The Morning Lowdown 09.23.10
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» Back in April, when John Cook quit his post as investigations editor at Gawker to join Yahoo’s news site The Upshot, Nick Dento… Read more »
Blockbuster Bankruptcy Shoe Finally Drops; Nearly $1 Billion In Debt
Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) ended the speculation today, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy nearly 25 years after the video rental chain opened it… Read more »
Blockbuster Reportedly About To File For Bankruptcy
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Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), which had warned for months that it might have to declare bankruptcy, is expected to file for Chapter 11 later this… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 09.21.10
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» TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO), Google (NSDQ: GOOG), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and many other tech companies are racing to… Read more »
Lovefilm Is Going To Be Huge; But First, An Amazon Buy-Out Rumour
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An interesting trial balloon was floated by The Sunday Times which, perhaps thanks to that title’s new reader fees or perhaps because the st… Read more »
Eisner Downplays His Future Role At Tribune
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Michael Eisner, who recently has surfaced as a leading candidate to replace Sam Zell as chairman of Tribune once that company emerges from b… Read more »
NBCU Digital Dealmaker Jessica Schell Shifting To Film At Universal
After nearly five years, Jessica Schell is leaving her post as SVP of NBC Universal’s digital strategy and business development to take on a… Read more »
Lovefilm Adds Still More Digital Heads – Playfish’s Segerstråle Joins Board
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Poised to capitalise on the new TV platforms that will take its movie rental service to millions of new customers, Lovefilm is making two in… Read more »
Apple TV: The FAQ
Here’s a quick way to learn about the small, black second-gen Apple TV introduced by CEO Steve Jobs at the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) 09.01.10 event… Read more »
Samsung’s Response To iTunes Is Coming Soon
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Samsung is getting ready to combine both state-of-the-art mobile phone design with an entire content strategy in recognition that in order t… Read more »
Apple Tries To Marry Music Recommendation And Retail, But No Streaming
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is trying to close the loop between music discovery and iTunes Store’s music purchasing, by injecting a brand new social… Read more »
Apple TV: $99 Device; $4.99 First-Run Movies; 99-Cent TV
And here it is … the pocket-rocket version of Apple TV with $4.99 first-run movies and $0.99 TV shows. The main content events: as expecte… Read more »
YouTube To Show MLB Games — In Japan
YouTube will be broadcasting all Major League Baseball games on its site in Japan next year, in what the company is calling “the largest par… Read more »
YouTube Piggybacks BlinkBox, Others To Kick Off UK Movie Ambitions
When YouTube launched a US TV section in April 2009, with shows from CBS (NYSE: CBS), it came along with a Movies section, with flicks from… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 08.27.10
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» Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is warning Hollywood movie studios about something they likely expected all along: the company is prepa… Read more »
YouTube Piggybacks BlinkBox, Others To Kick Off UK Movie Ambitions
When YouTube launched a US TV section in April 2009, with shows from CBS (NYSE: CBS), it came along with a Movies section, with flicks from… Read more »
Netflix Adds iPhone, iPod Touch Apps
It’s kind of anti-climactic at this point, but Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has extended its rental service to Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch, four m… Read more »
LoveFilm Adds MGM Movie Library; Aims To Be More Than ‘Europe’s Netflix’
LoveFilm, which is often regarded as the “Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) of the Europe,” has struck a major deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios that… Read more »
Apple Continues To Push Networks For 99 Cent Video But Switches To Rentals
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has dropped its TV subscription plans — for now — but the company may be closing in on deals to offer 99-cent video ren… Read more »
Blockbuster Bankruptcy Fears Grow
Despite its advantage over rivals Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Redbox in offering new releases for rent, Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) continued to st… Read more »
Disney’s Iger: Getting Aggressive On ‘Premium’ DVD Rental Window, Pricing
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With this morning’s announcement of an estimated $1 billion streaming movie deal between Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Epix in the minds of analy… Read more »
Toy Story 3, Split Second Propel Disney’s Interactive Revs
In what was an already strong Q2, Disney’s interactive segment serves as the cherry on top, rising 74 percent to $197 million over last year… Read more »
Epix Deal Expands Netflix Streaming Library; New DVD Sales Still Protected
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Epix have made their “multi-year” movie streaming deal official and to be sure, the threat is more towards other pa… Read more »
Viacom Profits Surge, But Home Entertainment Revenues Stumble
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Viacom (NYSE: VIA) showed the true benefits of having the dual revenue streams of advertising and cable, as its networks division, which inc… Read more »
Bewkes: Rental Delays From Netflix, RedBox Is Paying Off For DVD Sales
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Early agreements from Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Redbox to delay renting new titles until 28 days after they are first available for purchase… Read more »
Liberty Media Hands Off Overture Films To Relativity Media
Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA), which had said five months ago it was evaluating “strategic alternatives” for Starz’s Overture Films division,… Read more »
Blockbuster Touts New Release Advantage Over Netflix, Redbox In New TV Ad
Judging from the jump Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) just reported in subscribers, the fact that the service is no longer carrying new releases from m… Read more »
Electronics Makers Try UltraViolet Digital Video Locker
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By Jemima Kiss: A new cross-industry video initiative announced yesterday in the US aims to help improve interoperability between different… Read more »
Panasonic Adding Movie VOD Transactions To Its Connected TVs
The connected-TV space is about to unleash whole new opportunities for video content owners to distribute and profit from their content.
In… Read more »
Netflix Cracks Movie Pay Window; Exclusive Streaming Deal With Relativity
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has been accruing streaming rights steadily but until now has been unable to crack the pay window. A new deal with Rela… Read more »
Quick Hits: Holiday Round-up
» MySpace (NSDQ: NWS) is looking to restructure its search ad partnership with Google (NSDQ: GOOG) by including Microsoft (NSDQ:… Read more »
What Can You Watch On Hulu Plus Without A Subscription?
My Hulu Plus preview code hasn’t arrived yet but I’ve been able to sample the subscription service via the iPad app. Turns out the “free gal… Read more »
It’s Official: Hulu Plus Subscription Package Debuts For $9.99 A Month
Hulu’s long-anticipated Hulu Plus launches today in preview mode, promising deeper access to most of the video portal’s current broadcast sh… Read more »
DCMS Cuts: Digital Film Access Scrapped To Save £2.5 Million
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New culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced £73 million in cuts from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport’s budget.
They include… Read more »
Paramount Bucks Trend; Will Provide Redbox With New Releases On Day Of Sale
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Viacom’s Paramount Home Entertainment will provide Redbox with its new releases on the same day they go on sale, under a long-term agreement… Read more »
Video Codec Firm DivX Being Bought By Sonic Solutions for $323 Million
Someone finally cares enough for Divx. Sonic Solutions, the digital media solutions firm and owner of CinemaNow online movie service, has an… Read more »
Disney App Brings The Virtual Box Office To Facebook
Disney’s new Facebook application, Tickets Together, represents the company’s latest attempt to bridge e-commerce and social media promotion… Read more »
Fox Mobile Releases Hulu-Like Mobile App With 25 Content Partners To Start
It’s not called Hulu mobile, but it probably should be. Fox’s Mobile Group has launched a mobile beta application that provides free access… Read more »
Best Buy’s Digital Movie Service Launches Under CinemaNow Name
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Best Buy’s long-awaited entry to the online video download market is here. Best Buy said last June that under an agreement with Sonic Soluti… Read more »
Blockbuster Swings To Loss As Sales Plunge
While Blockbuster could benefit from the closure of rival video rental chain Movie Gallery, it got no relief in Q1, as the company swung to… Read more »
