lose.