Category: Netflix

Being able to download content to your device so that you can stream it offline is an essential feature for music-streaming services, but not so much for video-streaming services. Being able to download content to your smartphone while you’re on Wi-Fi allows you to access that content while you’re out and about without having to worry data… Continue reading This might be the year Netflix finally adds offline playback

Just because you’re paying your ISP for a certain level of internet speed doesn’t mean you’re actually receiving that level of internet speed, and Netflix has made it ridiculously easy to figure out if your ISP is screwing you over. There are plenty of websites that can measure your internet speed, but Netflix managed to… Continue reading Netflix wants to help you figure out if your ISP is screwing you over

Netflix found itself in a bit of a pickle a few days ago when it was revealed that the company has been throttling the steams of mobile users for years. On one hand, throttling the streaming reduces mobile data use and makes it harder for people to hit their data caps, but on the other… Continue reading Netflix will soon allow users to control their own throttling

Last week, T-Mobile CEO John Legere accused AT&T and Verizon of throttling Netflix streams, but as it turns out, it was Netflix itself that was throttling the streams, and it’s been doing so for years. The company admitted as much to The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, claiming that it was only doing so in order… Continue reading Netflix admitted that it’s been throttling mobile users for years

Now that Netflix is available in almost every country on the planet, except for China, you’d think that the company’s quest for world domination would simply be a matter of advertising and waiting, but it’s not that simple. As an analyst team for Deutsche Bank has pointed out, most of the people living in the… Continue reading Netflix’s international expansion is facing a gargantuan obstacle

Netflix’s stock price surged increased by 7% on Tuesday after the company announced that it added more subscribers last quarter than it expected to, and raked in $1.823 billion in revenue. However, a measly $43 million of that revenue was actually profit, because the company spends ridiculous amounts of money on content, and that’s why some… Continue reading Netflix is about to become a little more expensive for some users

Good movies can be boring, and bad movies can be fun, but forcing users to rate movies using a five-star rating system can cause them to forget that, which is why Netflix wants to replace it with something better. The current rating system encourages users to rate movies and television shows based on their quality, rather than how enjoyable they… Continue reading Netflix wants to replace its five-star rating system

With how slowly Netflix has been expanding over the past year or so, many people were wondering if the company would be able to complete its goal of spreading to nearly every country in the globe by the end of 2016. That’s because we were expecting a gradual expansion over the course of several months, but… Continue reading Netflix is now available in 130 more countries, but not China

Netflix’s algorithms get the job done, but they’re not nearly as efficient as they could be. The algorithms currently in place determine the quality of the video you receive based on the available bandwidth, but don’t discriminate between different movies or shows. This can be rather wasteful when Netflix chooses to stream something simple like My Little… Continue reading Netflix’s video quality is about to receive a significant boost