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The Motley Fool
October 7, 2011
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3 Reasons Why Comcast's $60 Movies Will Fail The cable giant is testing on-demand rentals of nearly first-run features.   |
Home Theater
May 20, 2010 |
FCC Unleashes Selectable Output Control The Federal Communications Commission has caved in to the movie industry's demand to disable the component video interface on high-def devices, but the studios can use this so-called selectable output control only under very specific circumstances, to protect fresh video on demand titles. |
BusinessWeek
October 27, 2003
Lowry & Grover |
Cable Fights For Its Movie Rights Video-on-demand's reach is expanding, and the cable biz wants to show films sooner. |
Home Theater
March 24, 2009 |
Warner Hawks Film Classics on Custom DVDs Warner Bros. is launching an on-demand DVD release program that will vastly expand the number of titles available on disc. |
Home Theater
December 14, 2007 |
Bourne to Hit Vudu, DVD, HD DVD Universal Pictures and Vudu made high-definition history with The Bourne Ultimatum on December 11. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Blockbuster Is a Box Buster The DVD rental giant is taking a bold jump into the set-top box market with the debut of the MediaPoint digital media player. |
AskMen.com
Craig Mazin |
Mr. Tech: Maximize Your HD Experience Here's a brief primer on HDTV technology. |
BusinessWeek
August 2, 2004 |
Reed Hastings' Script for Netflix Investors in DVD-rental service Netflix Inc. have been pounded since the July 15 announcement that its second-quarter profits were less than expected. CEO Reed Hastings talks about the many challenges facing Netflix. |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Netflix Sells Out Its Subscribers Just as book publishers like to space out the releases of hardcover books and their eventually cheaper paperback offshoots, Netflix subscribers are about to become paperback riders. |
Home Theater
March 24, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
HD DVD Coming - Just Not Yet Toshiba has delayed the release of its HD DVD player until HD DVD titles are released by Warner Home Video. |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Let's Get Going With VOD As to Warner's apparent efforts to feed VOD without starving DVD sales or undernourishing the Blockbusters of this world, it seems that there are too many masters being served here. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2006
Anders Bylund |
SeaChange Setting Sail The provider of video-on-demand (VOD) services to the U.S. Department of Defense is on its way up. Last week's earnings report showed a loss, but only half as bad as the year-ago period and with nearly 20% revenue growth. |
Home Theater
August 2, 2007 |
Who's Going Blu? Is the end near for HD DVD? A recent spate of bad news suggests that the format is running out of retail friends. But the situation may not be as bad as it first appears. |
Home Theater
January 4, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Warner Goes Blu Warner Bros., which until now has released titles on both Blu-ray and HD DVD, will release Blu-ray-only from now on. |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Netflix Can't Be This Dumb When movies should come out on different platforms is becoming more convoluted and confusing, and Netflix appears open to bribes to play along. |
The Motley Fool
June 25, 2004
Daniel Hong |
Defying the Naysayers The on-line DVD rental company Netflix, though it's still up more than 200% in a year, is an investment gem simply because it's fallen from favor. |
InternetNews
September 14, 2004
Colin C. Haley |
How Much Hollywood For Comcast? Cable giant Comcast boosts video-on-demand offerings through a deal with Sony and considers a stake in MGM. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
David Lee Smith |
Be Demanding of Your TV Much of the programming now available from the cable operators on video-on-demand is free to viewers. Video-on-demand is innovative, but what could it mean for your portfolio? |
InternetNews
February 11, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
Double Dose Of Bad News For HD DVD Best Buy and Netflix have turned their back on HD DVD. |
Home Theater
July 9, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
Sony HD Movie Channels Coming Sony is about to launch two movie channels. One of two would be studio's first wholly owned channel. |
Home Theater
November 1, 2007 |
Will Warner Dump HD DVD? Warner currently releases high-def DVDs in both Blu-ray and HD DVD. But the studio may be about to concentrate on Blu-ray only, an executive recently hinted. |
The Motley Fool
July 25, 2007
David Lee Smith |
Can Cable Still Reward Shareholders? The sector's done well lately, but what new issues might cable operators be facing? Time Warner Cable... Comcast... etc. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2007
Brendan Mathews |
DirecTV Dishes Out High-Def The satellite-TV provider has a leg up in a tough industry, thanks to its aggressive focus on HDTV. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2004
Daniel Hong |
The Last Word on Netflix If online DVD rental outfit Netflix can meet its goals, the stock looks like a winner. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Larry Armstrong |
