AOL to offer 99 cent movie rental downloads

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7-Eleven Will Offer Music And Movie
Downloads

7-Eleven Will Offer Music And Movie
Downloads 03/25/2005 02:18 PM

Convenience store chain 7-Eleven is determined to dip their Slurpee straws into the world of digital content, looking to offer music, movies and whatever else they can think of to their customers, saying "customers should be able to walk into a 7-Eleven store to burn their favorite songs onto a CD or download content onto their portable music player." Picture-perfect scenario: Their system allows me to bookmark a song I like on the radio so that when I go to 7-Eleven next, it asks me to confirm my song purchase when paying for gas and sends them (wirelessly) to my portable/car media player. With their talk that the digital delivery system will be viable for them within 10 years, I think they could have something that advanced up and running by then. (Thanks, Ravi!)

7-Eleven to test sale of music downloads [Reuters]

Auto Movie Rental Suggestions

Auto Movie Rental Suggestions 02/10/2004 02:49 AM

What To Rent: Its first recommendation for me was "Maverick." Too bad I hate westerns. I don't care much for Jodie Foster, either.

The single greatest question troubling mankind at this time is "What movie should I rent ?". We are here to answer that question! What to Rent is a website linked to a computer-cluster that will recommend a movie for you to watch based upon your personality and the type of film experience you are looking for.

It doesn't require any personal information to create a profile, not even an email address. And no new password to remember. Refreshing.

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One day, movie downloads will be a big
business ... but for whom?

One day, movie downloads will be a big
business ... but for whom? 04/06/2005 07:35 AM
Analysis Riders and runners

Illegal movie downloads on the rise,
says the MPAA

Illegal movie downloads on the rise,
says the MPAA 07/10/2004 12:48 PM
25% of all Internet users have downloaded motion pictures illegally, according to the MPAA. Are downloads really costing them money, though?

Bollywood Signs Up For Kazaa Movie
Downloads... But Not Really

Bollywood Signs Up For Kazaa Movie
Downloads... But Not Really 12/23/2003 05:39 PM
There have been a few stories about "legitimate" companies doing deals with Kazaa, but once you get past the headline, you realize that it's not true at all. Just like all those other deals the headlines trumpeting a deal between some some Bollywood film makers and Kazaa isn't really about Kazaa at all. Instead, it's a deal with Kazaa's sister company Altnet, which runs a service within Kazaa to distribute approved copy protected content. So, this isn't at all about film makers understanding the promotional value of free downloads, but rather them trying to piggyback copy protection (in this case files that supposedly "self-destruct" after a single $3 viewing) on the popularity of Kazaa. The deal isn't even that good. $3 for a product that self-destructs after a single viewing? You get a better deal going to the local video store. Meanwhile, though, they get all the publicity of having the film "offered on Kazaa". All Altnet is really doing is bolting a pay-for service (like iTunes) into Kazaa. It doesn't leverage the real benefits of a distributed file sharing network at all.

Bollywood Embraces Kazaa Movie Downloads

Bollywood Embraces Kazaa Movie Downloads 12/23/2003 11:47 AM
MaximusTheGreat writes "While Hollywood tries to debate how to tackle P2P movie downloads, Bollywood the world's largest film industry has decided to embrace ...

Netflix, TiVo to join forces for movie
downloads

Netflix, TiVo to join forces for movie
downloads 09/07/2004 10:36 AM
Newsweek reports that Netflix and TiVo are set to announce a partnership that will allow subscribers to both services to download their Netflix DVDs directly into their TiVo boxes, instead of receiving them in the mail...

Music downloads and movie tickets get
Christmas Day boost online

Music downloads and movie tickets get
Christmas Day boost online 12/30/2004 09:56 PM
InternetRetailer.com Dec 31 2004 1:34AM GMT

Microsoft to offer music downloads

Microsoft to offer music downloads 11/17/2003 04:25 PM
Mad.co.uk Nov 17 2003 2:14PM ET

CinemaNow to Offer Television Episode
Downloads

CinemaNow to Offer Television Episode
Downloads 02/05/2005 10:17 PM

CinemaNow is set to complete a deal with most of the major television networks (only Paramont/Viacom is a hold out) to provide per-episode downloads of television shows—maybe even before they hit DVD. Up to this point, CinemaNow hasn't had much success (by my estimation), namely because it takes so long to download a high-quality, two-hour movie. People are probably more willing to accept a lower-quality video file for television, though, especially for something like a 30 minute sit-com. The real question will be price, of course. $1 to $3 sounds about right for an episode (especially if we don't ever have to buy that copy again to download it to different devices), but as is typical with legal download services, it'll probably be more expensive than buying the real-world media option (in this case, DVD Season Packs).

