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    Paid Content: Apple TV Users Can Now Watch Purchased iTunes Shows

    August 2nd, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Apple TV Users Can Now Watch Purchased iTunes Shows, Not Just Rentals Tom Krazit Aug 1, 2011 5:04 PM Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has linked its Apple TV device to television shows purchased from a user’s iTunes account, meaning that those in the Apple Garden can now buy a show on an iOS device and watch [...]

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    Home Media Magazine: Global VOD Revenue to Climb 58%

    July 25th, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Global VOD Revenue to Climb 58% 24 Jul, 2011By: Erik Gruenwedel Web-based TV revenue to overtake digital terrestrial television revenue by 2012 Worldwide revenue from video-on-demand movies and TV programs will reach $5.7 billion in 2016, up 58% from revenue of $3.6 billion in 2010, according to a new research report. The tally does not include [...]

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    How Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Stack Up

    July 25th, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    How Netflix, Hulu And Amazon Stack Up The latest in video on demand: Netflix announced new pricing plans, charging separately for streaming video and DVD/Blu-ray discs. Meanwhile, Amazon Prime Instant Video is adding 2,000 episodes from CBS and Hulu, now talking to prospective buyers, says subscription Hulu Plus is on track to hit one million subscribers this summer. [...]

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    NYT: Hulu, Billed as Tomorrow’s TV, Looks Boxed In

    July 25th, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Hulu, Billed as Tomorrow’s TV, Looks Boxed In By BRIAN STELTER Published: July 23, 2011 PICTURE THIS: TV anyway, anywhere. Every sitcom. Every drama, documentary, reality show. All of it — everything — Right Here Now. This is the radical potential of the Internet. And this is the implicit promise of Hulu, the innovative Web site that [...]

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    Home Media: Studios, Cable Bow ‘Push It’ VOD Campaign

    April 18th, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Studios, Cable Bow ‘Push It’ VOD Campaign 15 Apr, 2011 By: Erik Gruenwedel Hollywood studios and cable operators have launched a marketing campaign aimed at convincing consumers to purchase transactional video-on-demand (VOD) movie rentals through their televisions. The $10 million yearlong Movies On Demand On Cable campaign, dubbed “Push It,” incorporates music from rap group [...]

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    Hollywood Reporter: DirecTV to Launch Premium VOD in April

    March 31st, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    DirecTV to Launch Premium VOD in April Titles from Warner Bros., Fox, Universal and will be available 60 days after their theatrical release for $29.99; Comcast and VUDU will begin a similar service. By Pamela McClintock, Georg Szalai Narrowing the theatrical window, four Hollywood studios and DirecTV will launch a pricey premium VOD service at [...]

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    Variety: SXSW pics will feel right at home

    March 11th, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    SXSW pics will feel right at home Fest’s pics appeal to young auds By Gregg Goldstein By all accounts, this could be SXSW’s biggest year ever for film pickups. But it’s a good bet that many of the acquisitions will be seen at home before, or at the same time, as in theaters.Titles screening at [...]

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    Variety: Opportunity knocks for indie producers

    March 10th, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Opportunity knocks for indie producers Shifts in windowing may prove beneficial By Rachel Abrams As studios and content providers grapple with shifts in windowing, independent producers may have an opportunity to benefit from the changing models.”The producer should get smart and work with the best person in physical, the best person in theatrical and the [...]

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    Warner Brothers to Launch Premium VOD Service in Q2

    February 3rd, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Warner Brothers to Launch Premium VOD Service in Q2 Movies Available 60 Days After Box Office Run Mike Farrell — Multichannel News, 2/2/2011 12:47:52 PM Beginning in the second quarter, Time Warner Inc.’s Warner Brothers studio will make its movies available on demand to cable, satellite and telco distributors 60 days after their box office [...]

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    Hulu Predicts 1 Million Subs In 2011

    February 3rd, 2011 | Industry News, News | jwilka

    Hulu Predicts 1 Million Subs In 2011 Revenues will approach $500 million By George Winslow — Broadcasting & Cable, 2/2/2011 9:48:58 PM In a blog post made shortly after Hulu announced it had inked a new deal with Viacom, Hulu’s CEO Jason Kilar noted that the Hulu Plus subscription service, which currently costs $7.99 a [...]

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