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Sky and Warner Bros. ink exclusive movie deal: iTunes, Netflix left out in cold

, Sep 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

Movie lovers in the UK may struggle to find their title of choice to watch in the coming months, with news that Sky and Warner Bros. have signed an exclusive deal for new and back-catalog titles. The agreement covers both Sky's on-demand and subscription Sky Movies services, and will see new Warner Bros. releases hit the broadcaster roughly six months after they finish showing in theaters. Other services will have to wait out a twelve month exclusivity period after that before they can offer titles like The Dark Knight Rises, and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Read The Full Story

Netflix expanding to Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland

, Aug 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

Netflix is one of the most popular streaming media services in the United States, with the company recently expanding into the UK to try and woo the local population with easy movie and TV streaming. Now the company is setting its sights on the rest of Europe, today announcing that it will soon be available in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. Netflix says the full service should launch in those countries towards the end of 2012. Read The Full Story

Movie rentals ditched 10% during in 1H 2012

, Aug 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Research firm NPD Group has published its latest statistics looking at the movie rental industry for the first half of 2012. According to the statistics, the movie rental industry declined 10% overall during the first half of 2012. The 10% decline is compared to the first half of 2011. NPD says the decline is occurring even though consumers are switching from physical media to digital rentals. Read The Full Story

OUYA promises XBMC support

, Aug 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

OUYA, the Android-based gaming console, has secured yet another high-profile app. The team behind the console has courted the XBMC development team, promising that early prototypes will be delivered that should enable XBMC to run on the platform smoothly and without any issues. According to the OUYA Kickstarter page, the team behind OUYA fully support XBMC, with “nearly a third” of the XBMC development team having backed the “open” console. Read The Full Story

Amazon Prime Instant Video adds Warner TV shows

, Jul 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Amazon has signed a deal with Warner Brothers Television that will see the online retailer gaining access to televisions shows such as Fringe, The West Wing, and Alcatraz for its Prime Instant Video service. Anyone who subscribes to Amazon Prime gains access to on-demand movies and TV shows that can be accessed via a multitude of devices, and now Warner’s TV catalogue will be added to the list of available content. Read The Full Story

Sky launches Now TV streaming movie service

, Jul 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you want to enjoy streaming movies in the UK, currently you have to rely on either Netflix or Lovefilm. Neither are ideal, with missing titles and long waits before new movies show up on either service. Sky has decided to throw its hat into the ring, today announcing Now TV. The service, which launches tomorrow, will offer two methods for watching movies: pay as you go, or via a monthly subscription. Read The Full Story

Paramount launches Xbox 360 app for streaming UltraViolet flicks

, Jun 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

Earlier this year, Paramount started selling digital copies of movies directly to movie fans. To begin with, those films, which used the UltraViolet cloud were stuck on your computer alone. Paramount is making a move to free those films from computer and allow you to watch them on your TV. The movie studio is doing this via an app for the Xbox 360. Read The Full Story

Netflix free rival Popcornflix hits 400,000 users

, Jun 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

A free alternative to Netflix and Hulu is managing to make its voice be heard - the service, Popcornflix, has been downloaded 400,000 times. A big part of the service's strategy is being made available through Roku's set-top box. That's where its largest group of users is coming from right now. In May, more than 350,000 movies were streamed. Read The Full Story

Android 4.0 Google TV gets AirPlay-like movie streaming

, Jun 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google TV may be getting a second chance with new set-top boxes based on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Logitech and Intel may have ditched Google TV after the first version failed to gain adoption, but now Google TV boxes are emerging with Marvell's ARM processors along with some new features that integrate the boxes more with Android smartphones and tablets. Read The Full Story

Qup Netflix feature notifies users of streaming additions

, Jun 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

There's a new service that anyone who relies on Netflix as a daily source of entertainment will not be able to live without. It answers the problem that many users no doubt have in that it is difficult to tell when something new has been added to Netflix. Short of logging in and checking the "New Arrivals" section every day, it pretty much can't be done. Read The Full Story

Netflix beats Apple in online movie revenue

, Jun 1st 2012 Discuss [0]

Netflix has become the the largest online movie service in the US, taking Apple out of the top spot. According to data collected by IHS iSuppli, Netflix's share of the online movie market surged to 44 percent in 2011 from 0.5 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, Apple's market share through its iTunes service fell nearly by half to 32.3 percent in 2011 from 60.8 percent in 2010. Read The Full Story

Hulu may add pay TV authentication in the future

, May 1st 2012 Discuss [7]

The dream may be to become a full fledged cord cutter, but if a new rumor turns out to be true, that idea could face more than just a bump in the road. The New York Post reports that Hulu is planning to introduce a cable authentication system in the future. That would mean that users would have to prove that they have a cable or satellite subscription in order to view content via the service. Read The Full Story
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