Kommer Netflix til Europa?

netflix_logoJeg har I de sidste par dage leget en del med Xboxen derhjemme, og I den forbindelse har jeg især fedtet rundt med nogle af film tjenester, der er tilgængelige. Netflix er en af disse, men desværre kan jeg ikke få den til at fungere her I Danmark. men nu skulle der være håb for os stakkels danskere:

It’s no secret that Netflix has grand plans to expand its global footprint that now feeds media to some 20 million North American subscribers. Hell, the company was boasting of the "significant dollars" allocated to its 2011 international expansion plans just four months ago. While nothing’s official yet, we’ve unearthed a few tantalizing openings posted to the Netflix job site over the last few days that could point to an imminent launch. Notably, Netflix’s customer service call center in Hillsboro Oregon is gearing up to expand its scope of operations beyond North America. Two new job postings for a Training Supervisor and Quality Assurance Analyst both mention the need to prepare for "rapid" international expansion and "will support a specific country / region outside of North America." The Training Supervisor is being hired specifically to educate customer service reps in preparation for that future international growth. Neflix is looking for fluency in English in addition to Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian and European), and Spanish (Latin American and European), leaving things pretty wide open with regard to the countries targeted for initial launch.

Kilde: Thomas Ricker @ Engadget

Imellem tiden må jeg nøjes med at bruge Zune marketplace, som faktisk er ganske fortrineligt, men som ikke har verdens største udvalg.

RIP Zune

182009_10150097382773806_551053805_6263074_3095550_a Så er det officielt, Zune hardware er død som disco. Microsoft’s halvhjertede forsøg på at gøre noget ved iPod dominansen førte ikke rigtigt nogle steder, og selvom Zune software stadig vil blive opdateret, da det er en forudsætning for at bruge Windows Phone 7, så er hardware delen nu færdig.

Indtil videre ser det udtil at web delen forbliver i live, og at den muligvis kommer til at blive integreret i forskellige hardware systemer. Dog kunne man forestille sig at det nye partnerskab med Nokia kunne sætte en stopper for det, da Nokia har sin egen musik tjeneste.

 

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Windows Live Zune på vej?

I kølvandet på Nokia-Microsoft partnerskabet er der rigtigt mang rygter, der er begyndt at florere på internettet. Umiddelbart er der tale om at Zune skal blive en del af Windows Live i forbindelse med software delen, imens hardware delen forbliver sin egen gruppe.

Selvom Zune har øget sin markedsandel på video distribution, har der været meget stille om produktet, hvilket kunne tyde på at det er på vej i graven. Man kunne forestille sig at Nokias OVI market har et alternativ man hellere vil benytte.

Microsoft is seeking to kill off the Zune brand according to reports.

Microsoft unveiled a strategic partnership with Nokia last week. The partnership is a long-term multi-faceted agreement that involves the combination of both company’s best assets. Microsoft revealed a slide of both company’s “global reach” which included products and services like Windows Live, Windows 7, Xbox, Bing, MSN and Office. Microsoft’s Zune services were left out of the slide for a reason.

Microsoft is currently planning to transition Zune over to a Windows Live service according to Paul Thurrott. The news that Zune services will move into Windows Live backs up the reason Microsoft recently reorganized the Zune team structure. Microsoft split the hardware and software Zune teams into separate units. Microsoft’s reorg ultimately points to the demise of the Zune brand over time. Separately, WinRumors has learned that Microsoft is planning to make use of Nokia’s Ovi services and blend these into Windows Live. Andy Lees, President of Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business, spoke at a financial analyst briefing during Mobile World Congress on Monday. Lees explained the Nokia deal. “It includes search revenue transfer, advertising revenue transfer, location-based services revenue transfer, royalty payments for software, and it includes joint marketing” said Lees.

Kilde: Tom Warren @ WinRumors

Dog ser det ud til at rygterne om Zunes død er stærkt overdrevne, når man ser hvad Zune teamet skriver på Twitter:

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Zune

Jeg vil have en Zune. Det er en krænkelse af mine grundlæggende mennseskerettigheder, at jeg ikke har mulighed for at købe en Zune i Danmark.