Popular video streaming service Netflix has finally launched in the UK and Ireland over the weekend. UK PlayStation 3 owners will be able enjoy the same movie and television show streaming service that’s been in North America for years, as Netflix prepares to take on LoveFilm.
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Netflix App Launches in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Monday, January 9th, 2012PS3 Dominates the Netflix Scene in Less Than Two Years Time
Saturday, August 27th, 2011It wasn’t long ago that Sony Computer Entertainment’s main competitor, Microsoft, had an exclusive choke-hold on Netflix. It wasn’t until late 2009 that the extremely popular service found its way to the multimedia device of choice, PlayStation 3. Less than two years later, it’s already dominating the market, and by a reasonable margin.
Netflix Adds More Disney-ABC Content
Saturday, December 11th, 2010Netflix continues to fulfill the requests of users in the United States and Canada who typically ask for one thing: more content. Netflix has reached an agreement with Disney-ABC that will bring more content to it’s various streaming endpoints—notably the PS3.
Netflix 5.1 Movie List
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010The arrival of the Netflix app on the PS3 brought with it 5.1 surround and 1080p streaming. If you were wondering what titles were rated as X-High/HD and are in 5.1 you’re not alone. Thankfully, one of the largest audio/video communities around is doing their best to compile a list.
Netflix Interface Still Being Tested
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010Netflix isn’t satisfied with just delivering a disc-free experience to the PS3–they want to perfect it. Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer for Netflix, sheds some light on the future of the user-interface, and why it changes from time to time upon login.
Discless Netflix Early Impressions
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010After almost a year, Netflix goes discless on the PS3. How does it perform? Is it any better than the BD-Live enabled version we’ve had for so long? Is the User Interface (UI) an improvement? After watching a few TV shows and movies we wanted to share our first thoughts on what we think is a tremendous improvement.
Disc-less Netflix Could Mean New Possibilities for PlayStation Home
Saturday, October 16th, 2010Just this past week, Sony revealed the new and improved disc-less Netflix application for the PlayStation 3 in North America along with the UK’s new LOVEFiLM. This new advancement will mean significantly improved video streaming options on the console, but one has to wonder just how this will affect the PS3′s interactive social network, PlayStation [...]
Discless Netflix App Coming to PS3 Next Week [UPDATE]
Thursday, October 14th, 2010Finally, after an entire year of using that blasted Netflix streaming disc, worry no more PlayStation 3 streamers! A brand new Netflix is coming to a PS3 near you.
Sony Reaffirms Disc-less Netflix Hitting PS3 Before End of October
Monday, October 4th, 2010Remember way back in July when we reported that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings was aiming to create a world where PS3 owners would no longer require physical media to access their Netflix content on their console? Well, it has essentially been confirmed that we can expect this to happen before the end of this month.
Netflix Streams onto PSN in Canada First: Beats Xbox LIVE
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010Today, Netflix announced their business expansion to America’s brother, Canada, offering their movie and TV series streaming services to residents everywhere. Better yet, if you’re a Canadian PlayStation 3 owners, today is your lucky day: the Netflix Instant Streaming capabilities on PS3s in Canada are now readily available for you to stream your favorite content, [...]
Netflix Gets Updated: Searching That Doesn’t Suck
Monday, July 26th, 2010With last week’s announcement that a major change would be coming to Netflix on PS3 in the coming months, including disc-less streaming, it looks like Netflix slyly introduced a nifty little function — one that even the 360 doesn’t have yet.
Disc-less Netflix Coming to a PS3 Near You
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010Netflix launching on the PlayStation 3 late last year was an incredible boost to the momentum and value of the console. While the service is great, the requirement of the streaming disc has been somewhat…annoying. Fret not Netflixers!
GameStop Watches Netflix’s Online Business
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010Mega-retailer GameStop is looking to watch more than just movies from Netflix. The hardcopy game store is beginning to rethink methods of game distribution, and has recently admitted that they are now studying cues from Netflix to understand another market place than just your average corner store.
Netflix Coming to Canada This Year
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010Canadian movie buffs have had plenty of great news regarding the PlayStation 3, with the announcement and release of the PlayStation Network video store, but users have still been missing out on all of the treats that United States consumers have had access to, such as Hulu Plus and Netflix. Fortunately for Canadian consumers, one of these services is moving north of the border.
PlayStation LifeStyle Gives Thanks to 2009
Thursday, November 26th, 2009With Thanksgiving around the corner, now is a great time to look at what PlayStation LifeStyle is thankful for in terms of gaming and the industry. Laugh and cry with us as we look at our best stories so far in 2009.
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