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Google Teams Up With Sony Pictures, NBC Universal, And Warner Bros For YouTube Movies

Rue Liu, May 9th 2011 Discuss [1]

Earlier a post on the YouTube blog by chief exec Salar Kamangar tipped that a major announcement would be revealed in a following post today involving the addition of new movie titles for rent on YouTube. And now it looks like all the details are coming in and its confirmed that Google has partnered up with Sony Pictures, NBC Universal, and Warner Brothers to bring 3,000 new full-length feature films taking their total rental catalog up to over 6000 titles. Read The Full Story

YouTube Teases 3,000 New Movies For Rent

Rue Liu, May 9th 2011 Discuss [0]

YouTube chief Salar Kamanger teased in a company blog post this morning that YouTube's movie rental service will soon be adding 3,000 new movie titles. The post mainly expressed their desire to become a destination for not only home-made videos, or those of your favorite YouTube stars, but also a place where you can now find big Hollywood movies. Kamanger said that more details on the new movies will be revealed in a post later today. Read The Full Story

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Less TVs in the US, is it the Economy or the Internet?

Samia Perkins, May 4th 2011 Discuss [11]

I am considered an oddity among some of my friends and family because I don’t have cable. I do have a TV, but I rely on DVDs, Netflix and my Roku player for my television viewing. When someone asks me if I’ve seen a commercial, I just smile and say “no”. In fact, my daughter (at 4 years old) was shocked the first time she watched Nickelodeon when the commercials came on. She had never seen one. But maybe my odd choice is becoming less odd. A new report by Nielsen shows that for the first time since 1992, there are less US households with television sets. To be sure, the vast majority of households still own TVs, but the percentage has gone from 98.9 percent to 96.7 percent. Part of the explanation is the economy, and the change to digital. But is there another explanation?

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Warner Bros. Buys Flixster To Compete With Netflix

Rue Liu, May 4th 2011 Discuss [2]

Movie streaming must be hot right now. Not only has the current king in DVD rentals and movie streaming, Netflix, revealed their interesting in shifting completely towards streaming, but numerous new challengers have stepped into the ring with the latest movie-streaming contender possibly being a Warner Bros. and Flixster combo. Read The Full Story

HBO Go App Now Available For iOS And Android

Rue Liu, Apr 29th 2011 Discuss [6]

If you have an HBO subscription, then you'll now be able to take it with you on the go. Today, HBO officially launched its HBO Go app, which has been in the works since last year. The app will allow you to stream a variety of premium movies and original HBO series content to your smartphones and tablets. Read The Full Story

Epix Movie Streaming Expands Apps To Android, Google TV, Roku, PlayBook, And More

Rue Liu, Apr 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

Epix announced today that it will be expanding its availability across hundreds of devices. In case you're not familiar, Epix is a video streaming service that has over 3000 movies and original programming. It was initially launched as an online portal at EpixHD.com but has now readied apps for over one hundred devices including smartphones, tablets, TVs, and more. Read The Full Story

Netflix Shifting To Multiple Simultaneous Streaming And More Personalized Accounts?

Rue Liu, Apr 19th 2011 Discuss [6]

Netflix may be offering family plans with the option for multiple simultaneous streams later this year. A message lifted from Netflix's investor relations FAQ page this morning seems to support speculation that the company is heading towards a more full on streaming model. They are looking into various service options to offer including one that encourages multiple accounts in one household. Read The Full Story

Facebook Could Present a Credible Threat to Netflix

Samia Perkins, Mar 8th 2011 Discuss [5]

Facebook's trial run of movie rentals could spell trouble for Netflix in the future, but probably not the near future. On Monday, Facebook announced the availability of the movie "The Dark Knight" for rental using Facebook Credits. Having one movie available for rental is not exactly competing with Netflix, which has thousands, but it is an interesting direction for the social media giant. Read The Full Story

Redbox readying movie streaming service to battle Netflix

Shane McGlaun, Feb 17th 2011 Discuss [1]

I am a big fan of Redbox kiosks for renting movies. That is really the only place left in my area to get a movie from. Netflix is one of the big competitors to Redbox that is still available in all areas, even if Netflix is more a steaming company now than a disc rental business. Read The Full Story

Warner Bros. To Sell Movies As Apps Through App Store

Rue Liu, Feb 16th 2011 Discuss [0]

Warner Bros. has just released The Dark Knight and Inception via the App Store rather than iTunes. This move was in part a workaround for people in countries without the iTunes movie store but also is looking to be a more interactive way than iTunes. Read The Full Story

GoGo to expand into streaming content in-flight

Shane McGlaun, Feb 8th 2011 Discuss [0]

GoGo was successful in bringing people connectivity to the internet and email while they are stuck in the air on a long flight. Gogo has offered access to Facebook while in the air recently and is eying expanding into more areas of content as well. Read The Full Story

Vudu to Offer 1080p Streaming Content to Panasonic’s Viera Cast Blu-ray Players

Chris Burns, Nov 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Oh my goodness! Vudu is back in a big way, yes? This most recent resurgence covers Panasonic's DMP-BDT350 (with full HD 3D), DMP-BDT300 (with full HD 3D), DMP-BDT100 (with full HD 3D), DMP-BD85, DMP-BD65, and DMP-B500 (the portable Blu-ray disc player). Starting November 24th, all of these devices will get complete access to the Vudu library - that is 4,000+ 1080p movies, all of them streaming, all of them promising to be totally frigging amazing. This system will work something like RedBox, with each title being available for $2 for a two-night rental. Firmware updates are on the way. Read The Full Story