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Summary Netflix has more than 24 mln U.S. subscribers and has expanded its streaming only service to Canada.
Online and mail-order video company Netflix has no plans to bring its streaming service to Research In Motions PlayBook tablet.We dont have any current plans to support BlackBerry devices, including Play-Book, the company said on Twitter late on Thursday in response to a query.Netflix has long been available for Apples iPhone and iPad and devices running Googles Android software.RIMs 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.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.The upgrade also enables a BlackBerry smartphone to remotely control the tablet, which connects to a television via a standard cable.It was not immediately clear if Netflix would port its existing Android app across rather than create a specific app for PlayBook.
