Many people are wondering where Netflix has been for the Android platform. There has been several rumors for months on end and we still don’t have it but now we at least know why. Greg Peters of Netflix Product Development wrote about the reason why in the company blog tonight, explaining why the iPhone and Windows Phone 7 get streaming movies and Androids don’t. It mainly comes down to “the lack of a generic and complete platform security and content protection mechanism available for Android,” Peters wrote, continuing with:

The same security issues that have led to piracy concerns on the Android platform have made it difficult for us to secure a common Digital Rights Management (DRM) system on these devices. Setting aside the debate around the value of content protection and DRM, they are requirements we must fulfill in order to obtain content from major studios for our subscribers to enjoy. Although we don’t have a common platform security mechanism and DRM, we are able to work with individual handset manufacturers to add content protection to their devices.

There is some good news though, Peters say that they will “launch select Android devices that will instantly stream from Netflix early next year,” and they will continue to work with carriers and manufacturers to develop a better solution for the entire Android platform. He makes it seem like Netflix itself will be “launching” new devices, but that is a bit unlikely. Terms such as “select devices” and “early next year” do make us wonder if an impending Android OS, such as Gingerbread or two Honeycomb have anything to do with that. It is something that can’t come soon enough though and many people will be excited about.

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[Source: Netflix]

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