Netflix

When video streaming service Netflix launched in the UK earlier this month, it decided to promote Facebook over all other sign-up options. Users already logged into their Facebook page were presented only with a ‘Sign up using Facebook’ option. Only those who do not use the social network, or who were not logged in, are…

You’re bound to have read that Netflix UK launched today. A press release sent to us earlier, and pointlessly accompanied by some images of the firm’s Reed Hastings posing with some reality TV types, advises that streaming TV and films can now be yours for £5.99 per month. Sounds good, especially as, the service apparently…

US movie rental giant Netflix has confirmed plans to bring its service to the UK and Ireland “in early 2012.” The move pitches the company against the Amazon owned LoveFilm. From launch, customers in the UK and Ireland will be able to instantly watch a TV and movie rentals right on their TVs via a…