Here are the official details on the Netflix app for Windows Media Center:
Microsoft and Netflix Enhance Movie and TV Watching on the PC
Latest content addition offers more than 12,000 choices of movies and TV episodes that can be watched instantly on a PC with Windows.
REDMOND, Wash. — May 19, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes from Netflix Inc., the world’s largest online movie rental service, are now available to watch instantly on the PC using Windows Media Center on PCs with Windows Vista Home Premium or Ultimate. This newest content addition builds on Microsoft’s goal to create a consistent experience on the PC for consumers to easily enjoy the entertainment of greatest interest to them.
With Windows Media Center, consumers no longer need to jump from Web site to Web site to find the TV shows, movies, sports and news they want to watch. Windows Vista customers who are also Netflix members can simply start Windows Media Center on their PC and then select the new Netflix tile under TV+Movies to begin streaming movies and TV episodes instantly. People can also search the entire Netflix library, manage both their instant and DVD Queues, and even filter searches by titles that are available to watch instantly. Windows Media Center takes advantage of the Netflix recommended category lists to make it even easier to quickly find the movies and TV shows that consumers want to watch. Conveniently, Netflix in Windows Media Center is also designed to work with any Windows Media Center-compatible remote control.
The availability of Netflix in Windows Media Center marks the second recent content milestone for Windows, following the March 2009 launch of the Sports Channel, which offers a variety of interactive sports content from CBSSports.com, FOX Sports, MSNBC.com and more.
“Netflix is excited that the majority of the Windows Vista users in the U.S. can now access a vast array of movies and TV episodes from Netflix through Windows Media Center,” said Steve Swasey, vice president of corporate communications. “There’s no better way to enjoy movies than with Netflix, and this latest offering is another milestone that gives Windows Media Center customers a great experience using the Netflix service.”
The Netflix instant watching in Windows Media Center is powered by Microsoft Silverlight, one of the industry’s most comprehensive and powerful solutions for the creation and delivery of applications and media experiences. The use of Silverlight means that customers will have more accessible, more discoverable and more secure experiences. Windows Media Center is available on Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Ultimate.
In addition to Windows Media Center users, Xbox 360 system owners already have access to watch movies and TV episodes instantly from Netflix via an Xbox LIVE Gold Membership. The offerings through both platforms allow customers to enjoy more than 12,000 movies and TV episodes.
“We’re continuing to work with the top content providers today to make watching TV on the PC a mainstream experience for the future,” said Craig Eisler corporate vice president of entertainment client software for the TV, Video and Music Business Group at Microsoft. “Consumers understand that content is the driving force when it comes to experiences, and with Netflix, we’re underscoring our broader commitment to deliver a rich experience with Windows Media Center.”
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Fantastic! Now all we need is a W7 version, extender support and of course something like this for UK users would be nice…
It’s not that I care about Netflix (I don’t live in the US), but not supporting extenders, after all the 3rd parties discontinuing theirs, looks like something bad is about to happen, either that, or they decided not to enable this feature on extenders, so Xbox Live users only have access to netflix with a live gold account.
Hell yes!!!!! Maybe MS is finally starting to get it….
Any word on HD. I went through a few of those articles and didn’t see anything
Serenity!!!
Good Work MS!
My list is almost complete!
Netflix on Media Center
Netflix on extender
Buy music through media Center
Buy videos/movies through Media Center
Sleep with Jenna Jameson
just to reply to my own comment, looks like no HD right now
Ian,
See if you can get an Interview with Craig Eisler. I would like to know his take on not have extender support. Also, after listening to your podcast from Nievus, I wonder if the next extender will be a small computer??
I have to say the MS Netflix add-in works very well! Nice job MS. I’m sure 7MC support is round the corner as for extenders who knows what’s going on?
I second cw-kid. This is nice, polished app. My favorite part is what I will consider a Silverlight feature. When you pause, you can scroll forward, see a snap shot of the scene. and start where you want it. The only problem is a 3 second re-buffering, but that is not bad.
Way to go Netflix and MS!