Microsoft adds Netflix streaming to Windows Vista Media Center - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

May 20, 2009

Microsoft Corp. is adding streaming [CompanyWatch allows you to receive email alerts with stories related to your companies of interest.

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] Netflix movies and shows to the content available in its remote control-friendly Media Center interface on Windows Vista computers — adding another way for people to access Netflix on demand in the living room.

The feature is scheduled to go live Wednesday via an online update for existing Windows Vista Media Center users. It increases the ties between the two companies. Netflix, whose CEO Reed Hastings is on the Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) board, also offers streaming content through Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console. That has quickly become one of the most popular features of the Xbox Live online service...