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The latest digital video news, including video-on-demand, movie downloads and online distribution.
- Warner puts downloadable files on Harry Potter DVD
By Susanne Ault - 10/09/2007
OCT. 9 | UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.--Warner Home Video will include two downloadable digital files on its Dec. 11 DVD release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The latest Potter installment will allow DVD buyers to download the film to a PC or a portable device, making Warner the first studio to so marry physical media and downloads. More
- NPD Group: Electronic sell-through has slow growth
By Susanne Ault - 10/05/2007
OCT. 5 | Despite the hype surrounding digital video, permanent downloads (a.k.a. electronic sell-through) have been slow to catch on—just 1.3 million households, representing 2% of Internet users in the U.S., purchased electronic sell-through products early in 2007, according to NPD Group.
More - Fox points to hardware for Silver Surfer Blu-ray problems
By Susanne Ault - 10/04/2007
OCT. 4 | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is aware of consumers experiencing playback problems on Oct. 2 Blu-ray Disc release The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, but the studio believes the issues are confined to a limited number of players.
More - Hewlett-Packard signs 30 suppliers for media-on-demand
By Ned Randolph - 10/04/2007
OCT. 4 | Hewlett-Packard waded deeper into the media-on-demand space today by announcing it has licensed the catalog of 30 content providers, adding 4,000 titles under its H-P Video Merchant Services brand.
More - OPINION: Reviving retail in a digital media world
By Anthony Bay - 10/03/2007
Anthony Bay, chairman and co-founder of MOD Systems (www.modsystems.com)
OCT. 3 | When online digital content originally debuted in the marketplace, many predicted the impending demise of retail. For many of us, though, those predictions bring to mind Mark Twain’s famous quote: “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”
More - Microsoft intros flash Zunes
By Amy Gilroy of TWICE - 10/03/2007
OCT. 3 | FROM TWICE: SEATTLE—Microsoft introduced last night two slimmed-down Zune portable media players and a new social networking beta site called Zune Social.
More - Warner makes a deal for Peanuts
By Susanne Ault - 10/02/2007
OCT. 2 | Cowabunga! Warner Home Video has signed a multi-year deal to distribute Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang on DVD and digitally.
More - EMA forms Digital Council
By Ned Randolph - 10/02/2007
OCT. 2 | The Entertainment Merchants Assn. (formerly VSDA) has formed a new Digital Council with the goal of helping define and standardize practices in digital entertainment and promoting consumer acceptance of new forms of entertainment delivery.
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Download Limits
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The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer thrilled fans this week.
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