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Oscar Winners Giving Away Movie for Free

Documentary backers to raise awareness about cleft palates

Sep 8, 09 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - The makers of one Oscar-winning documentary is trying an unusual marketing tactic: they’re giving away the movie for free. Ads will appear in 125 major papers tomorrow urging readers to request their copy of Smile Pinki, winner of the Best Short Documentary prize at this year’s... More »

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Academy Awards • DVD • documentary • giveaway • Oscars • cleft palate

REVIEW

Thirtysomething Hits DVD—
But Is It Still Good?

Former fan would prefer an escape over this tedious show

Aug 25, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thirtysomething is finally on DVD, much to the excitement of baby boomers everywhere—and Seth Stevenson, who, inexplicably, loved the show as a 14-year-old boy. “I wondered: Would I find it even more compelling now that I’d actually reached my 30s?” he writes for Slate. But, though... More »

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entertainment • DVD • TV series • television review • thirtysomething

 Netflix's Speedy 
 Secrets Revealed 

Workers sort 650 discs per hour; machines scan 30K hourly

Aug 4, 09 10:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Distributing DVDs out of 58 warehouses across the US, Netflix keeps its operations very quiet and extremely efficient; the unmarked building that houses Chicago-area operations was so nondescript he wouldn’t be able to find it again, Christopher Borrelli writes for the Tribune. Inside, workers, many apparently grandparents, whose shifts... More »

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entertainment • television • film • DVD • Netflix • online movie rentals

OPINION

 Netflix Is for 'Blobby People' 


Aug 3, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Like 10.6 million Americans, Time film critic Richard Corliss has a subscription to Netflix, which sends everything from Bollywood megamusicals to BBC miniseries to his mailbox. "No question," Corliss admits, "Netflix serves a need"—it's super cheap and stocked with titles. But the DVD delivery... More »

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DVD • video on demand • Netflix • movie rentals • movies • Richard Corliss

MUSIC REVIEW

 Neil Young's 
 Latest Redefines 
 Compilations 

10-disc set bursting with music, photos, video

Jun 17, 09 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Young leaves other retrospectives in the dust with a look back at his career that spans 10 Blu-ray discs or DVDs, or eight CDs, the Chicago Tribune reports. Neil Young Archives: Volume 1, 1963-1972 contains everything from high school band recordings through Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to his... More »

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entertainment • music • DVD • Neil Young • rock music • Blu-ray • Jay-ZTV • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

(Newser) - As the American Idol dust clears and you resign yourself to never understanding Lost, TV's fallow season looms, just begging you to catch up on some excellent viewing you might have missed. NPR blogger Linda Holmes has some suggestions:
  • Mad Men: "Works very well when you can
... More »

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television • American Idol • Lost • DVD • Netflix • Arrested Development • Hulu • Chuck • Mad Men • Starz • DVDs • Friday Night Lights • NewsRadio • Party Down

(Newser) - General Electric has announced a new DVD-sized disc that holds 500 gigabytes of data—the equivalent of 20 Blu-Ray discs or 100 DVDs. Aimed at archivists but likely headed for the consumer market, the micro-holographic disc saves more data by storing it in three dimensions rather than on the disc's... More »

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compact discs • General Electric • DVD • data storage • consumer electronics • Blu-Ray • holograph

 Best Buy Joining 
 Digital Movie Biz 

Service may come built-in to electronics

Apr 17, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Best Buy plans to join the digital movie market this summer to offset declining DVD sales, Variety reports. The retailer is in talks with film providers such as CinemaNow—also Blockbuster's supplier—and may market TVs or Blu-ray players with built-in access to the movie library. That would put Best... More »

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entertainment • film • DVD • Blockbuster • Netflix • Best Buy • Amazon

 Hollywood Reeling 
 From DVD Slump 

Disappearing profits threaten movies, star deals

Jan 16, 09 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood studios are faced with huge losses because of a 21% slump in DVD sales and the fallout from the crisis on Wall Street, reports the Financial Times. Studio heads have been forced to cut back on the number of new movies in production and are preparing to trim the... More »

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Hollywood • Viacom • Steven Spielberg • NBC Universal • DVD • Sony • Paramount • studios • News Corp • Blu-ray • recession depression

 Be Kind, 
 Rewind, 
 One Last Time 

The era of VHS is officially over

Dec 22, 08 9:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Remember those black plastic bricks you used to pop into your entertainment system to watch movies? The nostalgic might want to snap a few digital photos, because tapes won't be with us for much longer now that the last VHS supplier has made his final shipment. The LA Times rewinds... More »

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DVD • videotape • entertainment industry • Blu-Ray • obsolete technology • nostalgia • VHS • VCR

