Tuesday, January 4, 2011

The Business Of Online Video

The Business Of Online Video


Sears and Kmart Launch Overpriced Movie Download Service That's Pointless

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 09:00 PM PST

At the end of last week, while most folks were preparing for the holidays, Sears Holdings quietly launched their new movie download service, originally announced in June, called Alphaline Entertainment. Powered by Sonic Solutions RoxioNow platform, the service is a nearly identical clone to BestBuy's CinemaNow offering, but with pricing that's even more expensive. To purchase many movies on the...

Intel Launching Online Movie and Video Service, "Intel Insider", Allow Streaming To TV

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 08:57 AM PST

Talk about a crowded industry. In addition to BestBuy, Sears, Walmart, Apple, Sony, Microsoft, Netflix, and others offering online movies for rental and purchase, Intel just announced their plans to launch their own movie and video service, dubbed Intel Insider, by the end of March. But unlike other services in the market today, Intel's movie and video platform will be...

Google TV Coming To Vizio TVs and Blu-ray Players Later This Year

Posted: 03 Jan 2011 07:56 AM PST

A big day of news for Vizio. After already announcing that Vizio would launch Android based tablets and cell phones later this summer and a new video download service, Google has now confirmed via their blog, that Vizio will incorporate the Google TV platform in TVs and Blu-ray players slated for sale later this year. I'm not a big fan...

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