Columbia Pictures flicks -- mostly -- back on for Xbox 360 Netflix streaming

by Richard Lawler posted Nov 25th 2008 at 10:29PM

We never got a satisfactory answer for why they disappeared in the first place, but it seems the majority of the Columbia Pictures' movies on Netflix Instant Watch lists suddenly switched to "not available on Xbox 360" are once again open for streaming to all devices. The Karate Kid series, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day and others now stream to Microsoft's box, however Columbia Pictures movies tagged with the "available through Starz Play" logo -- including Bad Boys and Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story -- are still out. Hopefully the remaining relevant parties are contacted soon, as Detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett have work to do, but this is a great start.

[Thanks, Hunter!]

Filed under: Media streamers, Other hardware, Set-top boxes

Tags: bad boys, BadBoys, columbia pictures, ColumbiaPictures, instant watch, InstantWatch, netflix, nxe, sony pictures, SonyPictures, the karate kid, TheKarateKid, xbox, xbox 360, Xbox360

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Gus @ Nov 25th 2008 10:40PM

Threats that any and all sony products would be incompatible with windows are only a rumor!

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Stewie @ Nov 25th 2008 10:50PM

Yes because my Sony Bravia XBR doesn't work with my 360.

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nick @ Nov 25th 2008 11:26PM

Superbad and Resident Evil: Extinction are also still unavailable.

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hey hey @ Nov 26th 2008 12:50AM

Probably just a licensing issue.

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phrozenone @ Nov 26th 2008 1:56PM

That all it is, so many people were so quick to call Sony the evil empire when other companies are involved .... production companies, producers etc. The films are in their catalogue but they don't own 100% of the content thats what the writers strike was about.

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Mark @ Nov 26th 2008 10:13AM

So all the hate and rage last week was all for no reason at all.

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2noid @ Nov 29th 2008 1:41PM

No, I think the hate and rage were good. Let Sony, Columbia, Netflix, and all the other production and distribution services know that we're fed up with their consumer-hostile licensing and distribution models. Netflix is valuable to us precisely because we pay one fee per month, and can see a huge number of movies, from a wide selection of distribution channels. They'd prefer it if we paid that same fee once to each distribution channel. That's 10x the money, after all. The obvious end-case of this kind of degeneration is pay-per-view, which they love. No more movie ownership, just paying $10/person/view like at the theater. With targeted ads. Preferably with you locked in the seat for the ads, and your eyelids glued open.

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