Reed Hastings Archive

  • Coming soon to an iPhone near you: Netflix

    Coming soon to an iPhone near you: Netflix

    Netflix CEO Reed Hastings got up on stage right after Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the WWDC 2010 conference, which we're liveblogging here. Guess why he was there: there's a Netflix app for iPhone on the way, and it's coming this Summer.

    It isn't much of a surprise. I mean, Netflix already has an (amazing) iPad app, and it started surveying interest for an iPhone app early March 2010, while rumors of its impending launch have been swirling for much longer.

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  • Netflix might still be coming to the Wii

    Netflix might still be coming to the Wii

    The story here is that Reed Hastings, Netflix’s CEO of course, said at CES that the chances of Netflix launching on the Wii is “excellent.” That’s what he said. Excellent, not “Yup, it’s coming out on February 28, 2010,” so don’t get your hopes up just yet. But at least time we’re hearing it from [...]

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  • Netflix is coming to Sony Bravia HDTVs

    Netflix is coming to Sony Bravia HDTVs

    Soon Netflix subs will be able to watch movies and TV shows instantly on Sony Bravia TVs. This will be enabled on all Internet Video-capable sets this Fall and in previous models via the Internet Video Link Module. Netflix was everywhere in 2008. It worked out deals with Microsoft for the Xbox 360, TiVo, Samsung, [...]

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