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The iPad Will Be Great for Free and Cheap TV Shows. But Not This Weekend.

Peter Kafka in Media on April 1, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

The iPad will be a great way to watch TV shows. But people who are used to watching lots of free or cheap top-tier TV programs via the Web won’t get the same experience on the iPad this weekend.

Netflix CEO: iPad, iPhone Streaming Not a Priority

John Paczkowski in Mobile on January 29, 2010 at 7:53 am PT

While unveiling the iPad this past Wednesday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs touted it as “the best device” for watching mobile video. And that may well prove to be the case–but not for mobile video from Netflix, because at this point, the DVD-by-mail pioneer has no plans to bring its subscription-based streaming service to the iPad, or to the iPhone for that matter.

Netflix: There's a Movie Waiting on Your iPhone

John Paczkowski in News on August 4, 2009 at 8:26 am PT

Among the 1,000-plus new features included in Apple’s iPhone 3.0 is a new open standard for live video streaming over HTTP, and soon, Netflix will make use of it. Well, that’s the rumor anyway. An industry executive said to be familiar with the company’s plans tells Multichannel News that Netflix plans to extend its Watch Instantly video-streaming service to the Nintendo Wii and to the iPhone and iPod touch as well.

Netflix: There’s a Movie Waiting on Your iPhone

John Paczkowski in News on August 4, 2009 at 8:26 am PT

Among the 1,000-plus new features included in Apple’s iPhone 3.0 is a new open standard for live video streaming over HTTP, and soon, Netflix will make use of it. Well, that’s the rumor anyway. An industry executive said to be familiar with the company’s plans tells Multichannel News that Netflix plans to extend its Watch Instantly video-streaming service to the Nintendo Wii and to the iPhone and iPod touch as well.

New Amazon Service Streams TV Shows And Films to PCs

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on September 10, 2008 at 6:08 pm PT

Amazon Video on Demand is a good service for people who prefer paying for ad-free TV shows and films.