With the launch of Nook Video, Barnes & Noble will begin selling digital movies and TV episodes across devices. The company plans to release Nook Video apps, and the service will be available in the US and UK. Pricing and other details are unclear. Read more »
Those who purchase Fox movies like Prometheus on iTunes can now re-download their films on iCloud, thanks to a deal the studio carved with its pay TV partner, HBO, that relaxes digital restrictions of movies while they’re in the pay TV window. Read more »
Eight months after launching, and two months since Walmart started pushing the cloud-based movie locker in its stores, the studio-backed UltraViolet program has signed up 3 million users. Read more »
Hulu should require viewers to have a cable subscription, Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes suggested in an investor call following the company’s Q1 2012 earnings report this morning. “We think Hulu authenticating makes sense,” Bewkes said. “We think Hulu is heading in the right direction now.” Read more »
A deal with Dreamworks Animation gives Walmart much-needed animated kids’ flix for its new Disc to Digital while UltraViolet gets a Shrek-sized boost. Read more »
DVD sales may not be what they were, but the road to Hollywood riches still goes through Walmart’s Bentonville, Ark. headquarters. Fortunately, to see a demo of the retailer’s new UltraViolet cloud service, we only had to drive to Rosemead, Calif. Read more »
Samsung has rolled out a new line of Blu-ray players that support Ultraviolet, thus joining the ranks of entertainment brands that support t… Read more »
The new technology allowing consumers who buy entertainment in physical formats to consume it online for no additional cost has gone live an… Read more »
Consumers are buying more digital video than ever before, but trying to watch across platforms continues to be a huge headache. A large coal… Read more »
The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem got off on the right foot with UltraViolet by rallying its base with a kickoff gathering of exec… Read more »
After 27 months of development, the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem is finally deploying UltraViolet, the digital-rights-management… Read more »
