Netflix has been making some impressive improvements to its service as they recently launched user profiles across a number of products and introduced us to its content-suggestion engine, Max. Today, Netflix is announcing it’s rolling out another improvement that will improve its Instant Queue section. (more…)
Netflix Replaces Instant Queue With My List original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Netflix’s Instant Queue isn’t necessarily a bad feature of the streaming service, but the company believes they have found a replacement for it that makes saving must-watch TV shows and movies a lot easier. Netflix has introduced “My List,” which is essentially just a favorites list that keeps all of the TV shows and movies […]
Netflix has added a feature called "My List" that lets you save the stuff you want to watch later on your streaming account. It’s basically a smarter Instant Queue that automatically updates your picks on a row or in a gallery, and magically sorts these titles based on which ones you are most likely to watch next.
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Netflix’s Watch Instantly streaming service in the US started with the same queue-based experience users were familiar with from its disc-by-mail rentals for bookmarking titles to watch later. But, internationally, the option has never existed. Now the experience is changing everywhere, as Netflix replaces the old queues with “My List.” Outside the US subscribers will notice the biggest change, as they’re able to curate their own viewing lists instead of relying solely on search or the service’s automatically generated genre lists. Otherwise the selection process is mostly the same as we’ve come to expect, with a “+ My List” button single click adding it to the list of up to 500 items in each user’s profile. My List should pop up on individual accounts over the next couple of weeks, check after the break for a breakdown of all the incoming changes and a quick video preview.
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Source: Netflix Blog
2016 is shaping up to be huge for Netflix. That’s when the streaming juggernaut’s Disney deal starts bearing fruit and it also marks the start of a multi-year pay-TV exclusivity agreement with The Weinstein Company (TWC). This means the first stop for TWC’s flicks after home video will no longer be Showtime, but (almost) everybody’s favorite place to watch movies instantly instead. While the studio has a pretty impressive back catalog — Django Unchained, Silver Linings Playbook, The Road and … Scary Movie 5 — it isn’t in the class of, say, Universal or Fox in terms of sheer blockbusters. With the rate ‘flix is signing contracts though, who knows what could happen within the next three years.
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Starting in 2016 Netflix streaming subscribers will have first dibs at Weinstein Company flicks released that year. [AP]
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The JOBS movie starring Ashton Kutcher is seeing a theatrical release today, allowing the general public to finally see the highly-anticipated film on the big screen since being teased with it constantly for the past several months. However, if movie theaters aren’t your thing, JOBS will be coming to Netflix next year in the spring. […]
According to the Financial Times, Britain’s other blockbuster sci-fi series may finally be remade, thanks to Microsoft’s growing interest in television. Blake’s 7, the Terry Nation-created show about a band of renegades fighting for survival, is believed to be part of Xbox Live’s push for original and exclusive TV content to rival both traditional media and services like Netflix. Persons familiar with the matter have claimed that after cable channel SyFy withdrew its funding, Steve Ballmer and former CBS Chief Nancy Tellem opened up Microsoft’s secret checkbook. Naturally, none of the parties are willing to confirm the deal, but that won’t stop us humming the classic series’ theme for the rest of the day.
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Via: The Register
Source: Financial Times
It’s been exactly 25 years since the world lost one of its greatest artists. Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat passed away from a drug overdose at 27 on August 12, 1988. The Brooklyn born artist started in the streets and meteorically rose through the art scene to collaborate with Andy Warhol and is still seemingly referenced in every other hip hop song.
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