Online and mail-order video company Netflix has no plans to bring its streaming service to Research In Motion’s PlayBook tablet.<\/p>\n
“We don’t have any current plans to support BlackBerry devices, including PlayBook,” the company said on Twitter late on Thursday in response to a query.<\/p>\n
Netflix has long been available for Apple’s iPhone and iPad and devices running Google’s Android software.<\/p>\n
RIM’s library of third-party applications lags those of Apple and Android but the Canadian company has increased its focus on developers in recent months in a bid to close the gap.<\/p>\n
RIM upgraded the software of its poor-selling PlayBook on Tuesday, making it possible for app makers to easily move their existing Android apps across to the PlayBook.<\/p>\n
The upgrade also enables a BlackBerry smartphone to remotely control the tablet, which connects to a television via a standard cable.<\/p>\n
It was not immediately clear if Netflix would port its existing Android app across rather than create a specific app for PlayBook.<\/p>\n
Netflix has more than 24 million U.S. subscribers, where it offers both a mail-in service and streaming movies and TV shows. It also has also expanded its streaming-only service to Canada and parts of Latin America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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