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by Terence Keegan Walmart consumers have a strong desire for digital access to their movie collections in a way that’s easy, secure, and affordable, according to John Aden, the ... More

by Terence Keegan Walmart customers will be able to buy digital access to their DVD and Blu-ray collections beginning April 16, in a new partnership between the retailer and five ... More

Not long ago, rumors resurfaced that the next generation of Microsoft’s Xbox system would utilize Blu-ray discs for video game delivery. Now, an unidentified source tells UK game... More

By Lyndsey Schaefer While consumers focused on Apple’s much-hyped release of its new 4-G compatible iPad, the company also released an upgraded Apple TV streaming set-top box fe... More

Licensing deals between two major studios and HBO are keeping certain movies off Apple’s new iCloud service — at least for now. Apple unveiled iCloud for movies — which lets... More

Today’s news presents three ways in which the digital distribution landscape may soon shift: Netflix as Premium Cable Option. Netflix’s Reed Hastings recently remarked that hi... More

by Terence Keegan Media fulfillment and post-production services provider 2G Digital is leveraging accelerated file transfer software by Signiant to further expand its digital del... More

by Terence Keegan A new Blu-ray and DVD distribution deal between Redbox and Universal Studios Home Entertainment will keep in place a 28-day window on new disc releases through Au... More

The Blockbuster brand name is poised to disappear from some 9,000 DVD rental kiosks in the U.S., as Coinstar’s Redbox plans to acquire the machines in a deal with NCR Corp. annou... More

The team-up between Verizon and Coinstar’s Redbox for a streaming service later this year is without a doubt a big deal. But the companies, in announcing their joint venture on M... More

Advertising and app payments remain Facebook’s primary market opportunities, according to its Feb. 1 IPO filing. But there’s no question that growth in both of those markets is... More

Two companies that stored customer data for Megaupload are facing fallout from the file-hosting site’s shutdown and criminal copyright prosecution by the U.S. government. A lett... More

MESA’s 2nd Screen Summit (S3) is partnering with the groundbreaking TV Goes Social conference to give home entertainment executives a second day-long track of panels and presenta... More

Three months after it aborted its Qwikster plans, Netflix now says it has no plans to invest marketing dollars in its U.S. discs-by-mail service, as it further focuses on growing t... More

Long-time entertainment security expert Peter Wallace has been named Worldwide Director of Anti-Piracy for the Content Delivery & Security Association (CDSA)'s security auditin... More

Press pause. Intellectual property owners are rethinking their lobbying strategy after U.S. lawmakers said they would table two anti-piracy proposals. Senate majority leader Harry... More

As online protests on Wednesday from the likes of Google and Wikipedia galvanized Internet users against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), several of... More

How best to advance the production and distribution of entertainment content in 2012? As a MESA panel of major-studio technology executives advised at the International CES earlier... More

With film studios and television networks all eyeing the development of “second screen” consumer apps, the Media and Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) plans to host an exe... More