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Blockbuster to sell, rent movies through TiVo

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Blockbuster Inc. plans to rent and sell its movies and TV shows through TiVo Inc.'s digital video recorders in the second half of this year.





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Blockbuster to offer movies on Motorola phones

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Blockbuster Inc. plans to offer movies that can be watched on Motorola Inc. cell phones. It marks the struggling rental company's first step into mobile video and is its latest effort at chasing down the customers ...


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YouTube to offer online movie rentals

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

YouTube is considering streaming movies for rental, a move that would see the free video-sharing site charging for content for the first time, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.


Amazon launches HD movie rental, TV show sales

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created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday it is adding high-definition video to its on-demand service, offering consumers the ability to rent movies and purchase television episodes shown in HD.


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Netflix links online DVD service to Facebook

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netflix has linked to Facebook, and Blockbuster is making films available on-demand to users of TiVo digital recorder devices as the US DVD rental giants continue an Internet-age duel.


Blockbuster to stream video rentals on Samsung TVs

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created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Having been a step behind in the race to pipe entertainment from the Internet to television screens, struggling video rental-chain Blockbuster Inc. is counting on a new partnership with Samsung Electronics America ...


Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video

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created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.


Sony offers 'Cloudy' early to people with its TVs

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created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- In a bid to sell living room electronics and spur buzz for "Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs," Sony Corp. is offering the movie for free to U.S. buyers of its Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players starting ...


Video game minority report: Lots of players, few characters

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created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

If the future of entertainment is interactive media, some minorities are still headed back to the past.


Warner Bros. to impose delay on Redbox, others

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created Aug 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Warner Bros. on Thursday joined studios Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox in demanding shipments be delayed to $1-per-night DVD rental kiosks like Redbox in an attempt to preserve demand for higher-priced disc ...


Redbox's machines take on Netflix's red envelopes

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created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- With more subscribers than ever flocking to its DVD-by-mail service, Netflix Inc. is one of the few companies to prosper during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years. Yet Netflix CEO Reed Hastings still has something ...



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