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Valve has declined movie offers for Left 4 Dead, Half-Life

Valve has declined movie offers for Left 4 Dead, Half-Life
  • Posted January 16, 2013, 11:15 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming
  • During a recent interview on The Nerdist podcast, Valve boss Gabe Newell said his company has declined offers from Hollywood movie studios on a few different occasions. Specifically, filmmakers have been interested in adapting hits like Half-Life and Left 4…

MPAA threatens Congress over SOPA, says blackout "abuse of power"

MPAA threatens Congress over SOPA, says blackout "abuse of power"
  • Posted January 24, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Former senator turned MPAA CEO, Christopher Dodd, managed to earn the public's ire this week by making remarks which many claim are akin to a public admission of bribery. A petition to investigate the former senator has already garnered over 25,000 supporters --…

YouTube starts rolling out movie rentals from Hollywood

YouTube starts rolling out movie rentals from Hollywood
  • Posted May 10, 2011, 6:00 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web
  • As expected, Google has announced that YouTube is now offering some 3,000 full-length feature films from major Hollywood studios available to rent. This brings the total number of movie titles available to rent on YouTube to over 6,000. The service,…

YouTube getting ready to launch Hollywood movie rentals

YouTube getting ready to launch Hollywood movie rentals
  • Posted April 26, 2011, 12:37 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • After years of rumors, YouTube is finally launching a movie-on-demand service over at youtube.com/store. Google has charged users for movie rentals for over a year now, but the search giant is finally moving to stream mainstream Hollywood movies from the…

Hollywood wants to offer $30 movie rentals next month

Hollywood wants to offer $30 movie rentals next month
  • Posted March 31, 2011, 5:41 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Industry News, Industry News
  • Would you pay $30 to rent a movie? Hollywood hopes that you will. Late next month, a service called Home Premiere will allow consumers to view films on-demand two months after they exit theaters. This is before they're out on DVD...

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