Netflix plans to offer a new feature that will allow subscribers to stream movies and television series to their personal computers. The company eventually plans to expand the service to support mobile phones.

Netflix counts around 4.2 million subscribers to its Internet-based service, which currently allows subscribers to get DVDs of movies and TV shows through the mail.

The company’s new streaming video feature will be made available to Netflix subscribers in a phased roll out over the next six months. The service will feature about 1,000 films and TV series and will be provided at no additional cost to subscribers.

Netflix suggested that its next progressive step it will take as technology improves and the service expands in popularity. And with Netflix seemingly still at least a year away from offering the service on wireless devices, Sprint Nextel Corp. will continue to enjoy its position as the first and only wireless carrier providing pay-per-view movies for the mobile screen in the United States through its partnership with mSpot Movies. ROK Entertainment Group also offers movies and TV shows for mobile phones, but on memory cards.

Netflix will expand beyond the initial 1,000 films for the service as more films are licensed for electronic delivery. Netflix will, however, limit the hours available for Internet watching based on subscribers’ monthly plans, ranging from six hours of online viewing at the entry-level plans to 18 hours at the unlimited DVD rental plan.

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