Cin emaNow Unveils a New Chapter in Television Viewing [eHomeUpgrade]

"BBC to offer free downloads of all nine
of Beethoven's symphonies"

"BBC to offer free downloads of all nine
of Beethoven's symphonies" 06/05/2005 11:45 PM

McDonald's and Sony Offer Music
Downloads

McDonald's and Sony Offer Music
Downloads 06/04/2004 12:12 PM

The vast majority of drugs - more than
90 per cent - only work in 30 or 50 per
cent of the people

The vast majority of drugs - more than
90 per cent - only work in 30 or 50 per
cent of the people 12/10/2003 08:02 AM
Glaxo chief: Our drugs do not work on mostpatients .. I wouldn't say that most drugs don't work

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Sony to Offer Movie Download

Sony to Offer Movie Download 04/04/2005 11:35 AM
TechTree Apr 4 2005 2:39PM GMT

British no-frills group to offer free
music downloads

British no-frills group to offer free
music downloads 06/16/2004 07:33 PM
Techzonez Jun 16 2004 11:20PM GMT

British no-frills group to offer free
music downloads (AFP)

British no-frills group to offer free
music downloads (AFP) 06/16/2004 01:03 PM
AFP - EasyGroup, the holding company of no-frills British airline easyJet, announced plans to launch an online music store that allowed customers to download tunes for free.

Feature: Latin music site to offer
DRM-free downloads

Feature: Latin music site to offer
DRM-free downloads 06/05/2005 10:58 PM
Can can new music services and small players compete against Apple’s monolithic iTunes Music Store? Musica360—an all-Latin music site slated to launch in September—believes that specialization is the key to success.

Starz, RealNetworks Offer Movie Download
Service

Starz, RealNetworks Offer Movie Download
Service 06/14/2004 01:12 PM

WebsiteOnThePhone.com (a business
division of Sri IIST Inc, TX) announces
the launch of Rental Management System
(RMS) - an easy-to-use off-the-shelf
software for starting an own online
video rental business.

WebsiteOnThePhone.com (a business
division of Sri IIST Inc, TX) announces
the launch of Rental Management System
(RMS) - an easy-to-use off-the-shelf
software for starting an own online
video rental business. 09/19/2004 02:24 AM
The RMS web application software allows complete automation of account creation, inventory management, tracking of rentals, customer management, rewards programs and more for the online video rental business. The online video rental store will have the capability to process payments using all major credit card processing vendors such as Card Services International, WorldPay, Authorize.net, Verisign, 2Checkout.com, Paypal, etc. [PRWEB Sep 19, 2004]

Churches offer free movie to boost flock
(Reuters)

Churches offer free movie to boost flock
(Reuters) 03/09/2004 12:10 AM
Reuters - Four Church of England parishes are trying to boost their congregations by offering free cinema tickets to watch Mel Gibson's controversial movie "The Passion of Christ".

Sony plans to out-apple Apple with
online movie downloads

Sony plans to out-apple Apple with
online movie downloads 03/31/2005 05:18 PM
Sony plans to begin making some of its movie library available online. Will it catch on in the same way iTMS did with music?

Chinese Movie Industry Recognizes Movie
Watching Is A Social Experience

Chinese Movie Industry Recognizes Movie
Watching Is A Social Experience 03/22/2005 05:03 PM
Yesterday we noted that the MPAA and movie theater owners were whini ng about how much people coming in an taping movies was hurting their business. The obvious response, we pointed out, is to recognize that going to the movies is a social experience. It's not just about the content (though, that is important), but the overall experience. If they improved that, then people would want to go -- even if they could score the same movie off the internet or a cheap DVD bought off the street. While the folks in Hollywood refuse to entertain this idea, someone (anonymously) in the comments to that story pointed to an article in China noting that this is exactly what Chinese movie theaters have done. After years of declining attendance, they finally shaped up and made going to the movies cool again. They improved the overall experience, putting in better equipment and more comfortable seats. They improved the sound and the lighting as well. It sounds like they also made some theaters to be more like bars, to help attract young adults away from traditional bars. Yet the supposedly "creative" movie people in Hollywood insist "nothing can be done" to get people into the theater.

Rental madness

Rental madness 08/15/2004 12:01 AM

There was an ad on TV for a bridal fair just a moment ago. It occurred to me that the bride spends thousands of dollars on a dress she’ll never wear again but the groom rents his tuxedo, which is something he’ll have many chances to wear again. That seems backward to me.

