Share Your Netflix Data With Facebook Connect

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Movies

Recently launched, Facebook Connect allows users to share Netflix movie selections and ratings by clicking stars that will appear on their wall and friends’ News Feeds. Your friends can comment, add the movie to their queue or connect to Netflix to learn more about the movie. Of course you can configure the amount of titles and ratings shown by the privacy settings. To enroll, head over to Netflix via the link and click the button there.

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Netflix Reports 2 Million in Queues During Academy Awards

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Internet, Movies

Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos of Netflix says that subscribers added almost 2 million movies to their queues during the 3+ hour Academy Awards. The top movie placed was Slumdog Millionaire, but more than 56,000 different titles were also entered. We can see that happening if you were watching during the show and computing at the same time. Not only would you want those titles, but you would be tempted by every movie made by the actors in the front row.

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How Netflix’s Queue Works

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Home Entertainment, Movies

Ever wonder how Netflix selects who gets the newest releases first? Apparently Sound and Vision Mag did. They contacted the company and although they wouldn’t reveal any trade secrets, they did divulge how the queues basically work. Here are some of their results:

• Ordering a movie first does not necessarily mean you will be the first recipient.
• The more popular the movie, the longer the wait.
• The more films you watch, the less likely you are to receive new releases. (We hate that one.)
• The more new releases you watch, the less likely you will receive other new movies. (Okay, that one is awful, too.)

Irregardless of our queue status and the algorithms used in them, we have to admit we are still Netflix advocates. It’s amazing how many obscure/old/cult films we have been able to screen with our subscription. And that makes it greatest thing since unsliced bread for us.

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