Movielink Tapped to Star in Blockbuster Remake of Netflix Business Plan
From top to bottom, Blockbuster is deliberately and willfully infringing on our patented methods. Netflix invented a 100 percent better mousetrap that Blockbuster copied. - Netflix spokesperson Steve...
View ArticleNext Blockbuster Initiative: Renting Copies of Netflix Business Plan
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View ArticleMy DVD Business! It's Melting, Melting … Melting
Time was, when a movie bombed at the box office, Hollywood studios could always slap it onto a DVD, ship it off to retail outlets and make some or all of their money back. No longer. The salad days...
View ArticleBurst Case Scenarios
Burst has added another notch to its patent-infringement settlement belt. The scrappy three-man company, which once beat a $60 million settlement out of Microsoft over charges that the software giant...
View ArticleCES: Comast CEO Announces 4 MegaBatman-Per-Minute Internet
“Comcast 3.0.” That was the subject of Comcast CEO Brian Roberts keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show today. And what is “Comcast 3.0?” Well, like Web 2.0 and 3.0, it’s a marketing term–in...
View ArticleABC Announces "Must Flee TV"
I’m not so sure that the whole issue really is one of commercial avoidance. It really is a matter of convenience–so you don’t miss your favorite show. And quite frankly, we’re just training a new...
View ArticleAmazon Announces Video Service You May Actually Want to Use
About the best thing to be said about Amazon Unbox, the mediocre, odiously restrictive, video download service the retailer launched last year, is that it was … er … Windows-only, I guess. Which,...
View ArticleSue. Rent. Rip. Return.
Turns out RealNetworks Inc.’s new DVD ripper, RealDVD, is as legal as its creator is litigious. RealNetworks (RNWK) debuted RealDVD this morning and along with it, a preemptive lawsuit against the...
View ArticleStealDVD? Well, You Were Asking for It…
Well, that didn’t take long at all, did it? The Motion Picture Association of America has filed suit against RealNetworks (RNWK), seeking an injunction to stop the company from distributing its RealDVD...
View ArticleCable Clicks on Interactive Ads Again
The traditional TV ad is losing luster as viewers get savvier about skipping commercials and some advertisers shift to the Internet to save money and target specific audiences. Cable providers have...
View ArticleA Clicker To Watch TV Online
Finding TV shows online can be a major hassle. If you can remember which network hosts the show, you then must hunt through a maze of listings of several other television shows on that network’s Web...
View ArticleWall Street Punishes Netflix for Making Wall Street Happy
Shares in Netflix, which have have more than doubled in the last year, are a bit down today, sagging some three percent. What gives? Best to be wary of anyone who tells you why a stock moves on a given...
View ArticleHow to Watch Video, Wirelessly, on Your TV Set
An increasing number of people are watching video, including TV shows and movies, on their computers, instead of via traditional TV sets. Many young people don’t even bother with a cable or satellite...
View ArticleBoxee, Roku Announcing Deals for Streaming Live Sports on TV
Watching live sports on television via the Web may have just gotten easier. Starting Monday, Web-to-TV software company Boxee will distribute the National Hockey League’s Game Center Live online video...
View ArticleSony Bets on a Countertop View of the Web
Every time a technology product breaks new ground, it has to answer the question on most consumers’ minds: Do they really need this product? Most recently, Apple (AAPL) encountered this at the launch...
View ArticleExclusive: SnagFilms Snags $10 Million in Funding at $50 Million Valuation
SnagFilms, the online video distribution site for professional documentaries, has nabbed $10 million in funding from Comcast’s investment arm and New Enterprise Associates, and will also now be...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable's Porn Problem: It Isn't Selling Enough Porn
Big cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner Cable keep saying they don’t see Web video cutting into their business: Even if people are watching more Hulu, Netflix, Apple TV, etc., it’s not hurting...
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