The day had finally arrived; Blockbuster has finally filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy . Chapter 11 means that the company will have the opportunity to reorganize and rid itself of cumbersome debt. [......]
Those Redbox kiosks you see scattered all over the place are proving immensely popular, as evidenced by Redbox recently serving up its one billionth movie rental. It took six years for Redbox to reach the billion rental milestone. "One billion rentals is an incredible milestone as Redbox has quickly become the local video store for millions of consumers nationwide," said Mitch Lowe , president, Redbox[......]
These days, it seems like every videogame and its Atari 2600 grandmother is getting a movie tie-in. But hey, games are awesome and so are movies, so where's the problem? Well, see, as it turns out, game movies are not awesome. [......]
Google has been quietly dabbling in streaming movie rentals since the beginning of this year. YouTube's repertoire of rentable movies continues to grow at a steady pace, but the service commands little attention[......]
Disney and Warner Bros. have chalked out a new anti-piracy strategy. [......]
Everyone's favorite DVD rental kiosk, Redbox, is about to take a big step into the realm of high definition. The company will soon be rolling out Blu-ray discs to their locations, but it will cost customers a bit more pocket change. Regular DVDs have always gone for $1 per night, but Blu-rays will run you $1.50 per night.[......]
Warner Bros. on Thursday announced it has expanded its "DVD2Blu" upgrade program[......]
It appears YouTube's little experiment with video rentals may not be long for this world, not at the current pace anyway. Google's online video service continues to put the pieces in place to attract customers, including beefing up its catalog with critically acclaimed hits (3:10 to Yuma, for example) and adding titles from Lionsgate, but none of it seems to be working so far[......]
In what's being described as an "industry first," Seagate has partnered with Paramount to preload a selection of 500GB FreeAgent Go ultra-portable hard drives with Paramount movies. “Seagate and Paramount Pictures are delivering major motion pictures to consumers in a unique and innovative solution. [......]
DivX on Tuesday announced that the latest version of its DivX Plus software is now available for download. [......]
As much as we like to multitask, there's only so much a processor can handle at once. And some processes, like games, monopolize CPU clock cycles, making it inconvenient to run other processor-intensive utilities in the background. That's why we keep our home PC powered on while we're at sleep or at the office. [......]
No matter how many companies try, we're not sure USB flash drives preloaded with music or movies will ever generate the kind of sales marketing gurus envision, but Kingston and Sony, along with the help of the late king of pop, are nevertheless going to try. Timed to the DVD and Blu-ray release of Michael Jackson's "This Is It," Kingston plans to release a limited edition 2GB drive with the flick preloaded on the memory stick. According to Kingston, the film can be backed up on up to three PCs and works with Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. [......]
Let's be honest, copyright law is a mess, especially when it comes to digital media. [......]
In the high-definition wars, Sony has been pegged as the ultimate Ebenezer Scrooge. Not only did the company's Blu-ray format destroy the cost-conscious HD-DVD format, but for a long while, Sony tried to keep the MSRP of Blu-ray players above $300. [......]
