Netflix - Not bad! Qwikster - uh, never mind...

hadn't heard of mubi until now
don't think there's an easy way to port it to a tv in the us....?

afaict that nyt article contains no instances of the word "qwikster".

also my tooch wanted to make qwikster "swimwear".

read tooch as cooch, makes that sentence much more pertinent to my interests

Oh, Blockbusterpaws

http://www.sidequesting.com/2011/09/blockbuster-twitter-feed-caught-attempting-to-bribe-writers/

i love that url one (1) ton

"we're currently experiencing a technical issue - While we get things back to normal, some features aren't available - but you can play select titles on this page."

except none of them are working, either.

uhh apparently it was something wrong with my bookmark link??

ok so my netflix bookmark is for my instant queue - it seems i can access everything on netflix EXCEPT my instant play queue, which comes up with the above text about tech difficulties and a list of movies that i can watch, but none of them work. however, my husband is having no such problems with it on his computer?! so confused

I couldn't get the website to work or the streaming to work on my PS3. They're really having a great month!

Did I mention this before? Until about a month ago, streaming had never once rebuffered, but it's been doing it frequently since then. It occurred around the time of Qwikster announcement, but I am not suggesting a causal relationship.

so: i'm still having this problem, but it's only when using chrome. i simply can't access my instant play queue at all without ending up on that weird error page. i called netflix and they didn't have any answers. i cleared all the netflix cookies, restarted the browser, restarted my computer... no luck. i mean, at least it still works using firefox, but it's a little annoying.

i've had periodic rebuffering problems w/ Netflix over the years. i figured that it had to do with my ISP, and not Netflix.

remember qwikster?

http://i.imgur.com/s8zGo.png

http://i.imgur.com/bdRBb.jpg

my man

Qwikster RIP.

Wow.

That lasted, what, three weeks?

Are they going back to one website for everything (DVD or streaming)? Same or different prices?

One website, but I think the price split/increase still holds.

"We're killing off one of the services, but still charging you for two!"

Stay classy Netflix.

what the hell is going on over there. at least sticking to your guns implies some foresight and direction.

amazon meetings must sound like a room full of excited chimpanzees these days

i mean if netflix has nothing over the horizon except for losing disney and sony and gaining dreamworks...

there's something to be said for backing out of stupid decisions before you make them intractable

not as good as not making them in the first place, but

i hope that's verbatim what reed hastings says in meetings with studios

separating their DVD dept isn't a bad idea...ONCE they beef up streaming.

The way these guys are so reactive to public pressure makes them look indecisive. I mean, obvs the public was 100% right in this case, but maybe some focus grouping next time, guys?

Their stock went up 10% today, so I guess it wasn't all bad.

The Market likes bumbling monkeys.

I mean, yeah, if a worthwhile competitor never steps up, Netflix will recover! And if there was no Facebook we'd all be on myspace right now.

ha, holy shit! these fucken guys!

so much max thought leading...down the drain ;_;

max is gonna make it through this, I think he's gonna be alright

I canceled my streaming plan today. Once I heard they were losing Criterion that was kinda game over.

Qwikster RIP

New Coke / new Gap logo cconspiracy theorists (me) are theorizing.

that dude isn't gonna get anything for his twitter account now

no one listens to me, not even reed hastings

Looking forward to seeing Qwikster t-shirts in the Urban Outfitters rack in 2028.

or in 2011

Touche.

http://eshop.t-online.de/WebRoot/Store3/Shops/Shop36922/483D/7978/F2D7/8250/E879/AC14/5009/640F/154GROSS.jpg

So what exactly is the deal with Netflix and Criterion? I thought Netflix already lost Criterion, but there is plenty of Criterion on Netflix, though of course maybe not all.

There's still some left, but all the content expires at the end of this year.

Is it still on Hulu?

yeah, hulu made a deal for basically ALL of criterion's stuff and that might win me over to pick up the service really.

Last month I tried to find out how long Hulu/Criterion's deal was for, but couldn't find that bit of data anywhere.

Yeah, for once it's actually hard to find information on the internet. I do know that the cost of Hulu Plus for a year is more or less the cost of three or four Criterions, so that's money well spent, I suppose.

until apple lets hulu+ onto the appleTV I prob won't do it but the criterion stuff is a pretty powerful draw.