Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwidth use on movie night

Kicking up a fuss about Netflix hogging all your bandwidth ? Perhaps the company’s latest partnership could induce a rapid change of heart. The streaming service has paired up with eyeIO in hopes of keeping bandwidth usage during streams to a minimum, which they claim won’t affect the content’s overall quality. While the joint venture just became official, the startup’s “ultra-low-bandwidth” encoding technology — that allegedly can reduce usage on a 720p HD stream by more than 50 percent — began its testing phase on the streaming-giant’s offerings months ago.

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Netflix teams with eyeIO to lower bandwidth use on movie night

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