Warner launches streaming service: like Netflix, without the new stuff
Would you pay $10 a month to rewatch Gilligan’s Island? Warner Bros. thinks some people will, and launched a video service to do so. Read more »
Amazon gets West Wing, Fringe from Warner
Deal brings the Aaron Sorkin-penned political drama The West Wing and the Fox sci-fi/fantasy series Fringe exclusively to members of Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service, as well as purchasers of its Kindle Fire tablet Read more »
UltraViolet Studios: HBO Blackout Will Lift In Time For Wal-Mart Launch
Don’t worry, we’ll work this out in time for the big dance. That is the essential message from top home entertainment officials who are stil… Read more »
Wal-Mart Will Start Selling Cloud Storage At 3,500 Stores Next Month
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We told you it was coming — and it did. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has formally announced its support for Hollywood’s struggling UltraViolet movi… Read more »
Chinese VOD Rush Continues – Lionsgate Signs Latest Deal
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Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) became the latest Hollywood studio to make an online movie distribution deal in China, announcing Monday that it has r… Read more »
Can't Say We Saw It Coming: Redbox Re-Ups Universal Deal With 28-Day Window
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Yesterday, we suggested that video-rental chain Redbox might have to cave on its demand for 28-day release window with Universal, and wind u… Read more »
Why Redbox Might Have To Agree To 56-Day Windows, Too
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The last year has been pretty good to Redbox. The rental kiosk chain is about to embark on a new streaming venture with Verizon, and has bee… Read more »
Cloud Concerns? Fox And Warner Bros Will Offer New Content-Storage Service
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Perhaps impatient with the progress of UltraViolet, Hollywood’s ambitious cloud-based movie-storage plan, two movie studios are launching th… Read more »
Industry Moves: Yahoo; Warner Bros.; Future Publishing
– Yahoo: In a reorganization of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) EMEA, Marketing VP James Tipple and Marketing Director Andrew Cocker have left the compa… Read more »
Why UltraViolet Produced More Questions Than Answers At CES
The UltraViolet initiative left the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week with an important new retail channel in Amazon (NSDQ: A… Read more »
Ultraviolet Movement Picks Up New Backer: Samsung
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 »
Netflix Faces Higher Prices For HBO, Agrees To Doubled DVD Delays From WB
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Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is facing changes to its DVD business with two Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) programmers after months of CEO back-and-forth a… Read more »
Louis Vuitton Sues Warner Bros For Using Fake Bag In Hangover II
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A studio that has been a champion of stopping piracy is now facing awkward accusations that it showed counterfeit luggage in a hit movie. Read more »
Facebook's Video Views Rising, But Mostly For Discovery
Consumers are increasingly using Facebook for video – but, despite studios and broadcasters hosting more of their content on the social netw… Read more »
CW Cuts Another Streaming Deal: Current Season Shows To Hulu, Hulu Plus
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Gossip Girl is headed to Hulu Plus. On the heels of a past-season, library deal with Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) that could be worth as much as $1… Read more »
In Fight Over DVD Window, Warner Bros Cuts Off Blockbuster From New Films
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Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) has refused to give DVD rentals chain Blockbuster (NSDQ: DISH) its latest films, including The Hangover Part II and… Read more »
Netflix Goes For Fountain Of Youth With Full-Season CW Deal
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has locked in a full slate of teen angst from now through the 2014-15 season. The four-year pact covers full past seaso… Read more »
Time Warner’s Bewkes: ‘Cordcutting Hasn’t Arrived’
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Warned by an interviewer at today’s Goldman Sachs conference hat he was about to talk about cordcutting, the subject that won’t go away, Tim… Read more »
Adfonic Raises £4.7 Million To Grow Its Mobile Ads Auction Business
If you think Android is a fragmented marketplace, take a look at mobile advertising: while there are clearly a few very big players like Goo… Read more »
Hulu Japan Launches With Movies, TV From CBS, Sony, Fox & More But No Ads
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Hulu’s first offering outside the U.S. is live: Hulu Japan, a subscription service with “hundreds” of films and thousands of hours of TV. Fo… Read more »
Miramax Launching Multi-Title Facebook Movie App In U.S., UK & Turkey
Watching movies on Facebook isn’t new — Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), Paramount and Universal each are trying variations on the theme. But toda… Read more »
Hotfile Fights Back-Says Movie Studio Abused Its Anti-Piracy Tool
Earlier this year, the MPAA kicked off the entertainment industry’s battle against “cyberlockers” by suing Hotfile, a company it painted as… Read more »
China’s Youku Video Site Gets Warner Movies For Its Paid Service
photo: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.)
