Movie and TV-streaming service Netflix has swept up its first 1 million customers in the UK and Ireland, boasting that its service is growing faster than Facebook or Twitter.
Netflix nabbed the impressive number of customers in seven months, having arrived in the UK at the start of this year. I suspect the offer of a month's free use will have tempted more than a few people to sign up to test the service, which subsequently costs £6 per month.
The streaming service revealed that the most popular time for streaming is Sunday night, with comedy and drama being the most in-demand categories.
The service has been criticised (by us) for not having a particularly strong range of movies and TV shows to choose from. As someone familiar with the service, I know the frustration of scrolling through dozens of rubbish, old movies before finding a rubbish old movie I actually want to watch.
Netflix promises that Iron Man 2 and more seasons of Breaking Bad are incoming, and it does feature every episode of Twin Peaks. It also streams higher quality video than its fierce Amazon-owned rival, Lovefilm Instant.
Virgin Media proudly reported that its TiVo service had hit the 1 million mark last month. Lovefilm says it has 2m customers in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. That number includes its DVD-delivery service. To draw a more direct comparison, I've asked how many Instant customers it has in the UK and I'll let you know a soon as I hear back.
How do you watch telly? Have you tried Netflix, and what do you think of the movies and shows on offer? Let me know in the comments or on our Facebook wall.
Android App 
RSS Feeds 
iPhone App 
Newsletters 
Comments 5
Add your comment
anonymous 20 August, 2012 13:38
Can you tell us how many of these customers are actually paying subscribers? I'd hazard a guess that its massively lower than that figure!
anonymous 20 August, 2012 15:21
I'm a paying customer. Have been signed up for around 4 months now. I use it mostly for my 3-year old. The number of childrens programs on there is great and keeps her entertained for hours if it's raining outside. My wife and I have watched a fair amount of movies on it too, and it has all 6 seasons of Lost. If you're a fan, that's worth the £6 a month itself as the boxset is still around £60.
damien2501 20 August, 2012 23:01
Netflix is amazing, such good value. I am watching through all the seasons of 24 they are £18 a season normally. If things are good value people should get behind them.
anonymous 21 August, 2012 11:49
If you use tunlr (which is free btw), you can also watch the Amercan Netflix content, which is drastically better!
I'm a paying subscriber and it is well worth it, my only gripe was with content, but now I have access to the American content everything is cool again :)
anonymous 9 September, 2012 00:53
I signed up to Netflix as soon as it got off the boat from the US. I used to be a Lovefilm subscriber but when I read about NF I just had to try it out. Out of the box it blew me away with its refreshing user interface.
No its not the ideal streamer and yes it lacks new releases but its better that LF and the NF android app is great and easy to use and streams via 3g without WiFi support. As I am so grateful for while my wife is shopping.