Movies/TV/Online Videos
Boy if this doesn’t just get people to be excited about using your store. How on earth does this not fall into anti-competitive practice? I love the justification he gives, saying the 30-day window against kiosks (aka competition) gives a "unique vending" opportunity. I’m no genius, but pretty sure that translates into "monopoly" no matter how you pretty it up. […]
Read moreIs it just me or does anyone else feel like there’s been an awful lot of news–both good and bad–around all the various players in the movie rental business? I can’t wait for the day when it’s all done digitally and see how Blockbuster tries to play catchup. I also wonder what impact they have had in all the recent […]
Read moreAnother blow for Redbox, and what a wild week it has been for them. First Fox gets all huffy , and now Warner is. Redbox was quick to reply that they would not settle for the delay with Fox and would continue to offer the popular titles as soon as they can, I imagine a similar announcement will be made […]
Read moreWhat a roller coaster ride these last few weeks have been for Redbox, huh?!? They get some huge deals done, and then some bad announcements, and now are suing one of the bad announcement parties (Fox). It’s an interesting point and I’m curious what the result would be, if the judge rules that Fox can keep whoever they want from […]
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Redbox isn’t wasting any time with their positive news, this time locking up Lionsgate for five years, helping the movie rental kiosk company expand their collection even further. This next year is going to be interesting IMO, as bandwidth increases as do the number of kiosks, who will take over (or maintain) the lead–my guess is Netflix, yours? Home […]
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I’m not exactly sure where this was shown, but here’s a sneak peak trailer of the upcoming Iron Man 2 which looks pretty phenomenal. Although I’m not so convinced about Mickey Rourke from the clips, but maybe he can win me over when it comes out…in 2010. Argh. Head on over to Gizmodo for the video…at least while it lasts. […]
Read moreI don’t often post TV news here, but given how long I have been a fan of At the Movies (formerly Ebert & Roeper, formerly Siskel & Ebert) I figured I wasn’t the only one who watched this weekly movie review show. I was never really a fan of what Ebert had to say, but definitely miss Gene Siskel (RIP) […]
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Very interesting article from Consumerist which analyzes the pricing structure of Netflix and how it works. Pretty interesting to see it not apply to the most common pricing, but I’m sure they’re relying on users to not be the intense users and constantly be sending and receiving new movies. I know even I have sat on a few discs for […]
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I’m not sure how much this will actually pay you, and you may just be better off selling your movies and games via ebay or craigslist, but it’s hard to argue with the convenience of this. Just walk in, scan the disk and then get your gift card to spend at the overpriced Best Buy of your choice. I’d rather […]
Read moreThis is just a rumor, but if this is true it makes a little bit of sense. I’m not sure who would want to watch an entire movie on a small phone–maybe on an airplane but then you wouldn’t have wifi/streaming access then. Maybe this would strictly be for bragging rights. Would you guys use this? Multichannel via Dave Zatz […]
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