More burning issues: Audio-tech good guys Sonic Solutions confirmed they're bringing to market a technology that allows video downloaders to copy their content to discs that'll play on standard DVD players. The news comes just days after the DVD Copy Control Assn. announced it had cleared software that allows burned discs of downloads to be played … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2007
Burn baby burn: Download copying OK’d
Downloaders soon will be able to legally burn discs of movies and TV shows they buy from CinemaNow, Movielink, Unbox and some of their rivals. The industry watchdog DVD Copy Control Association said it will release software allowing the burned discs to be played on home system DVDs players. The content burned onto a disc cannot be daisy-chained, or … [Read more...]
NBC Universal going Direct to consumers
Fresh from feuding with Apple's iTunes Store, NBC Universal announced Wednesday that it would allow many of its hit shows to be downloaded via personal computer. The new "NBC Direct" makes shows available for download the day they're broadcast. Computer users can watch the programming over a seven-day period. After that, the files self-destruct, … [Read more...]
Xbox Live plays for BBC content
The BBC and Microsoft are in talks for the British pubcaster to offer video on the Xbox Live Video Marketplace. "We are working diligently on multiple fronts to make it happen," said Ross Honey, senior director for media at Microsoft’s content and partner strategy group. "The BBC is a great content provider." His comments appeared in the Sunday … [Read more...]
NBC packs its fall shows in Unbox
NBC couldn't get what it wanted working out of Apple's iTunes Store, so the network's fall shows are headed for Amazon's Unbox download service. NBC Universal and Amazon Inc. confirmed Tuesday that free pilots of the peacock network's new shows are going up on Unbox starting Monday. NBC's revenue-generating downloads such as those for "The … [Read more...]