Netflix gets Warner Bros. onboard for test of video-on-demand

The haters, er, analysts said that it couldn't be done, that Netflix and TiVo's plan to offer video-on-demand over the Internet was doomed from the start because Netflix didn't have the online distribution rights to any of the movies they'd want to offer, but Netflix has gotten a small foot in the door and obtained Warner Bros.'s permission to use some of their content in an initial test of the service.