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InternetNews
April 4, 2006
David Miller |
Movie Studios Offer Downloadable Films Now playing on a PC near you: downloadable movies available for purchase on the same day they're released on DVD. But the price - up to double the cost of DVDs - may be too steep for consumers.   |
BusinessWeek
September 29, 2003 |
Jim Ramo, Movielink Music labels saw sales plummet by 7% last year as pirates downloaded songs for free. To avoid a repeat in their industry, the major movie studios called upon Jim Ramo, a 56-year-old former cable exec, to run their film download site. |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Raiders of the Lost Opportunity The entertainment industry needs to change with the times -- and with the Internet. |
Wired
July 24, 2007
Nancy Miller |
Video-on-Demand! Webisodes! Hollywood Writers Want a Cut. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) wants a piece of the new-media pie. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2003
Grover & Green |
Hollywood Heist Will tinseltown let techies steal the show? The ripping and burning of movies to DVDs is growing into a global underground industry that last year cost film studios an estimated $3 billion in lost DVD sales. It's prodding the guys in Guccis into action. |
CFO
September 1, 2008
Kate Plourd |
This Disaster Is No Movie Stalled contract talks between Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild provide a script for savvy negotiating. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Want Movie Downloads? Pay Up! Digital movie downloads? Good. Paying $30 a pop? Not so good. Given the fees and the limitations involved, it seems that this development mostly pays lip service to the nascent digital downloading industry. |
InternetNews
March 10, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Amazon Latest in Video Download Arena? The giant is reportedly thinking about it, but the services, while gaining popularity, are still 'not a slam dunk.' |
The Motley Fool
November 20, 2007
Nathan Alderman |
Why the Writers Should Win A quick end to the strike benefits everyone, but victory for the striking Hollywood writers could benefit investors. |
BusinessWeek
September 11, 2006
Ronald Grover |
The Empire Strikes Back Wal-Mart sees a threat from iTunes downloads. |
BusinessWeek
October 24, 2005
Peter Burrows |
Hollywood Holds Its Breath The iPod - and Disney's blessing - could create a mass audience for video on the go. |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Ronald Grover |
What's Driving The Box Office Batty Hollywood is pushing movies to DVD and video faster -- and theaters are feeling squeezed. And with the price of cinema tickets skyrocketing, this gives movie fans new clout. Clearly, some big script changes are in store. |
BusinessWeek
October 8, 2009
Grover & Lowry |
Squeezing Every Dime from DVDs With consumers flocking to low-cost Netflix and Redbox, Hollywood wants a bigger share of the profits. |
The Motley Fool
July 19, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Made You Blink Wake up, growth stocks. The online streaming service Movielink may finally matter. |
BusinessWeek
April 9, 2007
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Now Playing: Digital Disarray Hollywood's piracy fears are stifling online video expansion. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Netflix Can't Be This Dumb When movies should come out on different platforms is becoming more convoluted and confusing, and Netflix appears open to bribes to play along. |
InternetNews
July 17, 2006
Clint Boulton |
How to Rip a Movie, Legally Internet movie service provider Movielink has licensed software from Sonic Solutions to offer consumers a legal way to pay for movies they download from the Internet and burn them onto blank DVDs. |
InternetNews
December 28, 2007 |
Wal-Mart Nixes Movie Downloads Wal-Mart shut down its online video download service after Hewlett-Packard discontinued the technology that powered it. |
InternetNews
January 22, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
AOL's Movie Deal The Internet services giant partners with MovieLink to give broadband subscribers 99-cent movies for a limited time. |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2007
Ronald Grover |
I Oughta Be In Pictures Smelling opportunity, heavy hitters are suddenly cranking up new studios. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Strike's Over. Who Won? For investors, the most important thing to know about the Writers' Guild strike is that it's almost certainly over. |
BusinessWeek
November 21, 2005
Kiley & Lowry |
The End Of TV (As You Know It) In an era of on-demand entertainment, Big Media is eager to give viewers the content they want. But who will pay for it? |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2010
Tim Beyers |
Why the iPad Is Great for Netflix For the first time in seven years, DVD sales trailed movie theater sales in 2009. Enter Apple's iPad to the rescue. |
The Motley Fool
January 16, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Apple's Rentals Won't Worry Netflix Amazon's digital department must be a somber place today, after Apple iTunes announces its movie rental program. But in Los Gatos, it's business as usual for Netflix. |
Fast Company
December 2005
Alan Deutschman |
