The iTunes Store finally has opened for movie sales and rentals in Canada and the United Kingdom. The moves follow the U.S. expansion into online rentals by a month. Movie availability lags behind the U.S. in most cases. The movies go up day and date with the DVD release, as in the States. You'll need a credit card that's valid in the country of … [Read more...]
Mobile video ready to break out, VCs say
Venture capitalists have the hots for mobile video. 90% of the pro investors believe mass adoption of the mobile video will occur within five years, while 60% look for a three-year time frame, according to a study by KPMG. The tax and audit specialist's poll of 300 venture capitalists, corporate executives and investment bankers found that 52% … [Read more...]
‘Daily Show,’ ‘Colbert’ report to Hulu
"The Daily Show," the "most trusted name in fake news," is just in to Hulu. Jon Stewart's long-running Comedy Central spoof on politics and current events joined the NBC Universal-News Corp. streaming video site today, with last night's show front and center. Complete episodes available for online viewing today on Hulu date back a month, to … [Read more...]
Vudu breaks 24-hour rental barrier
The hated 24-hour limit on online movie rentals has seen its first breech, more or less. Download service Vudu, in its latest set-top box software upgrade (1.5), slipped into a model in which rentals can be extended beyond the 24-hour frame -- for a price, of course. Certain, um, restrictions apply. Call it a digital late fee. So if you're … [Read more...]
Amazon Unbox sticks toe in stream
The Amazon Unbox appears to be a couple of weeks away from opening up pay-per streaming video. Amazon chieftain Jeff Bezos told the D: All Things Digital conference (in golfy Carlsbad, Calif.) that he was "very serious" about music and video downloads as a business. This comes in the same week that Netflix's Reed Hastings predicted the DVD … [Read more...]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- …
- 61
- Next Page »
