Quora has a good writeup on a few reasons why Netflix has been using Silverlight: 1. Cheap licensing terms for DRM: http://www.quora.com/When-does-Netflix-use-

Quora has a good writeup on a few reasons why Netflix has been using Silverlight: 1. Cheap licensing terms for DRM: http://www.quora.com/When-does-Netflix-use-WideVine-DRM-instead-of-Microsoft-PlayReady-DRM http://www.quora.com/When-does-Netflix-use-WideVine-DRM-inst... 2. Strong support for CDNs, enabling lower-cost streaming: http://www.quora.com/Why-does-Netflix-use-Silverlight http://www.quora.com/Why-does-Netflix-use-Silverlight