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Video Games May Replace DVDs In Stores

Ars Technica sees big game sales driving shelf space decisions

Dec 10, 07 1:09 PM CST
(Newser) - DVD sales are slipping while video games and their tie-ins are seeing record consumption, reports Ars Technica, leading Ben Kuchera to suggest that video games will replace DVDs on many retail shelves. With even grandmothers now going Wii wild, video games are no longer just the realm of teens and... More »

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Nintendo Wii • DVD • retail sales • Nintendo DS • video games

Hollywood Writers on Strike

Writers demanding bigger share of DVD profits; studios slam 'irresponsible' strike

Nov 5, 07 6:08 AM CST
(Newser) - The first Hollywood writers strike since 1988 began early this morning when union representatives walked out on talks with studio negotiators after 11 hours at the bargaining table. Both sides expect the strike to be long, expensive and debilitating. "Once it starts, it's going to get ugly," a... More »

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Hollywood • DVD • The Daily Show • Tonight Show • The Colbert Report • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike

How Will TV Writers Work if TV is Dead?

Writer negotiations overshadowed by an Internet dominated future

Nov 1, 07 10:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - TV writers could walk out any day now, leaving late night TV and topical shows like The Daily Show in the lurch, and one of the sticking points in their talks with entertainment producers is their demand for a larger slice of DVD and online video revenue. But as Saul... More »

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television • Internet • DVD • online videos • Jon Stewart • writer • Producer • Late Night

Netflix in Heated Race for Online Movies

Company offers 5% of flicks online, and stays relevant by picking up indie fare

Oct 27, 07 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - They beat Blockbuster, but can Netflix outpace rivals in the race to show downloaded movies on TV? "It's like a three-act play, and we're in the opening minutes of the second act," said Netflix exec Steve Swasey. Act two is where startups like Vudu take on giants like... More »

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Apple • DVD • Blockbuster • Netflix • Vudu • Steve Swasey • John Waters • movies

DVD Pirates Outwit Hollywood

Pre-release bootlegging on the rise despite studio security measures

Oct 26, 07 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - The high-profile Oscar hopeful American Gangster opens next week—but it's already available as a pirated DVD for $5 or for free via internet file-sharing sites. American Gangster is the latest example of the upper hand that bootleggers have gained of late in their war against security measures, the Wall ... More »

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Hollywood • piracy • DVD piracy • DVD • box office • bootleggers • movies

Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson, 40 Years Later

Anniversary marks movie that spoke to a generation

Sep 12, 07 2:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - It seemed destined to be an art house anachronism. The director was inexperienced, the lead actor unknown and apparently miscast, the score cobbled together. The result, however, was one of the seminal works in the history of American cinema, "The Graduate. " As the 40th anniverary DVD is released,... More »

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film • DVD • The Graduate • Mike Nichols • Dustin Hoffman • Anne Bancroft • Katherine Ross • Charles Webb • Robert Surtees • Simon and Garfunkel • movies

Paramount Drops Blu-Ray for HD DVD

High-definition format war takes a new turn
as player prices fall

Aug 21, 07 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The face-off between two standards for high-definition DVDs took a new turn yesterday as Paramount Pictures and its subsidiary DreamWorks dropped support of Sony's Blu-ray format. Starting this week, the studios will distribute new discs exclusively in the HD DVD format, which is supported by Toshiba and functions on less... More »

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film • DVD • Sony • HD DVD • Paramount Pictures • DreamWorks • Toshiba • Blu ray • movies

Netflix Finds Itself in House of Business Horrors

Despite profit growth, flurry of grim news troubles Wall Street

Jul 24, 07 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Netflix faced a second wave of bad news today as its stock price plummeted and its website remained inaccessible to visitors. The company announced price cuts Sunday and yesterday absorbed a triple blow: lowered sales expectations, a subscriber decline, and a Wall Street downgrade. The website crash then left the... More »

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Hollywood • DVD • Blockbuster • corporate earnings • Netflix • subscribers

Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

It's Betamax all over again as rental giant abandons rival HD DVD format

Jun 18, 07 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Movie rental giant Blockbuster picked sides today in the hotly contested battle over high-definition DVDs. Starting in July, Blockbuster will buy all of its new high-def DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray format, a damaging blow to rival Toshiba's HD DVD, which the rental company had stocked jointly until now. More »

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Hollywood • DVD • rentals • Sony • HD DVD • Playstation 3 • Blockbuster • Blu ray • movies

Apple Courts Studios for Rental Rights

At $3 a pop, 30-day movie loans will pit computer giant against cable, satellite

Jun 11, 07 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Apple is buttering up top movie studios as it prepares to launch a video-on-demand service to contend with cable and satellite companies. Apple plans to offer each movie as a 30-day rental for $2.99, and it's telling studios the term of lease means they won't take a hit on... More »

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Steve Jobs • DirecTV • Comcast • film • Apple • mac • iPod • piracy • DVD • rentals • video on demand • movie on demand • download • movies

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