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Rovi Markets Media Discovery And Connectivity For The Car
Rovi Corp. introduces a digital media platform designed to help automotive OEM and aftermarket manufacturers build car infotainment systems, with the ability to recognize and share... More
RCDb Supplies BD-Live For Netflix’s PS3 Service
Netflix is pushing the envelope of Blu-ray’s BD-Live technology with its “instant streaming” disc that brings the company’s online video renting service to PlayStation 3 ow... More
Steam’s ‘Call of Duty’ Exclusive Draws Fire From Digital Game Retailers
Several digital videogame distributors are refusing to sell Activision’s hotly-anticipated “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2” this week, in a conflict-of-interest battle with ... More
At Blu-Con: Home Entertainment Gets CNBC Close-Up
CNBC stopped in at the Digital Entertainment Group’s Blu-Con 2.0 conference in Los Angeles to get a read on Blu-ray and the home entertainment industry's prospects for returning ... More
Notes From Blu-Con: Studios Look For Sell-Through To Rebound As Recession Lifts
Executives convening at Blu-Con 2.0 in Los Angeles today are trading insights and observations on the state of the Blu-ray Disc business. Among them: • Studio chiefs expect home... More
Giant Interactive Launches BD-Live Service
Blu-ray and DVD producer Giant Interactive is marketing BD-Connect, a software solution for adding BD-Live interactivity to Blu-ray discs, to North American content owners under an... More
‘Window’ To The Future Of Home Entertainment?
Sell Movie Downloads First, Rent Via Redbox Last, Says Analyst “We understand what a consumer wants” in home entertainment access, writes Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfi... More
Blu-ray Conference To Examine 3D Specs
Integration of 3D into the Blu-ray Disc format is among the technological “coming attractions” that DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group plans to discuss next week at the secon... More
Sony To Offer Netflix Streaming To PS3 Users
Netflix is gaining another digital link to living-room TVs, in a deal with Sony to offer the company’s “Watch Instantly” streaming service via Web-connected PlayStation 3 con... More
Retailers Can Forecast Replenishment Needs With ‘Demand Chain Management’ Software
SilkRoute Global, a provider of retail supply chain solutions, launches a "demand chain management" software/service package for product replenishment forecasting in partnership wi... More
Paramount Renews With Technicolor; Business Impacted By Cost-Cutting
As part of a new multi-year agreement, Thomson's Technicolor unit will continue to provide Paramount Home Entertainment with services such as mastering, replication, packaging, dis... More
Disney Developing ‘Keychest’ For Digital Content Access
Disney reportedly plans to unveil a new technology that would provide consumers with digital access to movies and other video content on their TVs, computers, and portable devices,... More
Shopper Site Offers Keys To A ‘Blu Christmas’
With a greater number of player models available at significantly lower prices than in 2008, Blu-ray seems well positioned for the holiday season. But for Blu-ray boosters to close... More
Blu-ray Bolsters Home Entertainment’s Third Quarter
Blu-ray disc sales continued to grow in the third quarter, with overall sales up 83% for the year and playback devices now in 11.7 million U.S. households, according to DEG: The Di... More
Live Nation And Ticketmaster May Have To Divest Units
Live Nation and Ticketmaster Entertainment may need to give up pieces of their proposed vertically-integrated music entity to gain the approval of U.S. anti-trust regulators, the W... More
Sony Mulls Album-Only Release For Jackson’s ‘This Is It’
Contrary to earlier reports of an Amazon exclusive, Sony Music will release Michael Jackson's This Is It on iTunes, according to All Things Digital. But whether the label will allo... More
Research: Lower Premiums For Blu-ray Could Spur Sales
Falling prices of both Blu-ray hardware and software are contributing to rising consumer interest in the format, says entertainment research firm Futuresource Consulting. New rele... More
Second Annual Blu-ray Disc Conference Focuses On Latest Opportunities For Home Entertainment Platform
Blu-Con 2.0 Features Leading Executives from Across the Motion Pictures, Consumer Electronics, IT and Video Game Industries Filmmaker Martin Scorsese Will Keynote Conference Octo... More
Tesco To Offer ‘Virtual DVD’ Experience For Video Downloads
Staking out its position in the digital entertainment marketplace, UK retailer Tesco plans to offer its DVD customers the ability to download digital copies of movies via Tesco’s... More