Q 103 - Albany's #1 Rock Station » neflix http://q103albany.com Albany's #1 Rock Station Sat, 25 May 2013 22:27:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Netflix Scraps Idea for Qwikster DVD-by-Mail Service http://q103albany.com/netflix-scraps-qwikster-dvd-by-mail-service/ http://q103albany.com/netflix-scraps-qwikster-dvd-by-mail-service/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:31:21 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=53012 Netflix has been doing so much backpedaling lately, it’s surprising the company hasn’t adopted a bicycle for its logo.

In the most recent reversal, Netflix announced Monday that it’s scrapping a plan to split its streaming and DVD-by-mail services into two different companies and would instead keep both under the Netflix name. The abandoned idea would’ve seen the mailed DVD service take on the name Qwikster, with a separate website and separate billing.

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