Netflix draws fire for Open Content campaign

January 17, 2013

Netflix was taken to task on Wednesday by Time Warner Cable for seeking preferential treatment from cable TV providers for its Open Connect network that delivers Super HD and 3D streaming content to users. “While they call it ‘Open Connect,’ Netflix is actually closing off access to some of its content while seeking unprecedented preferential treatment from ISPs," Time Warner Cable said in a statement provided to Multichannel News. “We believe it is wrong for Netflix to withhold any content formats from our subscribers and the subscribers of many other ISPs," the company added. "Time Warner Cable’s network is more than capable of delivering this content to Netflix subscribers today." Open Connect allows Netflix to increase the speed at which it can deliver streaming content. It supports the larger bandwidth needed for formats like 3D and Super HD, a format that uses less compression than an HD stream but consumes more bandwidth. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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