While its longtime DVD-rental rival, Netflix has signaled its eventual retreat from the disc business, kiosk operator Redbox seems more than happy to take on any physical-media customers Netflix wants to cut loose. Read more at paidContent »
In the first quarter of 2012 all eyes were on the screen, both big and small. Apple’s new Retina display pushed video streaming, and broadcast-TV streaming service Aereo’s launch was quickly followed with litigation. These events and more are discussed in a new quarterly report. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
It’s doubtful that the U.S. Supreme Court will ever hear digital movie server maker Kaleidescape’s case against the studio backers of DVD’s… Read more at paidContent »
Unsuccessful DVD streaming service Zediva said in an email to its former customers this weekend that it has completed its liquidation process. Creditors got $0.018 on the dollar, and customers who pre-paid for Zediva’s DVD streaming service won’t get any refund Read more »
“Our industries do something that no one else can do,” the Motion Picture Association of America’s Fritz Attaway said at the Association of… Read more at paidContent »
Don’t worry, we’ll work this out in time for the big dance. That is the essential message from top home entertainment officials who are stil… Read more at paidContent »
We told you it was coming — and it did. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has formally announced its support for Hollywood’s struggling UltraViolet movi… Read more at paidContent »
Wal-Mart is looking to use its leverage in Hollywood to accelerate the movie industry’s move to cloud-based storage and digital commerce. In the process, it could steal a march on other providers of cloud-based media lockers like Apple, Google and Amazon, whose platforms to date are ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Yesterday, we suggested that video-rental chain Redbox might have to cave on its demand for 28-day release window with Universal, and wind u… Read more at paidContent »
The last year has been pretty good to Redbox. The rental kiosk chain is about to embark on a new streaming venture with Verizon, and has bee… Read more at paidContent »
The Blockbuster brand emerged from the ashes of bankruptcy to have an impact on the bottom line of its new owner, Dish Network (NSDQ: DISH).… Read more at paidContent »
Investors have filed to settle a lawsuit that claims Coinstar wrongfully juiced its share price by failing to disclose that some studios had… Read more at paidContent »
Universal Pictures put a lot of palms on foreheads this week when it announced that its summer comedy hit Bridesmaids has taken in $40 milli… Read more at paidContent »
The Netflix streaming app is now available on over 800 different devices, which is nearly double the number of devices that the app was on only six months ago. Yet for all that growth, Netflix is suddenly looking vulnerable in mobile video as new competitors with ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Delaying DVD and Blu-ray rental releases to outlets including Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Redbox made the magic of Harry Potter even more poten… Read more at paidContent »
Offering perhaps the most defined threat to streaming movie leader Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) so far, Verizon and Redbox parent company Cointstar… Read more at paidContent »
In the mid-2000s, a technology called Kaleidescape was all the rage among the Hollywood intelligensia. Fillmakers like Brett Ratner and high… Read more at paidContent »
It won’t happen as fast as you can say Qwikster, but Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) plans to slowly edge its way out of the DVD rental business. Read more at paidContent »
The UltraViolet initiative left the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week with an important new retail channel in Amazon (NSDQ: A… Read more at paidContent »
Samsung has rolled out a new line of Blu-ray players that support Ultraviolet, thus joining the ranks of entertainment brands that support t… Read more at paidContent »
The home-entertainment business has been pummeled in recent years, with revenues falling for seven years in a row, in one year a full 8 perc… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) fancies bidding against News Corp-controlled BSkyB (NYSE: BSY) for Hollywood movies and TV shows, even though internati… Read more at paidContent »
Turnstiles have been slowing at domestic theaters for much of the past decade, with only a brief respite in 2006 and a short-lived spike in attendance in 2009 due to the release of Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time. Ticket-price inflation and the introduction of ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is facing changes to its DVD business with two Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) programmers after months of CEO back-and-forth a… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) subscribers appear to be spending far more time viewing the service’s streaming content than do users of any other onli… Read more at paidContent »
Verizon is getting its full turn in the rumor mill. Last week, word had it that Verizon is looking to launch an OTT subscription service. Ne… Read more at paidContent »
When Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) launched the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library last month, it contained around 5,000 traditionally published titles. J… Read more at paidContent »
The new technology allowing consumers who buy entertainment in physical formats to consume it online for no additional cost has gone live an… Read more at paidContent »
When Tesco bought 80 percent of online PPV movie vendor Blinkbox in April, paidContent reported how the UK supermarket giant would give buy… Read more at paidContent »
Federal law enforcement agents celebrated cyber-Monday in their own peculiar fashion by seizing 150 websites to go along with the 72 they ba… Read more at paidContent »
Lovefilm and even Sky Movies, be afraid. Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is reeling off its second exclusive studio deal as it prepares to launch in th… Read more at paidContent »
It’s no secret that consumer electronics makers have long relied on content to help sell their devices. After all, people buy devices becaus… Read more at paidContent »
As the bloodbath for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) (NFLX) investors carries on, perhaps the CEO could boost a little confidence in the company if he… Read more at paidContent »
Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) has refused to give DVD rentals chain Blockbuster (NSDQ: DISH) its latest films, including The Hangover Part II and… Read more at paidContent »
Investors have continued to punish Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) for failing to meet expectations with yesterday’s disappointing Q3 earnings report,… Read more at paidContent »
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is on the road to profitability in Canada, but costs for its global roll-out are set to turn the company loss-making ne… Read more at paidContent »
Following the disappointing Q3 results, Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings dispensed with the usual earnings report overview that accomp… Read more at paidContent »
Although Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has recently tried to make up for the PR disaster it fell into when it announced a major price hike for its DV… Read more at paidContent »
After the market closes today Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) will release its highly anticipated Q3 results, which will lay bare the full consequences… Read more at paidContent »
Hollywood is finally starting to make good on its promise to allow consumers to buy a movie once and watch it anywhere. But in my latest piece on GigaOM Pro, I argue that UltraViolet does little to combat a visible shift in consumer behavior. Read more »
