NetFlix May Use HDTV DVDs For Net Video
The company could use Web-enabled high-def players.
By Swanni
The company now uses postal mail service to distribute DVDs to more than five million subscribers.
But in a Monday conference call with financial analysts, NetFlix CEO Reed Hastings said the company will enter the online distribution business next year.
Hastings said NetFlix is exploring using Internet-connected high-def DVD players and and video game consoles. The company could send the videos to owners of those devices over their high-speed Internet services.
Some Blu-ray and HD DVD players have Internet connections as does the XBox 360 and Play Station 3 game consoles.
"We are exploring a variety of options, including Internet-connected High-Definition DVD players, Internet-connected game consoles and dedicated Internet set tops with a variety of partners," Hastings said during the conference call.
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
Click
TVPredictions.com to see today's Swanni
Sez.
©
TVPredictions.com
____________________________________________
Swanni (Phillip Swann) is
president and publisher of TVPredictions.com. He has been quoted in
dozens of publications and broadcast outlets, including CNN, Fox
News, Inside Edition, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The
Chicago Tribune, The Financial Times, The Associated Press and The
Hollywood Reporter. He can be reached at
swann@tvpredictions.com
or at 703-505-3064.
Click
TVPredictions.com
to read more news and features on TV
technology.