short attention span theater

Your Netflix mobile app might already be serving up short clips under the heading of "Have five minutes?"

Netflix Hoping Shorter Clips Can Win Over Mobile Users

Netflix says that 87% of its mobile users stream videos from the service for fewer than 10 minutes at a time. After all, it’s hard to keep the attention of a user looking at a small smartphone screen, especially when it competes with incoming texts and other messages. Wireless users may also be reluctant to check out more than a few minutes of video out of fear of hitting their monthly data caps. Problem is, Netflix doesn’t really have any content shorter than 10 minutes. The solution? Go shorter. [More]