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TO: Proximity video team FROM: Jesse Smith SUBJECT: Nintendo Wii to Add Netflix Service for Streaming Video DATE: January 17, 2010 We were asked to analyze a blog post or news item to help us prepare Proximity’s fall survey. Below is my summary of a New York Times article on Nintendo adding a Netflix service for streaming video. I suggest we include questions on the fall survey in order to see whether TU students will use this new service. Nintendo Wii is finally entering the online streaming video market. With the introduction of Netflix to Nintendo Wii’s platform subscribers will be able to download from a list of somewhat older movies and television shows and watch them instantly. With a $9 a month subscription original mail order Netflix users will be able to use the online service at no additional cost. However the Wii does not support high definition video so they are behind their rivals in timing as well as quality. Netflix currently has more than 11 million subscribers to its original mail order platform business. As the platform introduced online streaming video more than half of those subscribers are more willing to download over the internet than order by mail. This shows the importance of upgrading the online video library. The importance of Netflix teaming up with the Wii is very important for the future of Nintendo. · With the ability to stream video online the Wii will continue to compete with its direct opponents in the video game market. In addition to figuring out which video game consoles TU students use we need to find out what aspects of those consoles they are putting to use. The video segment of the fall Proximity survey should include questions such as the following. · Do you use your video game console more for movies or video games? · Does the lack of high definition software affect your Nintendo Wii experience? · Would a smaller video library cause you to choose a different provider with a larger library? Stone, Brad. (2010, January 13). Nintendo wii to add netflix service for streaming video. //New York Times//, Retrieved from []
 * What Netflix for Nintendo Wii Will Provide**
 * Why ****Netflix for Nintendo Wii** service is important ****
 * · **The introduction of streaming video will force the Wii to introduce a high definition platform and further compete with its direct opponents. 
 * Questions to ask TU video users **
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