APPLE TO UNVEIL ITS ANSWER TO ULTRAVIOLET
October 13, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
As most of the major studios get set to launch a “cloud” service called “Ultraviolet” that would allow anyone purchasing a DVD movie to access it via any Internet connection afterwards, reports have emerged that Apple is planning a similar service linked to its iTunes store. With its new iOS5 released on Wednesday, Apple began [...]
WEBSITE LAUNCHES A KIND OF MOVIE “TRIVIAL PURSUIT” APP
The popular Internet Movie Database (IMDb), which claims that its iPhone and iPad app has already been installed on 15 million devices since 2009 and its Android app on 10 million more since 2010, has launched a new movie and TV trivia app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. In a statement, IMDb founder and [...]
FACEBOOK AND NETFLIX FORM AN ALLIANCE — BUT NOT IN U.S.
Reed Hastings joined Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on stage at Facebook’s f8 conference on Thursday, where the two announced a joint arrangement that would allow Canadian users to connect their Facebook and Netflix accounts to see what their friends are watching and quickly order up a movie or TV show for streaming via the Facebook [...]
TOO MANY PREVIEWS FOR FOX’S NEW GIRL?
September 6, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Fox TV may be giving so many potential viewers a chance to see online the entire first episode of its new comedy New Girl, starring Zooey Deschanel, that ratings for the actual broadcast could be affected, some experts have noted. It already is being screened on some hotel and college networks and on airline in-flight [...]
AL-MART FINDING SUCCESS WITH DOWNLOAD SERVICE
August 29, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Wal-Mart’s Vudu movie download service has rapidly become the third most popular in its field, putting it ahead of similar services from Amazon and Sony and behind only Apple’s iTunes service and Microsoft’s Zune Video Marketplace, the Wall Street Journal observed today (Monday). “The business we’re in today, offering first-run movies a la carte, is [...]
APPLE HALTS TV RENTALS ON ITUNES
In a surprise move, Apple has stopped renting TV episodes online from its iTunes Store. Daily Variety, which reported the move, said that the company removed the rental option “quietly.” It quoted an Apple spokesman as saying, “iTunes customers have shown they overwhelmingly prefer buying TV shows.” Only two media companies had agreed to allow [...]
APPLE’S PLANS FOR ITUNES REPLAY STYMIED BY STUDIOS
August 9, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
On the surface, Apple’s concept for what it calls iTunes Replay seems uncomplicated and reasonable enough: buy a digital copy of a movie from the iTunes Store and watch it anytime, anywhere, on any device capable of downloading or streaming it. The movie would be stored permanently in its upcoming iCloud service. But, as with [...]
SUNDANCE FILMMAKERS TO GET HELP FROM INSTITUTE
July 28, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
Hoping to provide a wider release for the films that are screened at the Sundance Film Festival, the Sundance Institute on Wednesday unveiled a new program that will help filmmakers sell and/or rent their movies via the major video websites, including iTunes, YouTube, Hulu, Amazon.com and its own SundanceNow. Sundance will act as the agent [...]
CASEY ANTHONY APP A HIT ON APPLE’S ITUNES
A 99-cent Casey Anthony trial app developed by an NBC affiliate in Orlando, FL, where the trial is being held, became the No. 1 news app on Apple’s iTunes store last weekend and now resides at No. 2, according to a report by Harvard’s Nieman Journalism Lab. The success is particularly remarkable given the fact [...]
DISNEY PLANNING TO EXPAND DISNEY.COM
June 3, 2011 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Walt Disney Co. may be having second thoughts about offering shows from its TV sites like ABC, Disney Channel, and ESPN and movies from its film studios on super sites such as Hulu and Apple’s iTunes Store. The Los Angeles Times reported today (Friday) that Disney CEO Robert Iger wants to transform Disney.com into [...]