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  • Amazon eyes subscription Web TV service Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 7:03AMAmazon.com Inc has approached media companies with a proposal for a subscription service that gives users unlimited access to some television shows and movies over the Internet in a bid to rival Netflix Inc, two people familiar with the talks said on Tuesday.
  • PRODUCT PROFILE Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 1:05AMAmazon.com has approached media companies with a proposal for a subscription service that gives users unlimited access to some television shows and movies over the internet.
  • Thomson Ambulance Association Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 10:18PMYour Thomson Fire Protection District is made up of an EMS Association and a Fire Association and is funded by your tax dollars, insurance billing, donations, fundraisers and grants.
  • Amazon Ready to Take On Netflix Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 9:25PMIn what looks to be a bid to take on rivals such as Netflix, Amazon has approached Time Warner Inc, CBS Corp and Viacom Inc to suggest a new subscription service. The service would allow access to some television and movies, a la Hulu. Reuters reports: [An] Amazon subscription service would likely be similar to Netflix's online streaming service which works in tandem with its DVD rental business ...
  • Wal-mart agrees to settle online DVD lawsuit-filing Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:54PMWal-mart agrees to settle online DVD lawsuit-filing
  • Amazon trying to create Web-based TV service Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:37PMOnline retailer in talks with major media companies. 1 Sep 2010 10:55 AM
  • Wal-mart agrees to settle online DVD lawsuit: filing Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:59PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc has agreed to settle a private antitrust lawsuit over its exit from the online DVD market, according to court documents.
  • Wal-mart agrees to settle online DVD lawsuit-filing Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:20PM* Lawsuit claims unlawful agreement with Netflix
  • Accidental Pirate site is no honeypot: IP group Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:36PM"Nothing clandestine" despite information disclosure clause.
  • Google Working on Pay-Per-View Movies Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:38AMIt’s taken the better part of a year, but Google’s discussions with major movie studios about a YouTube pay-per-view movie service are coming to fruition.
  • Reading Chest opens chances for children to read Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 6:51AMA MOTHER of three has created a unique online service providing books for parents wanting to teach their children to read.
  • Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 9:35PMRent It By the way...I've left hidden clues throughout this review, telling the savvy reader out there exactly how I really feel about this documentary. Shhhhhhhh.....here's the first one. Just play it backwards: sknits ti. Jesus, I hate documentaries like this one. I mean...they really hit me where I live. Of course it's all utterly mad. Anyone can see it's been faked. The scenario doesn't even ...
  • Small print Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:38PMGambler, gardener and Irish aviation pioneer:THE PIONEERING Irish aviator Lilian Bland has been all but forgotten, eclipsed by the daring exploits of later female pilots, such as Amelia Earhart. But a century ago today Bland became the first woman to design, build and fly her own aircraft as she took to the skies over Co Antrim in her home-made biplane,Mayfly. To mark the centenary, a plaque ...
  • Coinstar Hispanic National Currency Poll Reveals a Majority of Hispanics Have Altered Their Financial Plans for ... Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 8:00AMThe Coinstar Hispanic National Currency Poll revealed today that a majority of Hispanics have changed their financial plans for the remainder of 2010 in an effort to better protect their financial futures.
  • Coinstar, Inc. Named One of FORTUNE's '100 Fastest-Growing Companies' Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 7:30AMFORTUNE announced this week that Coinstar, Inc. has been ranked #61 on the 2010 "100 Fastest-Growing Companies" list. The full list and related stories appear in the September 6, 2010 issue of FORTUNE, available on newsstands on Monday, August 23, and at http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortunefastestgrowing/2010/index.html.
  • Roger Corman's Cult Classics Double Feature: Death Sport / Battle Truck (aka Warlords of the Twenty-First Century) Thursday, August 26, 2010 @ 6:50AMRecommended It's amazing to try and consider just how many feature length motion pictures have been made since the beginning of the medium. Even narrowing it down to, say, the ones that played on the big screen, that's still an almost endless well of films to draw from, from the microbudget cheapies all the way up to the most expensive, massive movies ever made. Paring it down further to Roger ...
