Here's YouTube's lineup of Hollywood content providers for its upgraded VOD service: Warner Bros., NBC Universal, and Sony Pictures. Majors missing in action: Paramount, Disney and Fox, all of which have conflicting issues of some kind. The new video-on-demand partnerships, which had been anticipated, double the numbers of movies on the … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2011
‘Star Wars’ on Blu-ray details
"Star Wars: The Complete Saga" on Blu-ray touches down Sept. 16 with more than 40 hours of extra features. All six "Star Wars" movies are rendered in high-definition with 6.1 DTS Surround Sound. The sticker price is $140, but Amazon already has the nine-disc Blu-ray set "Star Wars: The Complete Saga" discounted to $90. The movies are George … [Read more...]
Some vids returning to PSN
Video streams from Netflix and Hulu Plus remain unavailable to PlayStation Network customers in the wake of its massive security breach. Sony said May 1 that access would be restored this week to some services, such as the in-house Qriocity video and music streams. Movie rentals that haven't expired should be available as well, the company said. … [Read more...]
‘If God Is Willing and da Creek Don’t Rise’
Spike Lee began filming his second New Orleans documentary on the day of the 2010 Super Bowl, with cameras rolling in Miami and New Orleans. They were shooting "because we knew the Saints were gonna win," Lee recalls. After capturing the wild celebration following the city's first Super Bowl win, "We thought we had the (documentary's) ending … [Read more...]