Building a Better Movie Business It's the iconic American industry. But audiences are vanishing, piracy is soaring, and new technology is treacherous. Can Tinseltown innovate its way out of trouble? |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Lowry & Grover |
Cable Fights For Its Movie Rights Video-on-demand's reach is expanding, and the cable biz wants to show films sooner. |
The Motley Fool
April 10, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Get Desperately Lost for Free The family entertainment giant will offer free, ad-supported streams of its hit ABC shows later this month. The shows, available the day after they first air on TV, will feature fresh ads that viewers won't be able to skip. |
PC Magazine
March 14, 2007
Muchmore & Kaplan |
Broadband Cinema Movie download sites eliminate the trips to the video store and the wait for Netflix mail. Is there a catch? |
InternetNews
November 8, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Comcast, DirecTV Take VOD Primetime Deals to offer popular TV shows at 99 cents per episode could boost digital cable and on-demand. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Netflix Hits the Small Screen The DVD rental giant teams up with CBS and Disney for digital streaming. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Movie Download Dreams and Dilemmas Digital downloading of feature-length movies may be an idea whose time has come. While the party may have started, there's still a lot of work and planning left to do. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Netflix Killer? Yeah, Right. If Hollywood wants to kill Netflix, they're not shooting where the company is. That worked much better for Gretzky. |
Wired
February 25, 2008
Frank Rose |
Dear Hollywood Studios: If You Hold Digital Downloads Hostage, the Pirates Win We should no longer have to drive to the video store or wait for the mail carrier. But that's not the case. The entertainment industry is blowing it once again. |
Salon.com
May 2, 2001
Mark Sevi |
I, scab A nonunion Hollywood screenwriter answers all your questions about the looming writers' strike... |
InternetNews
July 19, 2006
Clint Boulton |
CinemaNow: Download, Burn, Watch Online movie service provider CinemaNow became the first company to allow movies piped over the Internet to be securely burned onto a DVD. |
BusinessWeek
May 3, 2004
Grover |
What's Next, Free Popcorn? Hollywood is scrambling to find new ways to market its summer blockbuste movies. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2011
Tim Beyers |
Hollywood Isn't Netflix's Enemy Guess who benefits most from the hand-wringing over digital media? |
InternetNews
July 14, 2009 |
CBS to Join Comcast's On Demand Trial CBS has joined forces with Comcast, signing on as the first broadcaster to participate in the cable provider's On Demand Online trial, which delivers free TV content on the Web to Comcast's subscribers. |
PC World
October 26, 2006
Dan Tynan |
Movie Downloads Are Still a Flop Skipping the video store sounds good, but don't count on it anytime soon. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster's Missing Link Blockbuster acquires Movielink to make a digital delivery push. The DVD giant will now be able to offer its customers access to movie downloads. The purchase may make both companies a little more relevant and prepared for the future. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Video Killed the Studio Star Now that instant gratification has spoiled the consumption process, how can television shows on DVD not have a dramatic impact on the entertainment industry's other appendages? |
Wired
January 2004
Chris Anderson |
MEMO: To: The next head of the Motion Picture Association of America How Hollywood can avoid the fate of the music industry |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2004
Bill Mann |
A Hollywood Blockbuster Blockbuster tries to remove Hollywood Entertainment from its list of ferocious competitors by offering to buy the company. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2010
Anders Bylund |
Will Hollywood be Forced to Share the Loot? Studio's money-shuffling fails to fool courts. A pair of legal decisions are casting a dark shadow of doubt over the time-dishonored Hollywood tradition of making sure that every blockbuster hit ends up losing money for accounting purposes. |
Fast Company
June 1, 2007
Chuck Salter |
The Kyle XY Experiment One show, many platforms. Here's how ABC Family handled last year's premiere for Kyle XY: iTunes... ABC family... etc. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
This Offer Is No Blockbuster The battle for Hollywood Entertainment is being fought with plastic swords. Investors are in an awkward position. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2005
Rick Munarriz |
Hollywood's Swap Meet The movie rental chain adopts the trading process that video game stores have long used. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Nixing Netflix Would Be a Huge Mistake Time Warner wants to delay releases to Netflix or charge more. Either way, Time Warner loses. |
Fast Company
December 2005 |
The New Wave A digital tsunami is hitting Hollywood, and the old guard is holding on for dear life. But a new generation of up-and-comers has arrived. Here are 10 who know how to surf. |
BusinessWeek
July 1, 2010
Grover & Satariano |
The Fall of Music Downloads Music streaming services are taking their toll as downloads to iPods, computers, and other devices plunge. |