  • Agatha Christie's Marple: Series 5 Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 6:51AMRecommended Purely subjective, I know...but I just couldn't warm to this new Marple. Acorn Media has released Agatha Christie Marple - Series 5 (I'm right with you, Stuart: why can't someone add an apostrophe "s" to that annoying title?), a 4-disc, 3-movie set featuring Cranford 's Julia McKenzie as Christie's seemingly indestructible elderly sleuth. Adaptations of The Mirror Crack'd from Side ...
  • Videocracy Tuesday, August 24, 2010 @ 6:50AMRent It "Life can be wonderful, like television." Hypnotic...but baffling and ultimately, unpersuasive. Lorber Films has released Videocracy , the 2009 documentary by Swedish/Italian director Erik Gandini that looks at...I think ...the incestuous relationship between Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and the media empire he owns and controls. Gandini gets the mood right, suggesting ...
  • Woman dies in Sturgis fire Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 9:08PMA woman died in a fire at a rental property in Sturgis early Sunday morning, the Sturgis Fire Department reports in a news release.
  • Time Bandits (Blu-ray) Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 6:29PMRent It "If I were creating a world, I wouldn't mess around with butterflies and daffodils. I would've started with lasers! Eight o'clock, day one." Okay, [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] so the he... Read the entire review
  • Report: Domestic/Int'l Animation Market in Japan Grew 1.6% in '09 Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 11:14AMMarket for domestic, foreign works grew in theaters, subscription TV, BD sales
  • It's been a wild week for NFLX Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 1:01PMNetflix, Inc. (NFLX) has had a dramatic week: on Tuesday the DVD diva touched a new 52-week high above %24140, but by Wednesday the party was over when Morgan Keegan smacked the shares with a "sell" rating...( Read More )
  • Entertainment Industry Struggles To Adapt As DVD Sales Decline Friday, August 20, 2010 @ 11:09AMEntertainment Industry Struggles To Adapt As DVD Sales Decline
  • HBO Says No to Netflix Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 1:18PMHBO is not likely to make a deal with Netflix Cynthia A. Almanzar Recently, Netflix struck a $1 billion deal with Epix to add films from Paramount Pictures, Lions Gate, and MGM to its streaming service. The video rental company was hoping to reach a similar agreement with HBO to acquire the rights to films from Warner Bros., Twentieth Century Fox and Universal Pictures. HBO respectfully declined ...
  • The Future of the College Bookstore Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 11:42AMHow iPads and textbook rental are changing the business model of the campus bookstore.
  • Facebook and the Scammers: We Know Better Thursday, August 19, 2010 @ 7:08AMOnce again this week, users of the enormous social networking service Facebook have fallen prey to unscrupulous people scamming them for information and money. It's beginning to be a familiar story: A seemingly innocuous link is sent from a friend, a company asks for personal information, and mysterious charges show up on a credit card -- or, in this case, a mobile phone bill.
  • Analyst chops Netflix rating on streaming deal Wednesday, August 18, 2010 @ 1:14PM(AP:LOS ANGELES) Shares of Netflix Inc. fell Wednesday after an analyst downgraded the stock, saying that a further push into online streaming could erode profit margins.
  • Android, iPad movies: Sonic, Widevine team up on platform for retailers Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 8:27PMSonic Solutions and Widevine, a tech company backed by Cisco Systems and other investors, are working on a platform for retailers to stream movies to mobile devices such as Android phones and Apple's iPad.
  • Hollywood happy kids willing to pay for content Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 5:11PMThere's a spreading sense of optimism in Hollywood regarding young consumers' willingness to pay for digital content.
  • Hollywood glad kids willing to pay Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 5:09PMThese kids are all right.
  • Delaying Cheap Dvd Rentals Pays Off Says Time Warner Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 1:35PMAlthough some analysts have observed that the public seems unmindful of the four-week delay some studios have imposed between the time their movies hit DVD sales outlets and...
  • CVS Caremark in DVD rental deal with Redbox Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 11:58AM(AP:NEW YORK) Shoppers at CVS drug stores will be able to rent and return DVDs at Redbox kiosks under a deal announced Thursday between CVS Caremark Corp. and Coinstar Inc.
  • Redbox DVD rental service expands to CVS stores Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 9:26AMDVD rental giant Redbox is expanding again, this time into CVS pharmacy stores. The Oakbrook Terrace-based company plans to install its DVD rental kiosks at CVS locations nationwide, including Puerto Rico and Longs Drug locations in Hawaii.
