  Netflix HTML5  Share This article   Despite the massive shift
away from Flash, Silverlight, and other third-party plug-ins for
dynamic web content, content producers providers have
steadfastly refused to shift to HTML5 due to a lack of DRM.
Whether we like DRM or not, the sad truth is that streaming
services such as Netflix and Hulu, which are massively popular,
only exist because the license holders feel somewhat secure that
their shows won’t be ripped off. The conventional way that HTML5
video is implemented is basically by putting an entire,
unencrypted video file on the web, and then embedding it on a
web page. This file can be directly downloaded if you so wish.
This is fantastic for surfers and the proliferation of the open
web, but not so great for copyright holders.  To bring streaming
TV and movies to IE11 and HTML5, Netflix has been working with
Microsoft to implement three extensions to HTML5 dubbed “Premium
Video Extensions.” These extensions, proposed by Microsoft,
Mozilla, Google, and Netflix,