engadget.com - 11/19/2008
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Just hours before the Xbox 360's newest dashboard update hits tomorrow morning (10:00 a.m. GMT), our friends at Joystiq noticed the list of movies available for Netflix Watch Instantly streaming has suddenly dropped. The culprit? Sony Pictures Home Entertainment subsidiary Columbia Pictures, ...
multiplayerblog.mtv.com - 11/19/2008
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multiplayerblog.mtv.com —
A week ago, I started watching "An Evening
With Kevin Smith 2" through the Netflix streaming service
on my Xbox 360 but didn't finish. Now, I can't watch the rest. Joystiq broke word this evening that Netflix stopped Xbox 360 users from streaming ...
(more)
Netflix Speaks Out On Sony Movies Disappearing From Xbox ...
joystiq.com - 11/19/2008
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joystiq.com —
[Original headline: "NXE Netflix streaming queues suddenly gimped"]
Our Netflix streaming queues just got considerably shorter on
the eve of the NXE launch. Acting on a tip, we popped into our Netflix account and sure enough, our "Instant Queue" had a ...
(more)
NXE Netflix streaming loses Sony's Columbia Pictures ...
engadget.com - 11/26/2008
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engadget.com —
We never got a satisfactory answer for why
they disappeared in the first place, but it seems
the majority of the Columbia Pictures' movies on Netflix Instant Watch lists suddenly switched to "not available on Xbox 360" are once again open for ...
(more)
Columbia Pictures flicks -- mostly -- back on for Xbox ...
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NXE Netflix Streaming Drops Sony's Columbia Pictures [Nxe]
Gizmodo —
... Netflix Watch Instantly streaming service just a few hours before Microsoft's New Xbox Experience goes live. Previously available titles like Superbad and Bad Boys, which are owned by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment subsidiary Columbia Pictures, have been made unavailable for Xbox users. Netflix VP Steve Swasey says there's no foul play involved, and that the NXE Instant Queue had just run into a licensing issue with Columbia Pictures. [Joystiq via Engadget] ...
Xbox 360 Netflix Streaming Drops Sony's Columbia Pictures [Nxe]
Gizmodo —
... Netflix Watch Instantly streaming service just a few hours before Microsoft's New Xbox Experience goes live. Previously available titles like Superbad and Bad Boys, which are owned by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment subsidiary Columbia Pictures, have been made unavailable for Xbox users. Netflix VP Steve Swasey says there's no foul play involved, and that the NXE Instant Queue had just run into a licensing issue with Columbia Pictures. [Joystiq via Engadget]
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NXE Update: Sony blocks Xbox 360 Netflix movie streaming
PR News: —
... Netflix has dropped, and it is Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, subsidiary Columbia Pictures who is the culprit. Seems like the new Xbox Experience is not going to be that great thanks to Sony.
Xbox 360 users will not have access to such films as Bad Boys or Superbad, as well as hundreds of other titles. Sony is already hated by a number of Xbox 360 users, now that hate will triple as they have affected was meant to be a great day for the new Xbox Experience.
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