Apple Negotiating Deals For 99 Cent TV Show Rentals?

One of the best ways to acquire digital media, is, well, digitally. Several companies have been offering digital distribution services for some time now. One such service I’m sure you’re all familiar with is Netflix who has their Stream Instantly service allowing consumers to watch even high definition videos with little to no buffer. Another [...]

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Red Box Making Shift to Digital Distribution to Combat Netflix?

Once upon a time in order to rent a movie you actually had to leave your house. Now a days, all you have to do is sit down on your couch, flip on an Internet connected piece of hardware and chances are there will be some sort of digital distribution service available – be it Netflix or [...]

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Popular Movie Rental Service Netflix Coming to Canada This Fall

Just like their advertising campaign told us – Netflix really did change the way we watch movies. Before they existed you had to get up off your couch and head to the movie store if you wanted to rent a movie. Now all you need to do is a chose a movie you want to [...]

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Studios to charge $20-$30 for movie rentals prior to their DVD/Blu-ray release?

Currently the only (legal) way to watch movies after they’ve hit the theater is to wait for them to get released on Blu-ray or DVD. Well, recent reports have surfaced that say Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount, Fox and Disney are gearing up to try a new VOD service that will get movies into the hands [...]

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Redbox Goes Blu-Ray This Spring

Hot on the heels of the news that Redbox knuckled under to the studios’ demands for a rental window comes the exciting announcement that Redbox, starting in the second quarter of this year (so sometime between March and May fifteenth, typically) will be offering Blu-ray discs. Now, before you get all excited, there are two [...]

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