Next Gen Movie Watching: Chat Meets DVDs

New Blu-ray feature allows viewers to chat on screen; other innovations on way

Dec 8, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - As technology takes movie-watching ever further from the days of clunky film reels, the Wall Street Journal rounds up some developments to look for:
  • A new Blu-ray feature—called BD Live—combines movies with social networking, letting people viewing the same movie chat on screen.
  • Technology in the
... More »

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social networking • DVD • hologram • Blu-Ray • movies • advanced technology

 Violent Muslim DVD 
 Seen as Stealth 
 Attack on Obama 

28 million DVDs inserted into newspapers in key battleground states

Oct 16, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A DVD on Muslims packed with violence and inserted into newspapers in key swing states is being viewed as a not-so-subtle attack on Barack Obama, reports CNN. Entitled Obsession, the production appears to capitalize on erroneous impressions that the Democratic candidate is Muslim and may be soft on terrorism. Some... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • DVD • Muslim • Election 2008 • swing states • Obsession

 Stop Snitching
 Cameraman
 Gets 30 Years

Drug and gun charges send man involved with Baltimore DVD sensation to jail

Aug 21, 08 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The heroin dealer-turned-cameraman behind the now-infamous Stop Snitching DVD was given 30 years in federal prison on drug and gun charges yesterday in Baltimore, the Sun reports. During his sentencing, Akiba Matthews-Bey said he was targeted by police because he made the video, which brought national attention to witness intimidation... More »

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DVD • Carmelo Anthony • drug dealing • Baltimore • witness intimidation • Stop Snitching

Netflix Deliveries Back On Track After Outage

Firm to give credit to millions of customers hurt by mystery glitch

Aug 16, 08 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Netflix deliveries were returning to normal yesterday after a computer glitch caused a 3-day disruption, Reuters reports. The company plans to offer a 15% credit to the millions of movie lovers affected by the glitch, whose cause is still a mystery. The outage, the worst in Netflix history, is believed... More »

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DVD • Netflix • shipping • movie rentals • computer glitch

 DVD Dogs Sniff Out Pirates 

MPAA enlists canine crimefighters for battle against counterfeiters

Jul 12, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two dogs trained to sniff out counterfeit DVDs are so good at their jobs that infuriated pirates have put a bounty on their heads, Wired reports. The dogs—Labrador retrievers who were taught to detect the scent of polycarbonate—have helped locate millions of fake discs hidden in warehouses and... More »

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Motion Picture Association of America • DVD piracy • DVD • canine units • dog • counterfeiters

Blu-Ray
Never Sleeps

Young goes digital
with complete archive, new material on interactive discs

May 7, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of Neil Young will soon be able to buy his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs, the AP reports. The first 10-disc set, out this fall, will cover the prolific rocker’s career from 1963 to 1972 and will include some previously unreleased songs, videos, and handwritten manuscripts. Buyers... More »

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music industry • music downloads • DVD • rock and roll • memorabilia • Neil Young • Blu-ray

 Files May Be Fleeting 

As formats change, your digital data could be endangered

Apr 7, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cuneiform tablets have kept information safe across millenia, but hard drives have lifespans of just a few years. Even if your CDs survive the century, their players might have become obsolete, warns the Boston Globe. "Who knows how long they're going to last—how much time before the information... More »

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DVD • CDs • book • information technology • digital storage • cassette tape • digital media • obsolete technology

Cobain Isn't
Curt in New Documentary

Nirvana leader opens up on life and Love in unheard interviews

Mar 21, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new documentary tells the story of Kurt Cobain’s life in the singer’s own words, the Independent reports. Kurt Cobain: About a Son, on DVD this month, is constructed around 25 hours of previously unreleased interviews of the Nirvana frontman by journalist Michael Azerrad. Cobain, who committed suicide... More »

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music • Courtney Love • Kurt Cobain • DVD • Nirvana • documentary • rock bands • Michael Azerrad • interview

OPINION

Hollywood Shouldn't Fear the Internet

Viewers will flock
to online movie downloads: Economist

Feb 22, 08 9:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood is ignoring the public's desire to download films at its own peril, the Economist reports. It's no surprise that studios are sticking to their business model, especially with huge DVD profits, but the industry could reap fine earnings from downloads. Meanwhile, pirate sites like the surprisingly spiffy ZML.com... More »

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DVD • movie on demand • digital downloads • movie rentals • video downloads

New Plexi-Like DVDs to Hold 1TB of Data

Company will demo 500GB version in January, 1TB to follow

Dec 21, 07 11:58 AM CST
(Newser) - An Israeli company will unveil, at the Consumer Electronics Show in January,  a DVD made of a plexiglass-like polymer that can hold half a terabyte of data. Mempile adds that within a few years its DVDs will be up to one terabyte—enough to hold 250,000 high-resolution photos... More »

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DVD • HD DVD • data storage

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