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Analyst: Netflix would be most-watched "cable network"

Analyst: Netflix would be most-watched "cable network"
  • Posted April 12, 2013, 12:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web With Video
  • Netflix CEO Reed Hastings noted on Facebook that his company served up some four billion hours of streaming video in 2013 -- and we're not even done with April. He also plugged an upcoming Netflix original series named Hemlock Grove,…

Rdio rolls out a public preview of its video streaming service, Vdio

Rdio rolls out a public preview of its video streaming service, Vdio
  • Posted April 3, 2013, 2:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Software
  • Following a few short months in private beta and over a year in development, Vdio, the video streaming counterpart of music service Rdio is making its first public appearance. Initially, only Rdio Unlimited subscribers in the U.K. and the U.S.…

"X-Ray for TV" lets Kindle, Wii U owners tap to identify actors

"X-Ray for TV" lets Kindle, Wii U owners tap to identify actors
  • Posted March 27, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Amazon has just expanded its X-Ray service to include television shows. The service will bring Kindle Fire and Wii U episode watchers contextual information from the IMDb at the touch of a finger. Just like the movie-centric version of the…

Generation Free: Piracy, distribution, and entertainment

Generation Free: Piracy, distribution, and entertainment
  • Posted March 11, 2013, 1:48 AM by Cliff Bleszinski | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • I was in my 20’s when the Napster revolution came along. Even before that I remember piracy on newsgroups. During the crafting of the first Unreal I remember watching one of my peers downloading Hollywood movies in the background and then watching them on his giant, fat monitor. I remember at the time thinking "Hollywood’s going to shit when they see this."

Google Play celebrates first birthday with special offers

Google Play celebrates first birthday with special offers
  • Posted March 6, 2013, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Gaming With Video
  • It’s already been a full year since Google announced they would be replacing the Android Market with a new service called Google Play. The new store not only replaced the old but expanded it by including eBooks, music, video content…

RIM adds music, movies, TV shows to rebranded BlackBerry World

RIM adds music, movies, TV shows to rebranded BlackBerry World
  • Posted January 28, 2013, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Research in Motion has released details pertaining to a planned rebranding of its app store for BlackBerry 10, known as BlackBerry App World. The Canadian company will soon be dropping “App” from the name and adding a full-on media catalog…

Terminally ill Star Trek fan sees "Into Darkness" before launch

Terminally ill Star Trek fan sees "Into Darkness" before launch
  • Posted January 9, 2013, 7:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Hardcore Star Trek fan Daniel Craft, 41, was given the opportunity to view -- in its current entirety -- the upcoming Trek flick Into Darkness. What makes this story special though, is that Craft was diagnosed as terminally ill with only…

"Cam" movie pirate issued record 5-year prison sentence

"Cam" movie pirate issued record 5-year prison sentence
  • Posted January 4, 2013, 2:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Four members of prolific illegal file sharing group iMAGiNE have been ordered to serve prison terms after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit copyright infringement. The group's leader Jeramiah Perkins, 40, managed to receive the longest sentence ever handed to a…

Study suggests shutting down MegaUpload hurt box office ticket sales

Study suggests shutting down MegaUpload hurt box office ticket sales
  • Posted November 27, 2012, 8:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • It’s probably a safe bet to assume that members of the Motion Picture Association of America were among the happiest around when they learned that file hosting site MegaUpload had been shut down and their servers had been seized as…

Vdio enters private beta, won't mimic Rdio's streaming model

Vdio enters private beta, won
  • Posted November 21, 2012, 2:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • It’s been over a year since we last heard about Vdio, an upcoming online video service founded by Janus Friis, the same guy who co-created KaZaA, Skype, Rdio and Joost. But according to a report by GigaOm, things are moving…

Weekend Open Forum: Best and worst video game to movie adaptation

Weekend Open Forum: Best and worst video game to movie adaptation
  • Posted November 16, 2012, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in WOF
  • It’s no surprise that a number of technology enthusiasts also happen to be avid video game players. There have been countless gaming franchises over the years, many of which were successful enough to warrant a transition to the big screen. …

BBC iPlayer allows iOS users to download TV shows, movies

BBC iPlayer allows iOS users to download TV shows, movies
  • Posted September 4, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web
  • For the first time, the BBC will allow iPlayer users to download streaming media to their iOS devices for offline viewing. Media streamed by BBC's iPlayer has traditionally been exclusively streamable. Although current plans treat iPhone and iPad owners first,…

