Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey revealed the surveying efforts on Monday but declined to say whether or not it should be taken as an indication that both companies will announce a partnership soon. He did say however that Netflix is interested in delivering movies to its customers "in as many ways as possible."
While Netflix already announced a partnership with LG Electronics to produce a Set-Top Box to stream movies directly to a television, a deal with Microsoft or Sony to integrate the service on either company's consoles would immediately provide a large installed base of compatible hardware, and guarantee tens of millions of further units to be brought to homes in the near future.
Netflix suffered a tech failure yesterday that affected many areas of the company's service. It's website was down for hours and some distribution points came to a halt, delaying the expected delivery of many customers' due rentals. The service returned to normal today.
Written by: James Delahunty @ 25 Mar 2008 17:15
