Warner Bros., Sony and Universal are about to be confirmed as content providers for YouTube's year-old movie rental service, several media sources said. Fox, Paramount and Disney apparently won't be in the mix, at least for a while. Their resistance comes in reaction to Google and YouTube's sketchy policies on piracy and copyright … [Read more...]
Netflix takes a beating
The number of Netflix subscribers hit 23.6 million in the first quarter, but warnings of higher costs in Q2 led Wall Street to punish the streaming media company. Netflix stock ended Tuesday down 9 percent, partly on earnings and partly on a downgrade from an analyst. Netflix chieftain Reed Hastings appeared on CNBC's two morning shows early … [Read more...]
‘Restrepo’ director killed in Libya
The sad news came in late last night that photographer and filmmaker Tim Hetherington died while covering the civil war in Libya. Hetherington was one of the two directors of the astonishing documentary "Restrepo," filmed at a makeshift Army base in the hills of Afghanistan. The combat photographer and three colleagues were killed in … [Read more...]
‘The Hustler’ debuting on Blu-ray
Fox just racked up "The Hustler" for a Blu-ray release keyed to Fathers Day. New supplements to the title include the documentaries "Paul Newman at Fox," "Jackie Gleason: The Big Man" and "The Real Hustler: Walter Tevis." The other extra features appear to date back to the 2002 and 2007 DVD releases. Robert Rossen directed with style, daring … [Read more...]
Xbox Kinects with Netflix
Netflix is now at your voice command -- on the Xbox 360. The Kinect-Xbox upgrade finally has gone live. It allows owners of the game console who also have Kinect sensors to simply speak commands such as "Netflix, fast forward," or to use their hands to control some of the streaming video functions. Futurists will be a bit disappointed, … [Read more...]
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