Netflix may be angling to provide streaming content to cable subscribers. It apparently is exploring deals with Comcast and Suddenlink Communications to launch an app for set-top boxes.
Netflix streams its content through Web-connected TVs; media players such as Apple TV and Roku; video game consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony; and many Blu-ray players. About the only boxes that aren’t served by Netflix are those from the cable and satellite providers. What stands in the way is the technology that improves how video is streamed.
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Netflix Is Thinking Inside the Cable Box
Posted by: Peter Suciu October 14, 2013 11:53 AMNetflix may be angling to provide streaming content to cable subscribers. It apparently is exploring deals with Comcast and Suddenlink Communications to launch an app for set-top boxes.
Netflix streams its content through Web-connected TVs; media players such as Apple TV and Roku; video game consoles from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony; and many Blu-ray players. About the only boxes that aren’t served by Netflix are those from the cable and satellite providers. What stands in the way is the technology that improves how video is streamed.