  • Viacom Profits Surge, But Home Entertainment Revenues Stumble Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 7:22AMViacom showed the true benefits of having the dual revenue streams of advertising and cable, as its networks division, which includes its MTV Networks, saw dollars rise 6.4 percent and profit gain 14 percent.
  • Textbook Rentals - Know When to Rent and When to Buy Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 7:03AMTextbook rentals are a fast growing trend for today’s college students. The opportunity to rent textbooks can offer substantial savings, however, renting a textbook may not always be the best option. It is important for students to understand their options when choosing to rent or buy a textbook to maximize savings.
  • Redbox Announces National Expansion to CVS/pharmacy Locations Thursday, August 5, 2010 @ 6:59AMRedbox Automated Retail, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc. , will roll out fully automated redbox® DVD rental kiosks at CVS/pharmacy locations nationwide, including Puerto Rico and Longs Drug locations in Hawaii.
  • Thinking out of the box Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 3:36AMRedbox, which became the fastest-growing U.S. video retailer with DVD kiosks and a $1-a-day rental price that stores couldn't match, is developing an online strategy to stay competitive with larger rival Netflix Inc.
  • The PlayStation Recap Saturday, July 24, 2010 @ 3:19PMI am sad to say that I did not attend Comic-Con this year. I’m particularly bummed to have missed out on David Jaffe and Scott Campbell’s Twisted Metal panel — you never know what those guys will say next! And, being the uber-nerd that I am, I would have loved to have seen The Walking [...]
  • Right at Home: a look at some clever household gadgets Friday, July 23, 2010 @ 11:28PMIf you follow tech blogs or watch a few infomercials, you know that inventive minds are always coming up with new households gadgets meant to make life easier. Here's a look at a few of the more ingenious ones.
  • Cruise film voted 'most confusing' Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 7:28PMTom Cruise's movie Vanilla Sky is the most baffling movie of all time, according to a poll of cinemagoers.
  • Cruise's movie most baffling Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 6:41PMTom Cruise's movie Vanilla Sky has proved to be a mission impossible after cinemagoers named it the most baffling movie of all time.
  • Netflix calls Hulu Plus a 'small' but 'direct competitor' (Ben Patterson) Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 6:21PMBen Patterson - Hulu and Netflix used to complement each other nicely when it came to streaming network TV shows: Hulu had recent episodes but few from past seasons, while Netflix had more of the older episodes but little in the way of newer ones.
  • Rental house firms say they’ll obey city order after arrests of ND athletes Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 3:33PMSOUTH BEND — The firms that own and manage the student rental house that was the site of an underage drinking raid Saturday said they will fully obey the city’s order to eliminate any illegal activity there.
  • Really taking things to heart — Repo Men makes its Blu-ray and standard DVD debut Tuesday Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 3:08PMIf you like lots of gore and stylistic futuristic sets for your big screen HD TV, Repo Men is a good bet for home viewing.
  • The Street's lackluster expectations for F may have contrarians licking their chops Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 2:16PMFord Motor Company (F) will drive into the earnings spotlight before the opening bell tomorrow...( Read More )
  • TV downloads, a threat to video stores Saturday, July 17, 2010 @ 5:36AMSydney, July 17 : With the advent of technology allowing movies to be downloaded on demand, the local video stores are in danger of fading away.
  • Biz Break: Apple's iPhone 4: Did Steve Jobs know about antenna glitch? Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 3:42PMToday: Apple calls reporters to an iPhone 4 news conference. Woz offers iPhone signal advice. Plus: Google, AMD earnings. Silicon Valley home sales. Larry Ellison won't be buying the Golden State Warriors. And: Another Netflix deal.
  • Research and Markets: Digital Media - Impact on the Media Industry Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 12:20PMDUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Digital Media - Impact on the Media Industry" report to their offering.
  • Rentrak Announces Top DVD Sales and Rentals for Week Ending July 11, 2010 Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 6:00AMRentrak Corporation , today announced the top ten DVD sales and rentals for the prior week based on estimated consumer spending.
  • Clever household gadgets look cool and work great Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 3:29AMIf you follow tech blogs or watch infomercials, you know that inventive minds are always coming up with new households gadgets meant to make life easier. Here's a look at a few of the more ingenious ones.