That didn’t take long. Last month, Quickflix said it was planning an iOS app for its WatchNow streaming service; today, the app has been released, running on both the iPhone and iPad.
Back in January, Quickflix had around 10,000 customers on its WatchNow streaming service. Three months later, that number has risen to above 20,000 — an impressive growth pattern, but still a long way from turning it into a Netflix-like dominant provider.
We already knew that Samsung and Quickflix were getting all cosy in preparation to launch the movie service onto Samsung’s devices. Now it’s emerged which of Samsung’s devices will actually get the service.
Quickflix is certainly picking up steam; it wasn’t that long ago that its streaming movie service was PC only, and then branching out to Sony PS3. It’s just announced that Samsung TVs, tablets and smartphones will get its service from the middle of the year.
While it’s still years away from reaching the scope of what Netflix has to offer in the US and UK, Aussie company Quickflix has announced a partnership with HBO, which will see it offering shows like The Sopranos, Entourage, Sex and the City and more through the WatchNow video on demand subscription service.
Sony has made good on its promise to deliver the Quickflix movie streaming service to the PS3 before Christmas, with the service going live on PS3s everywhere today tomorrow.
It was supposed to arrive on November 10 but got delayed by a few days. Quickflix’ WatchNow streaming service has finally been officially released for computer users, letting you stream as many movies as you want for $14.99 a month.
Last week, Quickflix announced the first Netflix-like service for Australia, letting you watch as many movies as you like for a flat monthly fee. Unsurprisingly, its major competitor Telstra also wants a slice of that business, and says it will have a similar offering in early 2012.
The absence of Netflix for my Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 has always been a constant source of irritation for me, but we’ve just gotten word that Quickflix, essentially the Australian version of Netflix, has entered into agreement with Sony, allowing PS3 owners access to over 50,000 movies for streaming across the PlayStation Network, starting later this year.
