If you’re using Netflix to watch streaming movies on-line, you’re not alone.
A new report indicates that the content delivery giant accounts for 61% of all streaming done on-line. That number is more than all of Netflix’s streaming competitors combined.
Market research firm NPD Group looked at all movies streamed on-line in January and February of this year. During that two month period, Netflix accounted for 61% of all content streamed while Comcast Corp.’s video-on-demand, accounted for just 8%, followed by 4% each for DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and Apple’s iTunes.
The huge margin indicates how popular the service is and how vital it is to Netflix in the future. On this week’s Slice of SciFi, we’ll bring you a story about how Netflix is facing some big hurdles with renewal fees for its streaming content later this year.
I’m probably one of the few left who never uses it – partially because their player still doesn’t support Linux, and partially because I still highly prefer watching movies on my actual television as opposed to my computer screen.
I was actually pretty damned annoyed when they hiked my membership fees a little while ago in order to help cover the costs of streaming, feeling like I was getting forced to pay for a service I don’t even use.
@Shadoglare. Invest in a Roku player. For less than a hundred bucks, you can stream Netflix content to you TV.
It’s a GREAT investment. I love mine.
@Shadoglare I built a computer specifically to stream to my TV. Granted, I used Windows 7, but with the Windows Media Center built into the base programming for every version, I get to watch Netflix, and a lot of other programming.