DreamWorks late Sunday revealed that it had struck a deal with Netflix to provide its animated movies. The deal, unofficially estimated by a consensus of NY Times analysts to be worth $30 million, will bring movies like Monsters vs. Aliens or the Shrek series to the streaming service. It’s not evident how long the deal […]
Netflix gave Android users great news for the weekend with an update to its free app. Once just locked to certain phones using the Snapdragon CPU, it will now stream movies on any Android 2.2 or 2.3 device, regardless of the phone designer or the processor inside. The app originally launched on Android with just […]
Online digital video distribution now allows consumers to access more content, on more devices, and in more places, than ever before. This increase in access has made content more ubiquitous than ever, but availability is only a part of the story. Equally important is how, and on what devices consumers are accessing this content, and […]
The latest company to offer movie rentals on Facebook is Miramax, over its Miramax eXperience app. The largest venture of its kind — Warner offers much less — it offers 20 titles for rent in the US and 10 each in the UK and Turkey. The rented movies can be watched on iPads through a […]
Ridley Scott has signed on to direct a new entry in the Bladeunner film series. Based on the story “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?”, the original Bladerunner film, which starred Harrison Ford, premiered nearly thirty years ago and has been a fan favorite since. Not A Reboot Alcon Productions, who purchased the rights to […]
Vudu on Wednesday began offering its streaming movie service on the iPad over the web. The strategy uses HTTP Live Streaming to push the movie while adapting the bitrate to match the connection. Video is limited to standard definition when seen on the iPad, but only due to “restrictions by content providers,” Vudu said. Both […]
Nintendo has revealed that 1.5 million Wii owners use the Netflix movie service daily in the US. The figure comes as the service launches on the 3DS handheld, allowing access to standard 2D content, with 3D movies promised “soon”. “The new Netflix application looks great, plays great and is a fantastic consumer experience,” said Nintendo […]
Netflix has confirmed that it was expanding beyond North America into Latin America and the Caribbean by the end of 2011. Now it appears that the streaming online movie and rent-by-mail service may be targeting Europe as well. Variety claims through sources that Netflix will establish a beachhead in Spain and the UK early next […]
MoviePass Inc has announced an exclusive, Netflix-like, subscription service aimed cinema going film enthusiasts. It offers users the ability to attend unlimited movies at a fixed monthly rate via mobile phone. The enterprise has the backing of by major investors including AOL Ventures, True Ventures and Lambert Media. A beta rollout is planned to launch […]
Netflix has now began offering US subscribers a video quality management feature in order to help them choose how much bandwidth their watching habits consume. This follows a similar move in Canada, where more Internet subscribers have caps that limit how much bandwidth users get per month. Unlike in Canada, however, most US ISPs don’t […]
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