Industry sources confirm Netflix on demand service about to launch
According to a news article at Mercury News "Well-placed industry sources confirmed Friday that the Los Gatos company is close to launching an on-demand rental service that is paired with a Netflix-provided television set-top box."
This confirms our report on the glitch in Netflix that exposed parts of the upcoming service. The Netflix Player glitch was first reported on hackingnetflix two weeks ago.
The new service doesn't seem like it will be grand in nature, and will probable not give customers access to the latest movie releases. This is hinted at by Netflix spokesman Ken Ross, "We have said we're committed to testing a product this year and we expect the test to be of a very modest nature''. At any rate, whatever service Netflix launches, will give it the launch pad it needs to experiment and fine turn their system for the day when the major movie studios provide someday access to video on demand ( VOD ) versions of their latest releases as soon as the DVD versions are available.
