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Tue, Sep 20, 2011 | 04:20 BST

Netflix splits in half – DVD service Qwikster also to include games

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By now, you’re probably aware that Netflix is dead. What we once associated with the name is, anyway. The company’s DVD-by-mail business has been split off, renamed “Qwikster”, and plans to take the world by storm in “a few weeks”. Oh, and it’ll ship video games to you, too.

In the hours since the announcement, I don’t think CEO Reed Hastings has gotten the response he was predicting.

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