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The service surveyed its subscribers asking about interest in streaming on the two game consoles. It also started using the Facebook Connect service to send users' movie ratings to their Facebook feeds.

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Computing, Home A/V, Gaming | by Samuel Axon | Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:38PM | 1 comment

If you've got an Xbox 360, an Xbox LIVE gold membership, and a Netflix subscription, you're all set to stream Netflix Watch Instantly movies and TV episodes to your living room via your game console, but PlayStation 3 and Wii owners are less fortunate – at least for now. Netflix recently hosted a survey of its subscribers to gauge interest in streaming on the PS3 or Wii. On the PS3 at least, you'd apparently have to make a one-time purchase of a "streaming disc" for $9.99 to activate the service. That would be in addition to your existing Netflix subscription.

Publishing a survey about it doesn't make it so, of course, so it might never happen, but we thought you'd want to know!

Enough wild speculation! Here's some more concrete Netflix news for you: Facebook Connect is being used to integrate your Netflix and Facebook accounts so that your movie ratings can be published in your Facebook feed for all your friends to see and comment on. You were probably already using Flixster's Facebook app to bicker about whether or not The Dark Knight was overrated, but choices are always good!

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external link New: Share Your Netflix Ratings on Facebook [Switched]
external link Netflix creeps into Facebook with Netflix… [CrunchGear]
external link Netflix Intregrates With Facebook Connect [eCoustics]
external link Netflix Integrates Facebook Connect to Let… [Inside Facebook]
external link Netflix goes social, integrates with Facebook… [Engadget HD]
external link Netflix Integrates Movie Ratings With… [InformationWeek]
external link Survey proposes Netflix service for Wii [Joystiq]
external link Rumor: Netflix Looking Into Movie Streaming… [Kotaku]
external link Is Netflix Coming to PS3 and Wii? [NetFlix] [Gizmodo]
external link Is Netflix PS3-bound, too? [Engadget]
external link Netflix headed for the Wii? [Engadget]
external link Netflix and Facebook Link Movie Ratings [NewTeeVee]
external link Techmeme: Netflix Integrates Facebook Connect… [techmeme.com]

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Phoebe external link (10:00 AM on Thu Mar 26, 2009)

Another recent Netflix integration worth noting is with Jinni (http://www.jinni.com), bringing semantic search and recommendations to Netflix.

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