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Thought you were excited about "Grand Theft Auto V," PS3 users?

Netflix on Friday is introducing PlayStation 3 users Friday to Max, an interface that recommends movies and television shows based on past viewing and a quick game-like interaction. Netflix gave demos of the feature at the E3 conference earlier this month.

Max, which the online video company somewhat troublingly calls the "child of Siri and HAL 9000," asks a few questions about the user's mood and tastes to bring up a suggestion, which is also based on the same algorithms that Netflix has always … Read more

In the cold Alaskan winter, alone with her infant son while her husband was stationed in the Air Force nearby, Ashley Bauza needed something to entertain both herself and her child, something she could get on a tight budget.

She moved north in 2010 and quickly learned after giving birth to Lukas the next year that the rural state not only crimps her kid's playtime options with minus-40 degree temperatures it also amps up the cost of cable and Internet.

"We are on a fixed budget, we do really need to figure out what we forgo," said … Read more

Netflix is giving a second lease on life to its original horror series about dead young women, planning to start production on a shorter second season of supernatural thriller "Hemlock Grove" later this year for a release in 2014.

It builds on Netflix's push for original content that appeals to subsets of its audience, based on data it culls from movie viewing and its recommendation algorithm. Earlier this week, the company said it would help produce more than 300 hours of original animated television aimed at kids with Dreamworks, and its first original series in the edgy, … Read more

Netflix streaming is heading to the Netherlands.

The company said Wednesday that the service will be available in "late 2013," adding that its streaming service will offer "Hollywood, local and global TV series and films, including critically-acclaimed Netflix Original Series such as 'House of Cards' and 'Arrested Development' whenever and wherever they like on tablets, phones, TVs, game consoles and computers."

Last year, Netflix made a significant push into Europe by launching its streaming service in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway. The service is also available in the U.K., Ireland, and the small island country … Read more

If you need a cheap sitter for almost two weeks straight, next year Netflix will oblige.

After losing popular Nickelodeon content earlier this year, the Internet's top streaming service is set to bring 300 hours of original kids' television programming based on blockbuster DreamWorks Animation franchises to its streaming subscribers next year.

Terms were not disclosed. The content will be available everywhere Netflix is.

The agreement, which Netflix calls its largest deal for original first-run content ever, fills a vacuum of kids' programming on its streaming service. Netflix declined high-demand Nickelodeon content because parent Viacom wanted to bundle it … Read more

Netflix has started the campaign to drum up anticipation for its next original program to follow the much-hyped "Arrested Development."

A trailer for "Orange Is the New Black," a dramedy created by Jenji Kohan, of Showtime's "Weeds" fame, went up on Netflix's YouTube page earlier today. It will be released, all episodes at once, on July 11.

The trailer shows we'll get some of the edgy fodder -- nudity, expletives, dashes of violence -- Netflix has been using to foster an HBO-like perception of its programming chops, similar to the Netflix … Read more

The Netflix streaming service is experiencing an outage that is preventing millions of subscribers in several countries from viewing movies and TV shows.

The outage, which began at 6:45 p.m. PT, affects subscribers in both North America and South America.

"We're aware that some members are having trouble streaming TV shows and movies and are working to address the problem," Netflix spokesman Joris Evers told CNET.

Netflix revealed the outage in a tweet response to user complaints of being unable to access the system.

Thanks for your reports. There's an outage affecting several regions … Read more