Retail giant Walmart is putting its recent purchase of VUDU to work with the full integration of the service’s on-demand movie and TV show offerings on the Walmart.com website.
Aside from offering a 99-cent “Movie of the Day,” the service seems similar to on-demand offerings from the likes of Amazon and others. New-release rentals go …
It’s the report that, literally, people didn’t want you to see. A study on the effects of movie piracy sites on their users and the industry at large has been reportedly been locked away “in the poison cupboard” because it suggested that conventional wisdom had it all wrong—pirates actually ended up spending more money on movie …
It’s the end of an era: Deluxe Entertainment Services Group and Technicolor, two iconic names in the movie industry for almost a century, have signed subcontracting deals that, more than likely, herald the end of actual film being used for motion pictures.
The two companies have signed three-year contracts that will see Technicolor …
First off, full disclosure: I’m a streaming-only Netflix customer, and I’ve never been a mail-order video disc guy. I’m too impatient. If I want it, I’ll just Redbox it. Or Blockbuster it. Or if it’s available through an official replay-mode online, simply watch it there, piping the video feed from my laptop to the HDMI port of my …
Mad at Netflix over the recently-announced price hike? You’re not alone. To recap, here’s what’s happening:
On September 1, Netflix will do away with its combination DVD-by-mail and instant streaming offering, currently available for as low as $10 per month which includes one DVD out at a time and unlimited streaming.
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Netflix hopes you weren’t using both its DVD-by-mail and instant streaming options for the low, low price of just $10 per month.
Come September, you’ll have to opt for an $8 streaming plan or an $8 DVD plan—if you want both, you’ll have to pay for both. If my math is to be trusted, that’s $16 per month. For members new to Netflix, …
It’s the natural pairing that just isn’t going to happen. Multiple sources are now reporting that Netflix is not one of the companies looking at buying online video company Hulu.
But that might be a good thing; sources also claim that Hulu’s current ownership “didn’t want to sell to Netflix either.” Because, of course, these types of …
With the rise of video-on-demand services like Netflix and Hulu, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the internet is becoming an increasingly lucrative medium for media companies.
Certainly, the Writers Guild of America believed so, going on strike for four months between November 2007 and February 2008 for reasons that included …
Netflix has gotten too big for North America.
The online movie service will launch a modified streaming service available in three languages – English, Spanish and Portuguese – in 43 countries throughout Latin America and the Caribbean later this year, according to GigaOM.
The company will soon be available to subscribers in …
Never mind digital bootlegging, the new wave of counterfeiting is all about 3D printing and the creation of replica props from movies and television. Don’t believe me? Then you’re obviously not lawyers for Paramount Pictures, and you’ve clearly never heard of Todd Blatt.
Blatt was served with a Cease & Desist letter by Paramount …
Netflix has been at the center of several legal battles as of late, including contract issues with Sony and the controversy over whether sharing your password should be a felony.
Now, the newest lawsuit opened against the streaming video giant takes aim at the service’s lack of subtitles for its “Watch Instantly” videos and TV …
