Blockbuster is in talks to buy movie download service Movielink. The acquisition would allow them to compete with Netflix, their online DVD rental rival, which is already running a streaming video service for its members. (via Reuters/The Washington Post)...
At Slate, Reihan Salam tries the Netflix "Watch Now" streaming movie service and finds it "less than perfect... in the 12 or so hours I've spent watching Netflix's streaming offerings, I've seen nothing I would pay to see."
Miramax has announced a street date for "The Queen," starring this year's Academy Award-winning "Best Actress," Helen Mirren. The film will arrive on DVD and Blu-ray April 24th...
We're one small step closer to legally downloading copyright protected movies and burning them to DVD. "CSS Managed Recording" was approved today at a meeting of the DVD Forum in Tokyo. The new technology uses the same content protection as commercial discs. (via Macworld)...
You know you probably don't have a bestseller on your hands when the nicest thing a reviewer can say about your new release is that it has "the best DVD menus I've ever seen." (via Toon Zone)...
Toshiba is "puzzled" by the recent reports on websites and blogs saying that its new 51 GB HD DVD disc is about to debut. It's not. (via Computerworld)...
Movie City Indie provides links to free downloads of the complete screenplays of recent Oscar nominees 'The Departed" and "Pan's Labyrinth."
Martha Stewart is getting out of the DVD business and seeking to monetize her library of digital content through video on demand instead. After two years with Warner Home Video, neither party made much money, both having misjudged the size of the specialty DVD market. The saddest part about all this is we'll no longer be able to pen headlines like "Martha Tosses Her Cookies Onto DVD." (via The New York Post)...
After "paying $65.82 every month for cable TV that I rarely watch," J.D. at Get Rich Slowly says he reckons he was paying $3.16 an hour for the privilege. But with Netflix, his cost per hour is just ninety cents. So he cut his cable bill down to about twelve bucks a month (for the local channels) and supplements his viewing with Netflix and a couple of Season Passes at the iTunes store.
Meanwhile, over at a blog called "Minor Tweaks," there's a fascinating "brief dialogue between The Me Who Selects Netflix Movies and The Me Who Watches Them."
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