Could've knocked me over with a feather on this chunk of business news--but three separate sources including Reuters and Businessinsider.com are all pointing at an interesting new development. Seems there was some heavy trading activity on Netflix, and most of it in the "buy" direction.  So who wants a big share of Netflix? Amazon is an old ...

Speaking as a former video store clerk, Movie Gallery has been one of the "also-rans" of the movie store game.  First you think of Netflix, then Blockbuster--Movie Gallery and its sister venture Hollywood Video kind of get short shrift, and that's a shame.  Movie Gallery, you see, has an awesome all you can rent plan ...

I don't normally look to the Huffington Post to provide me with meaningful media analysis any more than I look to a rainbow trout to give me meaningful advice about the stock market.  But today they gave me something interesting, and it's something I have to pass on. There's a new premium online / cable channel ...

So the plan is going forward--Blockbuster's ready to offer its limited-duration digital downloads of movies at its kiosks, and NCR, the national vending company, is conducting the initial testing. Apparently, the kiosks were already "digital download ready" from their inception; they just didn't have it ready to go.  There's some talk of expansion, too, so maybe ...