American film rental company, Netflix,
stated that it would introduce streaming services at the price of £5.99 per
month in England and IrelandNetflix, has only worked recently in the USA, from
long time ago expanded their business far beyond lending DVD by mail and
currently offers the video services basing on web which meets the requirements
to many kinds of devices, including PlayStation 3 joystick of Sony. Regardless
of plenty of predictions, this company had refused to confirm or deny whether
it intended to expand to England or not – till this time.
Irish film and TV fans in Ireland can now subscribe to Netflix
Netflix services in England are relevant
with streaming subscription at $7.99 which it offers in the USA. With £5.99,
customers in England and Ireland can watch movies and television programs from
film producers including Lionsgate, MGM and Miramax, while rumors about the
negotiations with ITV imply that there will be access to some local news.
Attempts of this company in winning the
heart of English are not easy at all. Rivals belonged to Amazon, Lovefilm,
having offered DVD lending services in England since 2002 as well as streaming
services, introduced a plan of launching a new package to the public in order
to response the threat from Netflix.
New service registration, whose name is
Lovefilm Instant, will be at £4.99 per month for an unlimited streaming, much
cheaper than 1£ Netflix services long time before. The customers who wanted to take
advantage the abundant streaming content of Lovefilm for years had to choose
the more expensive subscription which included DVD by post. However, £4.99 per
month of Lovefilm Instant was listed as the ceiling price; therefore, its price
can possibly increase in the near future.
Like streaming service of Lovefilm, Netflix
will be available with PlayStation 3 joystick of Sony, which supplies more
service choice for the PS3 owner.
Netflix
stepped foot in the UK Film
One reason that could make Lovefilm loose
is its video quality. Netflix transmitted video in 1080p with quickly
changeable quality depending on your Internet connection. It also offered 5.1
Dolby Digital Plus sound. Streaming service of Lovefilm is not as good
Lovefilm, due to the reason that current services didn’t offer the basic
definition quality.
The number of films offered is another
different element in the battle, and services with the largest list can be the
important point attracting a lot of subscribers. We’ll post the full review about
Netflix within next month.
