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Warner Bros. Stuffs Movies Into iPad/iPhone Apps (Or, the Fanciest DRM Ever)

In a world of Netflix, Redbox and cheap iTunes rentals, Warner Bros. has hatched a new plan to entice you to purchase more movies. The studio is now selling movies as standalone iOS apps, starting with...

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Zediva: Streaming New Movies for Cheap Through a Sneaky Workaround

Movie studios are skittish about giving their new releases to bargain rental services like Netflix and Redbox, but that’s not a concern for streaming video startup Zediva. The service, which moves out...

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Zediva’s Fast Failure

On Wednesday, Jared wrote about Zediva, a new movie-streaming service that offers new releases for cheap–by streaming them onto the Internet from banks of DVD players, without the permission or...

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The Movie Studios Think Zediva is Illegal. Shocking!

Last month, Jared wrote about Zediva, an online movie rental service with an absurd technological approach: Its founders have banks of DVD players and stream individual DVDs across the net at $1 a...

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mSpot Movies Wants to Undercut Netflix

Netflix may be an unstoppable force in the streaming video business, but it’s not without weaknesses. The service’s selection of on-demand movies doesn’t compare to its mail-order DVD catalog, and if...

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YouTube to Go Hollywood?

Is YouTube about to make a major push into streaming Hollywood movies? I dunno, but it seems inevitable that Google will do so–sooner or later, one way or another.

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Google Music and Movies: Your Questions Answered

That little green robot must be struggling to catch his breath. In addition to unveiling two significant updates to its Android operating system on Tuesday — Android 3.1 and the next-generation Android...

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Zediva’s Streaming Video Loophole Closed By Judge

If you’ve been waiting for an invite to Zediva’s cut-rate streaming video service, it might be time to give up. A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against Zediva on grounds of...

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Want to See Starz on Netflix? You’ve Got Until February

So much for Starz movies on Netflix. Negotiations between the two companies have fallen through, and Starz has announced that it’ll stop providing movies for Netflix’s streaming catalog on February 28,...

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Film is No Longer Film

Salon’s Matt Zoller Seitz reports on yet another analog artifact that’s given way to a digital substitute: Movie cameras. Theaters, movies, moviegoing and other core components of what we once called...

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Warner Bros. Stuffs Movies Into iPad/iPhone Apps (Or, the Fanciest DRM Ever)

In a world of Netflix, Redbox and cheap iTunes rentals, Warner Bros. has hatched a new plan to entice you to purchase more movies. The studio is now selling movies as standalone iOS apps, starting with...

View Article

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Clik here to view.

Zediva: Streaming New Movies for Cheap Through a Sneaky Workaround

Movie studios are skittish about giving their new releases to bargain rental services like Netflix and Redbox, but that’s not a concern for streaming video startup Zediva. The service, which moves out...

View Article

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Zediva’s Fast Failure

On Wednesday, Jared wrote about Zediva, a new movie-streaming service that offers new releases for cheap–by streaming them onto the Internet from banks of DVD players, without the permission or...

View Article


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The Movie Studios Think Zediva is Illegal. Shocking!

Last month, Jared wrote about Zediva, an online movie rental service with an absurd technological approach: Its founders have banks of DVD players and stream individual DVDs across the net at $1 a...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

mSpot Movies Wants to Undercut Netflix

Netflix may be an unstoppable force in the streaming video business, but it’s not without weaknesses. The service’s selection of on-demand movies doesn’t compare to its mail-order DVD catalog, and if...

View Article


YouTube to Go Hollywood?

Is YouTube about to make a major push into streaming Hollywood movies? I dunno, but it seems inevitable that Google will do so–sooner or later, one way or another.

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Google Music and Movies: Your Questions Answered

That little green robot must be struggling to catch his breath. In addition to unveiling two significant updates to its Android operating system on Tuesday — Android 3.1 and the next-generation Android...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Zediva’s Streaming Video Loophole Closed By Judge

If you’ve been waiting for an invite to Zediva’s cut-rate streaming video service, it might be time to give up. A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction against Zediva on grounds of...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Want to See Starz on Netflix? You’ve Got Until February

So much for Starz movies on Netflix. Negotiations between the two companies have fallen through, and Starz has announced that it’ll stop providing movies for Netflix’s streaming catalog on February 28,...

View Article

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Clik here to view.

Warner Bros. Stuffs Movies Into iPad/iPhone Apps (Or, the Fanciest DRM Ever)

In a world of Netflix, Redbox and cheap iTunes rentals, Warner Bros. has hatched a new plan to entice you to purchase more movies. The studio is now selling movies as standalone iOS apps, starting with...

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