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| Netflix responds to throttling claims |
| Saturday, 15 August 2009 03:34 |
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Video streaming service Netflix has responded to claims that it is throttling speeds to contain traffic. It had been suggested in some quarters that the online film library was slowing down its streaming media to PCs in order to accommodate users watching audio and video content through Xbox 360s. Hitting back at the rumours, Neil Hunt, chief product officer at Netflix, penned a blog which denied any kind of bias towards users of the console. He explained: "Customers may see better performance on Xbox than their PC, or vice-versa. Equivalently, some titles may stream unaffected, while others suffer congestion." Going on to insist: "There is no purposeful discrimination between different clients – we want them all to perform very well." Netflix is the biggest online movie rental service on the planet, offering broadband users over 12,000 instantly-watchable titles, including film and TV programmes. Having made its name as a DVD delivery service, Netflix is now concentrating on expanding its streaming media content.  |