In order to increase video quality and decrease bandwidth usage, Netflix will be re-encoding all its files to reflect the technical needs of its individual pieces of content. For instance, Gladiator will probably be blessed with a higher bitrate than The Spongebob Squarepants Movie. But since the latter actually doesn’t need as much data to look good, you won’t notice any difference. Netflix plan to have the job completed by Q1 2016. The news was first reported by Variety.
To answer your inevitable question, no, the house wasn’t crowded enough already. Fuller House, Netflix’s 13-episode spinoff of ABC’s classic family sitcom, Full House, has received an official premiere date: The series will debut on the streaming service February 26. Candace Cameron Bure will serve as the lead, reprising the role of D.J.