Comcast refuses IP lookups, calls anti-piracy case a 'shake down'

Comcast refuses IP lookups, calls anti-piracy case a
  • Posted June 15, 2012, 7:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Comcast may be complicating the lives of copyright holders everywhere by rejecting recent requests made to link subscriber information to IP addresses. In an ongoing legal kerfuffle with AF Holdings, adult film publisher and plaintiff, Comcast requested an Illinois district…

Judge rules IP addresses aren't enough to incriminate pirates

Judge rules IP addresses aren
  • Posted May 4, 2012, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Judge Gary Brown, a federally-appointed magistrate judge of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York, recently ruled that an IP address is no more able to identify wrong-doers than a telephone number can be used to…

Google strikes Paramount deal, adds 500 films to YouTube, Google Play

Google strikes Paramount deal, adds 500 films to YouTube, Google Play
  • Posted April 5, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • YouTube has announced a content deal with Paramount which will provide access to nearly 500 new flicks. Google Play, formerly known as the Android Market, will also enjoy the additional content thanks to the new agreement. While what movies will…

Google reboots Android Market with Google Play, consolidates content

Google reboots Android Market with Google Play, consolidates content
  • Posted March 7, 2012, 11:00 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web With Video
  • Yesterday, Google announced it would be replacing Android Market with a newly named service called Google Play. The company claim this is more than a name change. The Google Play Store not only replaces Android Market, but also extends it,…

Paramount first to sell UltraViolet movies but limits platform support

Paramount first to sell UltraViolet movies but limits platform support
  • Posted January 25, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • As companies begin to embrace UltraViolet, a centralized meta-DRM strategy used for video content, Paramount appears to be the first to actually offer stand-alone UV movies for sale to consumers.

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 --…

Hurt Locker lawsuit targeting pirates comes to a halt

Hurt Locker lawsuit targeting pirates comes to a halt
  • Posted January 2, 2012, 1:11 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • Refusing a request for an extension by prosecutors, Judge Beryl Howell has effectively put an abrupt end to one of the largest anti-piracy lawsuits in history. Interestingly this decision comes from a Judge who is a former RIAA lobbyist.

Netflix CEO gets $1.5 million pay cut, stocks remain low

Netflix CEO gets $1.5 million pay cut, stocks remain low
  • Posted December 26, 2011, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, got a lump of coal this Christmas as the company's board chose to halve his stock options. Hastings has been at the helm while mismanagement of the company is widely attributed to the exodus of both…

Rumor: Apple readying cloud-based movie streaming service

Rumor: Apple readying cloud-based movie streaming service
  • Posted October 13, 2011, 6:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Apple, Industry News
  • Apple could launch a new movie service before the end of the year or in early 2012, according to the Los Angeles Times. The paper says representatives from Apple have been meeting with studios to finalize deals that would allow…

Comcast conducting trial run of $60 first-run movies over VOD

Comcast conducting trial run of $60 first-run movies over VOD
  • Posted October 7, 2011, 1:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web, Industry News
  • Comcast and Universal Pictures will be conducting a trial run that would deliver first-run films still in theaters to Comcast subscribers through video on demand. Movies will cost $60 each and be available for up to 48 hours after ordering.

3D films boost box-office revenue despite drop in attendance

3D films boost box-office revenue despite drop in attendance
  • Posted September 8, 2011, 12:21 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • North American movie attendance is down for the fourth consecutive summer, causing distress within Hollywood and publicly traded theater chains. Tallied from the first weekend in May to Labor Day, this year’s attendance is the lowest since the summer of…

Ubisoft launches studio to make its games into movies, TV shows

Ubisoft launches studio to make its games into movies, TV shows
  • Posted May 3, 2011, 10:41 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Gaming
  • Ubisoft has created a new division in its company dedicated specifically to adapting its game franchises to movies and TV shows. The newly created Ubisoft Motion Pictures will be based in Paris, France and will be headed by former Europacorp…

News around the web: Movies infographics collection

  • Posted August 10, 2010, 1:00 PM by Erik Orejuela | Filed in NATW
  • Movies Infographics Collection @ Abduzeedo Dollar dips as Fed to buy long-dated Treasuries @ Reuters Netflix to stream Paramount, Lionsgate, MGM movies @ AP Spectacular Perseid Meteor Shower Due Wednesday @ FoxNews See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: IBM Designs Pocket-Sized Virtual…

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