Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Microsoft, Netflix In Streaming Movie Deal
Microsoft and Netflix said Monday that the two companies are in an exclusive partnership, to offer online streaming of movies and TV episodes from Netflix via Microsoft's Xbox 360. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to the two companies, the movie streaming will be available at no additional cost to current Neflix subscribers who are also Xbox LIVE Gold members. The firms said that more than 10,000 movies and TV episodes will be available when the service launched on Xbox LIVE in the fall.