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Netflix (NFLX) Will Let You Watch Shows Offline

You don't have WiFi, but you desperately want to watch that "Gilmore Girls" revival. Netflix (NFLX) is about to make your day. The streaming service tweeted Tuesday morning that it would make its content available for download.

Airplane mode. Road trip mode. Stuck-in-the-subway-for-20-minutes mode. Your favorite stories are now available for download any time. pic.twitter.com/g7QZA3TyE8

-- Netflix US (@netflix)

November 30, 2016

"Airplane mode. Road trip mode. Stuck-in-the-subway-for-20-minutes mode. Your favorite stories are now available for download any time," it said on Twitter (TWTR).

iOs and Android users can access this offline mode now. Eddy Wu, Netflix's director of product innovation, told USA Today that all plans have access to it.

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Netflix isn't the first streaming service to offer offline services, as USA Today points out. Amazon.com (AMZN) has an offline component via its Instant Video platform, albeit with limited options. Netflix has programs available for download like its original series "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black" and past TV series and movies like "Parks and Recreation." Wu told USA Today there's more to come.

Epix and Starz also have an offline option.

The move is consistent with the company's role in the current on-demand climate.

"The company is at the heart of significant demographic shift in the way people get content," Michael Kramer, a portfolio manager on Covestor and founder of Mott Capital Management in Garden City, New York, recently told U.S. News. "Anyone who has children around the age of 5 knows this. I call these kids, and my kids, the On Demand Generation."

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