Music Rental: Another POV

Music Rental: Another POV 06/01/2004 05:43 AM
People don't want to rent music, observed Steve Jobs, which is why there isn't a subscription-based service over at the iTunes Music Store. And I tend to agree on this point.
But, one of the "advantage" of the old Napster, a lot of people have also observed, is the ability to sample and discover new music. And sampling and discovering new music on the iTunes Music Store, currently, is too much work. A lot of clicks. A lot of waiting.
Maybe the new iPod division should invent something like a personalized radio station, which can be listened via iTunes or iPod. The tunes selection will be partly based on what the user have on his iTunes library. And, oh, a 30-second preview is simply not enough for discovering new music.
Simply choose the option, "Include iTunes Music Store samples", and iTunes/iPod will selected previews into your current playlist. Perhaps even with a text-to-speech announcement. Oh, of course, make it easy for the user to then buy the tune.

Rental Car GPS Spying!

Rental Car GPS Spying! 04/06/2005 06:18 PM

My buddy and I were driving at a rate of speed in a rental car that was well above the posted limit a year or two ago. Out of the blue his cell phone rang and as he talked I noticed he started slowing down. You guessed it, the rental car agency was calling him saying he was violating his rental car agreement.

If memory serves me correctly he was charged like $300.00 extra when we turned the car in. Finally a court has stood up and say you cannot do this. If your not aware that rental car companies are doing this you have been so advised. [Techdirt< /a>]

Rental contracts need critical look

Rental contracts need critical look 06/10/2004 10:28 PM
Sunday Times South Africa Jun 11 2004 2:31AM GMT

UK DVD rental firms merge

UK DVD rental firms merge 07/14/2004 05:03 AM
Two become one...

Rental Car Horror Story

Rental Car Horror Story 01/16/2004 10:58 AM
You rent a car travel around and come home and get an additional $3000.00 bill because you drove it out...

The internet rental wars

The internet rental wars 02/07/2005 01:49 AM
Southcoasttoday.com - Sun Feb 6, 06:55 am GMT

The Future of Video Rental

The Future of Video Rental 06/22/2004 08:58 AM

Blockbuster jabs back at its rivals: This is an article about the future of the Blockbuster video rental chain, but mixed in there is a lot of good information about upcoming video delivery technology.

Cable operators say they have the best solution of all. They provide about 16.5 million homes with video-on-demand (VOD) ‐ a service that enables viewers to watch a movie whenever they want with the same flexibility that traditional videos offer to pause, rewind and fast-forward. Nearly 37 million cable subscribers will probably have VOD by 2008.

What I'm still waiting for is the service that will let me pick a movie from a menu and watch it right then, instead of ordering it and having to wait until a certain time to watch it. Wake me up when this happens.

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Amazon considers DVD rental partnership

Amazon considers DVD rental partnership 04/15/2005 05:56 PM
Fresh from a bidding war over subscribers, NetFlix and Blockbuster find themselves in new contest, the fight over Amazon.com. Unsurprisingly, Amazon.com will be the likely winner.

Court rules against car rental company
using GPS

Court rules against car rental company
using GPS 04/06/2005 12:15 PM
Is it good business for car rental agencies to use GPS to track their car renters' driving habits? A court ruled against one such company, but could the practice become widespread?

BT cleared for line rental hike

BT cleared for line rental hike 05/13/2004 08:01 AM
No immediate action from Ofcom

Python Surprises Man Driving Rental Car
(AP)

Python Surprises Man Driving Rental Car
(AP) 06/28/2004 06:18 PM
AP - This is one passenger no one wants in their rental car. A man found a slithery surprise Sunday when a ball python stuck its head out from between his legs while he was driving a rental car Sunday.

Blockbuster starts online rental war

Blockbuster starts online rental war 12/24/2004 12:09 PM
Blockbuster on Wednesday dropped the price of its monthly online rental service, undercutting the prices of its rivals for similar services. The company cut the subscription price to $14.99 with the price being guaranteed through January of 2006. Blockbuster's subscription allows customers to have unlimited rentals from over 30,000 titles, without due dates or overdue fees, free shipping both ways, at three movies at a time.

Dubai online DVD rental store

Dubai online DVD rental store 07/04/2004 06:00 AM
Ameinfo.com - Sun Jul 4, 09:26 am GMT

Online DVD rental firms merge

Online DVD rental firms merge 08/23/2004 07:07 AM
Article.wn.com - Mon Aug 23, 10:10 am GMT

Starting up an Internet computer rental

Starting up an Internet computer rental 02/18/2004 12:05 PM
AMDMB Feb 18 2004 3:11PM GMT

Amazon Eyeing DVD Rental Partnership in
U.S

Amazon Eyeing DVD Rental Partnership in
U.S 04/17/2005 01:27 AM
Techzonez Apr 17 2005 5:05AM GMT
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