Netflix set to enter India

Netflix is all set to launch it India operations. Hindu Business Line says, "Netflix could enter India through a partnership with a local telecom firm to take advantage of the 4G networks that make watching high quality video streaming possible on a mobile anywhere."

The online Online video streaming service is expected to make an announcement in this regard at the forthcoming Consumer Electronic Show at Las Vegas next week.

Netflix, which is also battling competition from streaming services such as Amazon.com Inc's Prime Video service and Hulu, has been aggressively building its overseas presence.

The company aloso announced earlier that it was in the "early stages" of its China entry and said it was "still learning a lot".

Netflix said in July its plans to enter China in 2016 could be delayed.

Netflix Inc will focus on developing its own content next year and nearly double the number of original shows to 31 from 16, its chief content officer Ted Sarandos said recently.

LG Electronics to introduce Broadband HDTV with Netflix

LG Electronics has announced the first TVs with built-in Netflix video streaming to market a broadband-enabled high-definition TV to build a bridge between the Internet and the television set.

LG and Netflix have said that the plasma and liquid-crystal display (LCD) Broadband HDTVs will be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show.

The LG HDTV sets are broadband-enabled and contain Netflix streaming software.

The LG HDTV will not allow users to surf the Internet through their TV set but it does away with the need for a set-top box, video-game console or other device to access shows online from Netflix.

The new models from LG, including both LCD and plasma, have an Ethernet connection, do not require an external device, and allow Netflix members to watch streaming movies.

Netflix has more than eight million subscribers. It started out by delivering DVDs of movies in the mail and now has moved increasingly to streaming content directly over the Web to televisions or PCs.

Netflix offers more than 100,000 movies via mailed DVDs and a growing collection of more than 12,000 titles are available for instant streaming.

The new LG HDTVs will use a broadband connection and Queue-based user interface to stream content.

Viewers can use the TV remote control to make their selections and can fast-forward and rewind the video.

Nothing has been revealed about the cost of the new Broadband HDTV.