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AMC launches Yeah! movie rentals, targets film buffs with interactive bonus content

By Chris Welch on March 12, 2013 02:55 pm + 20 comments

Today at SXSW, AMC Networks introduced Yeah!, a movie rental service the company says "curates Continue reading…
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Blockbuster redesigns streaming rental service with focus on building a cross-platform store

By Adi Robertson on January 31, 2013 04:36 pm + 11 comments

Though Blockbuster moved into the streaming space years ago, it's now making a push for a unified, Continue reading…
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Vimeo previews new movie rental service with six independent films

By Kimber Streams on November 13, 2012 12:12 pm + 3 comments

As if there weren't enough different video streaming services in your life, Vimeo has teased its new Continue reading…
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Dish scraps plans to turn Blockbuster into Netflix competitor

By Kimber Streams on October 5, 2012 10:17 am + 18 comments

Dish Network is abandoning plans to transform Blockbuster into a Netflix rival, founder and chairman Continue reading…
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MGM to offer 600 movies for rent through Google Play and YouTube

By Nathan Ingraham on April 16, 2012 03:08 pm + 20 comments

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is the latest movie studio to sign up with Google and will soon offer about 600 Continue reading…
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Redbox surpasses two billion discs rented, celebrates by offering a free rental on March 8th

By Nathan Ingraham on March 7, 2012 10:57 am + 1 comments

Who says disc-based media is dead? Certainly not Redbox — the company just announced that it has Continue reading…
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Sony Pictures exec says 'the pricing for online ownership is too high'

By Dante D'Orazio on January 6, 2012 02:41 pm + 40 comments

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's executive vice president of global digital and commercial Continue reading…
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Paramount streaming latest 'Transformers' movie straight to customers

By Eddie Fu on October 4, 2011 06:13 pm

Paramount is sidestepping Netflix, Blockbuster Movie Pass, and cable/satellite providers by Continue reading…
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Android Market refresh starts rolling out, adds books and movies

By Chris Ziegler on July 12, 2011 04:50 pm + 185 comments

Thanks in part to the introduction of a movie rental service, Google had talked a bit about an Continue reading…