Online movie rental company Netflix Inc has surveyed its subscribers to gauge their interest in streaming movies to their televisions using Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360, a Netflix spokesman said.

Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey declined to say whether the survey indicated a soon-to-be announced partnership between the two companies, but said Netflix was interested in getting its movies to consumers' TVs "in as many ways as possible."

This is a predication that NetFlix subscribers will be able to view Netflix's online collection through the Xbox 360 by the end of the year, or earlier.

This prediction will be judged on January 2, 2009, unless there are earlier news developments.