Youku, the New York-listed “Chinese YouTube”, has gained a license from Warner Bros Home Entertainment Group’s CAV Warner Home Entertainment… Read more »
Harry Potter Author Launches New Website — Could It Be An E-Bookstore?
Visit Pottermore.com and you’ll see a magenta homepage, two owls, a “coming soon,” and that’s it…oh, except it’s also launched by J.K. Row… Read more »
Harry Potter Goes Legit In China: Warner Bros. Is The First To Ink VoD Deal
photo: Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Warner Bros.)
If one of the best measures against piracy is to make content more easily available in a legitimate format, then Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) ha… Read more »
YouTube’s Movie Rentals Will Star Releases From Sony, Warner, and Universal
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YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) has signed up Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX), and NBC Universal (NSDQ: CMCSA) to make some of thei… Read more »
Warner Bros. Push For Digital Leadership Continues With Flixster Purchase
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In a matter of weeks, Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) went from testing movie rentals via Facebook Credits to owning one of the top social conduits… Read more »
Two Studios Hold Out On YouTube Movie Rental Deal-Piracy Is The Issue
Word leaked earlier this week that YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) was going to start renting out premium movie content, putting it in a position to co… Read more »
YouTube On The Verge Of A Big Movie Upgrade?
There’s nothing new about streaming movies on YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG). I have numerous legit choices right now. Nothing new either about YouTub… Read more »
Out Now On Facebook: Five More Warner Bros. Films
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Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) will let Facebook users stream five more of its titles, in a move that reinforces the view that the social network… Read more »
MLB Brings Live Baseball Streaming To Facebook
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Another week, another media company experimenting with putting up high-profile video content on Facebook. Major League Baseball is letting f… Read more »
Facebook Fears Hammer Netflix Stock
It wasn’t that long ago that Jim Cramer was suggesting that Facebook could actually help Netflix’s stock. But this morning, news of a deal b… Read more »
Charlie Sheen On Ustream: A Wasted Opportunity
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“The future of television is happening right now,” tweeted someone sitting pretty in the medium’s present, Survivor host Jeff Probst. But fr… Read more »
Why Warner Bros. Bypassed iTunes With App Editions
Warner Bros.’ intent to distribute movies as standalone apps packed with all sorts of content extras may seem like just a high-end treat for… Read more »
HTC Puts $40 Million In Gaming Co OnLive; Will Launch a Tablet At MWC?
Less than 24 hours after announcing that it would pay $48.5 million to buy mobile video specialists Saffron Digital, it has announced one mo… Read more »
Rdio: Funded To The Tune Of $17.5 Million; Warner Records’ Cavallo On Board
Last week we wrote about how social music service Rdio was picking up a round of funding from Mangrove Capital Partners. Today the company o… Read more »
Netflix Offers Mixed Message To Time Warner In Q4 PR Blitz
What a difference a day makes for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX). Less than 24 hours after an executive fired a shot across Time (NYSE: TWX) Warner’s… Read more »
@ NATPE: How Netflix Will Hurt HBO: Bidding Away Warner Bros. Films
Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) will attempt to outbid HBO for streaming rights to the movies the pay-TV giant gets from its current output deal with W… Read more »
@ CES: Studios Host Pep Rally For UltraViolet
Hollywood held a coming-out party at CES on Thursday for its digital-content initiative, UltraViolet, complete with toasts from distribution… Read more »
Turner Chief Explains How TV Industry Will Neutralize Netflix
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If there was ever any doubt that the animus towards Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) runs deeper throughout Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) than chairman and CE… Read more »
