Given Netflix's
blatant plunge into the world of online content delivery, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the outfit's execs understand that physical media is
at risk. Sure, DVD rentals far outnumber online rentals today, but Netflix is assuming that its DVD business could peak in around five to ten years. In a brief interview this week, CEO Reed Hastings told investors that "everybody peaks sometime," but he did note that
Blu-ray was apt to make the "DVD ecosystem stronger." Even though the company is definitively moving at least some of its attention to online streaming, it's still quite aways from delivering a "standalone streaming service." On a slightly different note, we also learned that Intel-based Macs would be able to tap into the firm's "
Watch Now" service "later this year," but unfortunately, it didn't get any more specific than that.
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