Watch It Button Will Revolutionize How You Watch Movies
Plexus Entertainment has looked at the Internet and has said, "If there was only a way people could read a review or watch a trailer for a movie and then click a simple button to be notified when and where that movie becomes available on all the formats I want." Welcome to the Beta, my ...
The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Thanksgiving Edition
Plenty of news in the world of online video this past week, though many of us probably found ourselves distracted by things like family interaction, football games, and turkey. Because we were all a little more distracted than normal, it's an even better idea to catch up on the latest news, opinions, articles, and tips ...
VUDU Adds Downloads To Streaming Options, Some Competitors Follow
The times, they are a' changin. It seems that every time we turn around the online video industry takes a step more towards what users want. This time round it's Wal-Mart's VUDU who is getting in step and showing us that they have been listening to what we want.
What Hollywood's Experiments With Online Streaming Movies Means For The Future
While everyone in the media been debating the many juicy storylines in online streaming services--such as the Netflix price hike and their new content licensing deals, or Hulu's possible sale to Google or other suitors and new ad formats like Ad Swap--and what these stories might mean for the future of premium online video content, ...
Prime Time & Long-Form Online Video Is Up, Says Yahoo! Research
So the holiday weekend is over, we're all climbing out of food comas, lathering up skin lotion from too much sun and generally getting back into the groove. We're still free, we partied like it and now we've all got to pay. Luckily, I refrained from too much and so am actually in better shape ...
Is Hulu Worth Purchasing & Who Are The Suitors? You Make the Call
I will give you all the information available at present. You decide if it is a sweet deal or a sour lemon. Deal? Alright, if you've just come out of a binge-induced coma and don't know what the heck I'm talking about, Hulu has dropped their IPO thoughts and moved on to thinking about selling ...
VUDU & Wal-Mart To Sell Stupid, Overpriced Movie Cards For Digital Films
Here's one for the 'That's Really Stupid' category: Walmart-owned VUDU is going to sell "digital movie cards" for the film Battle: Los Angeles. The cards will available for purchase at Wal-mart stores, and will be priced at $14.96. The digital movie cards are then redeemable, online, for an SD digital copy of the film.
TiVo & Roku Strike New Deals With Streaming Content Providers
There's a lot of speculation about some partnerships between streaming device makers and streaming content providers and all of them are good for the industry. The biggest of which is the speculation that Wal-Mart's Vudu and Roku are working to tie the knot and offer the former's content through the latter's devices.
Screen Convergence Continues - Vudu, Netflix to Get Dedicated Remote Buttons
Earlier in the year Netflix announced they would have a dedicated button on remote controls for connected devices coming from some manufacturers. Wal-Mart obviously thought that a brilliant idea and so got those same manufacturers to put some Vudu buttons on the remotes as well. If I had a choice, I would choose nothing over ...
Online Video Weekly News Reel - The Big Move Edition
Some of you may know that I live in the Czech Republic, but I'm an American by birth. After six years living in Europe I have decided to return to America. This has caused much happiness and an equal amount of sadness. But as a Buddhist I believe that life is about change. All things ...
Mid-Week Online Video Reel Quick News Clips - April 13, 2011
It's been a busy week for various reasons, mostly NAB. That means a lot of news that might interest the Reel Readers but not warrant a full article. So I've chopped them all into bite-sized clips here for you to peruse. You know it's busy when I start the mid-week article on Tuesday instead of ...
Warner Brothers Begins Delivering Movie Rentals via Facebook
Really? Facebook is the solution you came up with to get your film in front of the digital masses? Sure it's a cool use of the social network and it taps into over 500 million potential film viewers. But I would never think of Facebook when I'm looking for a place to rent/buy a film. ...
Blinkx Sokx it to Boxee with 35 Million Hours of Video Via New App
Blinkx brinkx (no typo, it's Friday) a literal downpour of online video to the TV with its own application for Boxee, coming soon. The app will give you access to all the video search wonder that is blinkx right from the comfort of your own couch, if that is where you so choose to watch ...
Reel Cord-Cutting News: Netflix, Boxee, Hulu Gets Criterion & Miramax Goes Global
I generally do a weekend news round up. But within the last 12 hours I saw some cool stuff that all piled up together and was related so, here's a set of news Reel Quick. It has to do with Netflix and competition, Boxee and Netflix and Miramax, Lionsgate and StudioCanal ganging up...with YouTube?
Google TV (Logitech Revue) vs. Boxee vs. Roku vs. Apple TV - Internet-TV Device Comparison
While off at CES 2011 with Mark I picked up a piece of propaganda literature from Logitech about the Revue and all it had to offer so I thought I would scan it. Well my scanner is on the fritz, so I was going to have to hand type it. I figured if I was ...
