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Netflix Watch Instantly coming to Wii

There is a lot of loose talk running around about how this is “confirmed” and that definitely for sure, my secret agent inside of Nintendo totally sent me these pictures about Netflix Watch Instantly running on the Wii. So take this “confirmation” with a grain of salt.

However, it’s obviously in both Nintendo’s and Netflix’s interests to pull this off; why not pull in one more revenue stream. Factor in that both the Xbox360 and the Playstation3 both already support Netflix Watch Instantly and this move begins to look inevitable.

There are some technical considerations regarding this:

1. The Wii is far from a high def device (even though most Watch Instantly titles aren’t either)
2. Anecdotally at least, I know far fewer Wii owners who have their devices connected to the Internet (It’s not like they’re playing COD 4 every night).
3. There are a whole other set of rumors about a Wii 2 that may be released in Q3 of 2010. An updated version of Nintendo’s device that would support better networking, BluRay and 1080p output. It may be that it is the Wii 2 that will have Netflix support (it would certainly make more sense).

In any case, we’re all for anything that gives people more options in what they watch and lets them cut the cable cord.

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YouTube + U2 = UTube?

While the title of this post doesn’t prove anything beyond the fact that I didn’t do so well in English or Math class, U2’s recent YouTube concert did garner around 10 million views.

10 million viewers is massive and surely the local affiliates and cable companies must twitch uncomfortably when they see such efforts pulled off with relative ease.

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