Netflix ‘watch instantly’ for Mac goes public beta


	Netflix ‘watch instantly’ for Mac goes public beta

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11-3-2008 5:47 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/7b6b2970-0745-4bed-8bef-15533db218f0/8B0493A9-2E08-4C8D-9D07-0BC6728042D2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.macworld.com/article/136516/netflix.html" href="http://www.macworld.com/article/136516/netflix.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.macworld.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.macworld.com/article/136516/netflix.html"><P>Netflix has <A href="http://www.netflix.com/silverlightoptin" target="_blank" linkindex="39">opened the doors</A> for Mac users who want to try their “Watch Instantly” feature — you can now sign up to be part of a public beta program to test the service before its general roll-out.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.macworld.com/article/136516/netflix.html"><P>Netflix announced in late October that it had <A href="http://www.macworld.com/article/136380/2008/10/netflix.html" linkindex="45" set="yes">begun the rollout</A> of its long-awaited media player for the Macintosh. The player enables Netflix subscribers to “watch instantly” thousands of the movie and television show titles Netflix also offers for home delivery on DVD as part of its subscription-based service.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.macworld.com/article/136516/netflix.html"><P>Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” capability is dependent on Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft’s multimedia delivery system that’s positioned as a competitor to Adobe Flash. Mac users who visit the opt-in link above are required to install the latest version of Silverlight before they can proceed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.macworld.com/article/136516/netflix.html"><P>The videos <A href="http://www.macworld.com/article/136431/2008/10/netflix.html" linkindex="46">are copy-protected</A> via Silverlight’s built-in digital rights management (DRM) technology, and Netflix claims there are presently about 12,000 videos that can be viewed using the service.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8B0493A9-2E08-4C8D-9D07-0BC6728042D2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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