Definitive Answers On High-Def Even if you're ready for high-definition DVDs, the market isn't ready for you. That won't happen until next year, when the players and disks will go on sale. |
Home Theater
October 19, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
NY Viewers Bruised in Carriage Smash In cable rebroadcast dispute, two major local channels go dark. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2005
Steven Mallas |
A Billion Demands for Comcast Comcast's On Demand service reaches one billion year-to-date views. However, wise investors may want to look at content providers, instead. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2011
David Lee Smith |
Cord-Cutting Is for Babies Comcast will likely show us all that its future is brighter than ever. |
BusinessWeek
July 11, 2005
Ronald Grover |
What's Driving The Box Office Batty Hollywood is pushing movies to DVD and video faster -- and theaters are feeling squeezed. And with the price of cinema tickets skyrocketing, this gives movie fans new clout. Clearly, some big script changes are in store. |
The Motley Fool
February 1, 2005 |
New Avenues for Netflix? Netflix CEO Reed Hastings sat down for a conversation to discuss the company's past, present, and future. This is the second of four parts. |
Macworld
March 30, 2005
Anton Linecker |
DVD copy software When it comes to recompression quality, there is hardly a difference between Popcorn and DVD2oneX, but there are differences in speed. |
InternetNews
June 19, 2007
Andy Patrizio |
Blockbuster Picks Blu-Ray Over HD DVD Finally, someone picks a side in the format war. Can HD DVD recover? |
PC World
May 2006
Melissa J. Perenson |
Gotcha! Where's My HD Picture? Having an HD DVD player doesn't guarantee that you'll get full, high-definition output from it. |
The Motley Fool
August 6, 2010
David Lee Smith |
The Cable Guys Are Better Than You Think With all of cable now having reported earnings, Comcast still leads the pack. |
Home Theater
December 9, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Universal to Sell BD/DVD Combo Discs Universal Studios Home Entertainment will begin selling double-sided discs, with Blu-ray on one side and DVD on the other. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2005
Marko Djuranovic |
Movies for Sale at Netflix Though the program is still small, customers can now buy used movies directly from the company. It's important for investors not to overstate this portion of Netflix's business. In fact, they should all but ignore it. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No $60 Video Rentals for You Comcast and its Universal movie arm back out of a plan for $59.99 video rentals during their theatrical runs. |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2007
Stephen H. Wildstrom |
TiVo, Minus The Tangle The new TiVo HD is a harbinger of better things that will be here soon. |
PC World
January 28, 2008
Melissa J. Perenson |
LG Super Blu BH200 Dual-Format HD Player The BH200 offers two high-def formats in one player, but its price is too high. |
Home Toys
June 2002
Navin Sabharwal |
Video on Demand: Coming Soon to a Home Theater Near You Despite repeated false dawns it can now be confidently said that Video on Demand (VOD) is arriving and that over the next few years it will become a significant component of the service bundle that cable operators will offer. |
InternetNews
January 4, 2008 |
Game Over? Warner Bros To Back Blu-ray Exclusively The latest development in the DVD format war is a big win for Blu-ray over rival HD DVD technology. |
Home Theater
January 14, 2008 |
Toshiba Takes an Ax to HD DVD Prices Toshiba has just made its HD DVD players even more attractive with big price cuts - though as a statement on the format's future, the move is ambiguous at best. |
PC Magazine
November 2, 2005
John R. Quain |
The High-Def DVD War In the seesaw battle over which high-definition DVD technology will become the next standard, two companies have finally made a commitment. |
Home Theater
September 25, 2009
Mark Fleischmann |
Blu-ray Keeps Getting More Affordable Disc pricing down 12 percent for new titles, one-third for catalogue. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2010
David Lee Smith |
Don't Miss Cable's New Lift-Off Both Comcast and Time Warner Cable appear to be handling competition nicely. |
Home Theater
August 20, 2007 |
Paramount, DreamWorks Dump BD for HD DVD Two major studios have announced that they're dumping Sony's Blu-ray format for Toshiba's HD DVD. It looks as though both formats are likely to be around for the foreseeable future. |
InternetNews
May 19, 2005
Tim Gray |
Wal-Mart Hands in DVD Rental Card Retail giant Wal-Mart is calling it a wrap on its online DVD rental business, opting instead to concentrate on DVD sales while attempting to move existing customers to new partner Netflix. |
InternetNews
January 23, 2008
Andy Patrizio |
Thank Warner Bros For Blu-ray Sales Spike? NPD cautions not to start dancing on HD DVD's grave. |
Home Theater
March 5, 2008
Mark Fleischmann |
Toshiba Ponders Next Move How does Toshiba plan to move forward in the wake of HD DVD's demise? The company's CEO says improved DVD upconversion is among the strategies to be pursued. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2008
Anders Bylund |
How Apple's Movie Move Helps Netflix The whole entertainment business is about to turn on its ear. Read on to see why Apple and Netflix will be the likely rulers of the new world order. |
