After Losing Starz, Netflix Announces More Captions and New Content

  • Netflix has announced some good news, despite its recent loss of hundreds of movies via Starz.
  • New content is coming later this year including Oscar winners such as “The Artist,” “Undefeated” and “Rango.” New theater releases “Act of Valor” and “Good Deeds” are also Netflix pay-TV window exclusives.
  • By the end of last year, the service achieved closed captioning on 80 percent of the hours streamed and “90 percent of streaming is now done on devices that have been updated to support optional captions,” Engadget reports, noting that some embedded TV and Blu-ray player software might not be able to be updated for captions.
  • “So, is the red envelope company doing enough to keep you hanging around, or are you going to blow through the last few eps of ‘Lillyhammer’ and pull the eject button?” asks Engadget.

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