High-Def Digest Forums - HD Digital Downloads (NEW!) http://forums.highdefdigest.com/ General discussion of downloadable high definition media. en Fri, 24 May 2013 02:27:04 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.highdefdigest.com/images/misc/rss.png High-Def Digest Forums - HD Digital Downloads (NEW!) http://forums.highdefdigest.com/ Netflix Taking Steps to Avoid Another Expiring Title Freak-out http://forums.highdefdigest.com/hd-digital-downloads-new/130983-netflix-taking-steps-avoid-another-expiring-title-freak-out.html Tue, 14 May 2013 16:34:46 GMT The Netlfix public API will no longer have title expiration dates.

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With sites all over the internet publicizing numbers involving Netflix's recent content expiration, Netflix has made a change to its public API. Previously, using Netflix's public API gave the user access to functionality beyond what official Netflix apps provide, including sorting out expiring titles. This led to sites like instantwatcher.com to maintain a list of Netflix titles that are designated to expire.

As Netflix licenses content from major studios, titles are frequently added and removed as those deals are renewed, modified, or allowed to expire. Sometimes the content comes back, and often times, titles set to expire end up staying. With instantwatcher.com supplying an alarming 1,800 titles set to expire, sites all over the internet made the number go viral. A few examples include: Engadget used the term "Streampocalypse." Slate referred to the expiring titles as "The Great Netflix Purge." And the Huffing Post just round up the expiring number to 2,000 titles.

The high number of expiring titles would seem to coincide with the expansions of Warner Instant and Epix, but Netlfix has remained mum on the specifics.

In what seems like a direct result to the negative publicity, Netflix made a change, "Starting today, we will no longer provide expiration dates for any of our titles in the public API... We are making this change because the expiration date can be inaccurate as a result of frequent, often last minute, changes in content flow.

"Netflix members will still be able to see the listed title expirations on Netflix.com on each individual title page."

In essence, the next time some sort of Netflix expiring content panic is spurred on, Netflix's public API won't be there to supply the number of titles, and a manual search of Netflix will be necessary.

Engadget
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The new CW app for the Xbox 360 is free to download and free to use for US Xbox Live Gold members. Microsoft's strategy to promote the Xbox 360 as a set-top box and sell users Xbox Live Gold memberships continues even as rumors swirl around the possible features of the new Xbox. The CW app offers free episodes of CW the day after their premiere, no cable subscription required.

Along with episodes of popular CW shows such as 'Beauty & the Beast,' 'Arrow,' 'Supernatural,' and 'Vampire Diaries,' the app offers trailers and interviews. The app also supports Xbox SmartGlass, which allows for a second screen experience with Windows 8, Android, and iOS devices.

For 'Vampire Diaries,' Xbox SmartGlass offers:

A map that follows the characters through town, revealing events throughout the town’s history
Biographies of each character
Legends and lore of New Orleans and the world of "The Vampire Diaries"

The CW on the Xbox 360 supports voice and gesture control through Kinect.

Similar CW apps are available for iOS and Windows devices.

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