Google and Netflix are not the same anymore

Netflix has been one of the leading and largest Internet streaming providers of movies and TV shows for a very long time now. It has captivated the market and has been a dominant force which has put the jeopardy of pay TV cable in trouble. However for pay TV cable, after facing a very tough and one sided competition from Netflix, there is another entry which started to take over the market as soon as it was launched in the past days. Netflix’s rivals are increasing in the past days as Amazon Prime and Hulu are bolstering their position in the market.

Moreover, the new entrant in the market, Shomi, which is a Canadian based company, is also imposing great threats on pay TV cable as well as internet streaming services. Hence it is reported that Google, Amazon, and Netflix are 3 percent, 20 percent, and 5 percent down respectively. It is very well known that these companies were known as the powerhouses in their markets.

According to CNBC, Google used to be an island all by itself with no competition. And even though it still continues to dominate, it's left with the pressure to be profitable. Analysts believe that Google must be working and start milking the virgin territory of what it owns for instance, YouTube.

Analysts also believe that Netflix was once a dominant force in all non-networking programming market but it has lost its charm due to tough competition. It is not that these companies are not performing well in the market but tough competition has pressurized them which is affecting the performance of the company over the period of time.

Netflix believes that time is up for traditional television

Netflixis the largest Internet streaming services provider of movies and TV showswhich has dominated the market for many years now. Despite of facing tough competition from Hulu and Amazon Prime, Netflix has proved to be a better option for viewers and customers in terms of prices as well as number of streaming hours available. Netflix has almost all from the latest and recent to the top rated movies and TV shows which makes it as one of the best out there.

Being successful for many years now, the streaming services of Netflix was demanded in many parts of the world. Hence recently, the company announced to expand its global footprints in Australia where the people were begging for Netflix to launch. However, after decimating the conventional pay TV cable in the United States and other regions, it is feared that traditional television might be dying in challenge to rival Foxtel in Australia.

According to Australian news, it is believed that “NFLX's imminent expansion into the Australian market has seen battle lines drawn, with the international giant warning that traditional television is dying.” Netflix will be launched inMarch 2015 in Australia which will add more users to its already widely expanded user database of 53 million subscribers worldwide. The pricing is decided to be about $10 per month to access the streaming services of Netflix.

“Ithink the model for broadcast TV, where it's this destination stop where you go home at 8 o'clock to watch House Of Cards... that use-by date has probably passed already,” Cliff Edwards said who is the director of corporate communications of the company. He further added that this has been one of those long time coming markets as the company had been planning to launch itsservices in Australia and New Zealand both for a very long time. In a nutshell, Netflix's move will trigger fierce competition in the video-on-demand business.

Netflix is accountable for a major chunk of US internet traffic

NFLX is basically a video streaming services which allows users to access to various content which are available on a diversified number of platforms. Netflix is the leading and largest provider of Internet streaming services of movies and TV shows. It is believed that the network of Netflix has over more than 9,000 movies to watch with over 50 million subscribers in about 40 countries. Hence, Netflix is the most popular TV show and movie streaming service. Due to substantial use of Netflix in recent times, it is believed that Netflix now accounts for 35 percent of overall United States internet traffic.

35 percent of overall United States internet traffic is a huge chunk of contribution towards the traffic. According to a new report from Sand vine, a company that builds equipment for consumer internet service providers, Netflix has topped 35 percent of overall United States internet traffic. Hence during peak hours, the average home is now using 20.4GB every month for Netflix alone when compared to last year’s 31.6% of overall bandwidth usage in the United States.

Talking about stats, Netflix is second only to BitTorrent traffic for upstream bandwidth, with the torrenting protocol at a huge 25.49 percent. Netflix has become huge in the past years despite of tough competitors coming in its way. The company has managed to give its viewers great amount of streaming hours and from top rated movies to new block busters, the viewers are content.

Amazon giving tough time to Netflix

Netflix is known as the best internet streaming provider services of movies and TV shows. Despite of facing tough competition from hullo, Amazon Prime, and recently launched Shame, the company has managed to put up a good show and amazing streaming hours for its viewers. From the price plan to the streaming hours, Netflix proved to be worthy of being listed as the best week in week out. As the world is advancing on technology, the trend of 4K TVs, videos, and streaming is getting popular day by day. Netflix has started to adopt this trend by launching few movies and TV shows in Ultra HD quality.

However, in order to compete in the market, after introducing Echo by Amazon, the company has also planned to launch its 4K movies and TV shows plan in the near future. As far as 4K streaming is concerned, Netflix charges $7.99 ($8.99 after this month) for one month plan to let the viewer’s stream videos in 4K. On the contrary, Amazon Prime will be granting free 4K streaming to its viewers in response to Netflix when it planned to raise its 4K streaming price. CNET reports, Today Amazon said users who subscribe to its $99 per year Prime program would not have to pay extra to get 4K versions of its video streams.

Michael Paul, Amazon digital video VP said “We want to be the best entertainment destination for customers. We're confident that offering Ultra HD content, whether it's a TV series or a film, will help create the ultimate viewing experience and can't wait to start making it available this year.” Recently, Netflix raised the price of its standard HD package service from $7.99 to $8.99 for new subscribers on May 9th. Current subscribers who have been paying for 4K service prior to Aug. 12th were grandfathered into the older $7.99 a month plan until Aug. 12, 2016.

Hence, after this announcement, AMZN has proved to be a potential candidate to give tough options for the viewers to decide between choosing Netflix or Amazon Prime when 4K videos and TVs get more common.

How to watch Netflix movies using Xbox?

NFLX is basically a video streaming services which allows users to access to various content that is available on a diversified number of platforms. One of the platforms that NFLX caters to is Xbox. 360. If Xbox users, seek to access NFLX services then all they need is Xbox LIVE membership which would allow them to directly stream content using their television when connected with the console. In order to do so, you will need to follow a few steps which are as follows.

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  The first thing you need to do is sign in to your Xbox Live which will be available on your Xbox 360. This can be done by using Xbox LIVE gamer tag.

2.       You will then be required to navigate to the “Video Marketplace”

3.       From there you would select Netflix. In case you do not find NFLX in the tabs, then you would be required to go to apps to browse app. There you will be able to find it.

4.       Then click on Confirm Download.

5.       Now you would be required to navigate to ‘Video Marketplace’ again and then you have to launch ‘Netflix’.  (at this stage, you would be required to sign up for the gold membership if you haven’t signed up for it earlier)

6.       If you have a persisting Netflix account then you are supposed to click on ‘Yes I am’

7.       In case you don’t have a Netflix account then follow the instruction on your screen to make  a new account.

8.       An activation code would be generated which you can copy down.

9.       In order to activate log on to www.netflix.com/activate. You can launch it on the website of your choice. In case you live in a country that has Netflix then you will directly be directed to that page.

10.   The page you have been redirected to, enter the code you copied over there.

11.   Click on activate.

12.   Go back to the ‘Video Marketplace”. From there launch ‘Netflix’

13.   Select the video you seek to watch from the list of videos provided.

14.   Select play and enjoy the movie.