Tag: DVD

Six movie studios have filed a federal lawsuit against Zediva -- a movie rental start-up that allows users to watch films shortly after they're released on DVD, but before they become available on services like Netflix or Redbox. According to Zediva's founder and chief executive, Venky Srinivasan, the company operates like any other brick-and-mortar DVD rental service. Users pay to rent ...

It's no secret, or surprise, that subscription-based DVD rental services like Netflix are eating up the market share of retail outlets like Blockbuster. In the third quarter of 2010, subscription plans accounted for 41-percent of DVD rentals, while in-store transactions only accounted for 27-percent. What is slightly shocking is that, according to NPD, rental kiosks (like Redbox) outperformed ...

Now that WikiLeaks has leaked thousands of sensitive documents into the world, the U.S. military is stepping up its efforts to make sure that it won't happen again. According to Wired, the military has decided to ban all personnel from using DVDs, CDs, thumb drives and any other form of removable media that can transfer data from computer to portable device. Anyone who violates the policy will ...

We all have our own favorite sites to consult for the latest movie, music or video game releases. With a cleanly designed site called 'When it Drops,' though, Web surfers can now find all this information with one click of a mouse. Each week, When it Drops gives a snapshot of the latest movies, DVDs, albums, books and video games to hit the market that week, as well as the products released the ...

We have opened, watched, resealed and returned hundreds of Netflix DVDs, but, for some reason, we've never wondered exactly how much the company spends on postage each year. Believe it or not, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings replied to that very question on the social Q&A site Quora with the answer; the company spends about $600 million each year on postage for its DVDs. ...

NBC has struck a deal with Netflix that will bring content from the company's repository of network and cable TV shows to the streaming video service. Episodes from the most recently completed seasons (but not the current ones) of 'The Office' and '30 Rock' will now be accessible, as will entire series like 'Battlestar Galactica.' Subscribers will also be able to stream every episode of 'Saturday ...

Netflix's high-profile Canadian launch attracted a sizable crowd of enthusiastic consumers yesterday. As it turns out, however, many of the "consumers" who showed up for the Toronto event were actually paid actors. As the Globe and Mail reports, the online video rental and streaming company has now admitted to having paid extras to show up and "play types, for example, mothers, film buffs, ...

Those little vending machines-cum-movie dispensers seen at local grocery stores and corner shops have a virtual future. Redbox is developing an online platform, which aims to put one more nail in Blockbuster's coffin by following in Netflix's footsteps. When asked about the company's expansion to offer an online service, Redbox President Mitch Lowe said, "The way we look at it is, how can it help ...

Taking a stance different from those of other film studios, Paramount Pictures recently decided to allow Redbox, a $1-DVD-rental kiosk, to distribute its films on the same day they go on sale in stores. According to the Los Angeles Times, Redbox will pay Paramount about $575 million as part of the revenue-sharing deal, which runs through 2014. Other studios, like Warner Bros., Universal Studios ...

File this under Facepalm of the Day. Dana Hill and her daughter Skyler, a second-grader at Rock Crusher Elementary in Homosassa, Florida, excitedly plonked themselves down to watch a DVD of the school's digital yearbook which had been handed out at the end of the term. But cherubic kiddies making giraffes out of macaroni were absent from this DVD. Instead, the Hills were treated to a two-hour, ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Journalistic shield laws apparently don't apply to writers and publishers in San Mateo, California. In the intensely escalating missing-iPhone brouhaha, police reportedly raided Gizmodo editor Jason Chen's home in an attempt to glean information about the iPhone prototype incident. [From: Engadget] 'Avatar' is continuing its ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. We promise this is not a creepy sex toy. In fact, this moaning rubber mouth is an aid for the hearing impaired, specifically designed to help them improve their vocal ...

Share Whether it's from careless roommates or too many viewings, we've all had our favorite DVD get scratched and skip as a result. But you don't have to give up on your beloved disc; there could be hope for it yet -- in your pantry and bathroom. The folks over at Unplggd have compiled a step-by-step guide to removing scratches with nothing more than a banana, some toothpaste, and window ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Under the leadership of Atif Mushtaq, a crew of super nerds has dismantled and crushed a global spam network responsible for 12-percent of the junk that floods our inboxes. The targeted criminal organization operated a botnet, known as Mega-D, which was composed of over 250,000 compromised and remotely controlled computers. [From: ...

Share One feature Netflix users have always taken for granted, privacy, might be in danger if they're one of the 480,000 members whose information was shared as part of a contest to improve the company's popular movie recommendation system. According to Wired, a closeted lesbian mother going by the pseudonym "Jane Doe" filed a lawsuit yesterday against the rental giant, claiming it had, among ...