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Chris Gohlke
02-27-2009, 12:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/netflix-streaming-only-subscriptions-coming-in-the-future/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/...-in-the-future/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"This news may not be a surprise, given the huge success of Netflix's Watch Instantly streaming service, which had been activated over 1 million times on Xbox Live the last time we checked -- accounting for about 10 percent of its subscriptions. Regardless, word has come from Netflix's CFO Barry McCarthy that the company plans to offer a streaming-only service 'in the near future.'"</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1235688549.usr10.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>No price as of yet, but I'll bet on $4.99 or less given that for $8.99 you can get 1 disk at a time with unlimited exchanges and unlimited streaming.&nbsp;</p><p><em></em></p>