Overview
- Co-CEO Greg Peters unveiled TV play on Oct. 8 at the Bloomberg Screentime conference in Los Angeles.
- Initial lineup features Boggle Party, Pictionary: Game Night, Tetris Time Warp and Lego Party.
- The feature is rolling out to select users in the US, Canada, the UK, much of Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Mexico.
- On smart TVs or devices like Roku or Fire TV, the Netflix app serves as the display as players scan a QR code to pair phones as controllers that need not be signed in.
- Netflix is emphasizing social and family play and says it is adding server capacity to support the expansion.