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It seems like no set top box is safe from getting Internet video options lately.  Amazon, Blockbuster and Netflix have been hard at work to get their respective video stores on as many boxes as possible.  We’ve seen a number of companies add the functionality through new hardware and firmware… Continue Reading »

Blockbuster and Motorola have recently announced a partnership that will allow users to stream OnDemand movies to their phones.  The details are pretty light, however it was noted that the streaming will come in the form of a Blockbuster OnDemand application that will be made available for select Motorola phones.… Continue Reading »

It seems that anybody with even a vague reason to get into the netbook market has been doing so.  Toy stores started carrying them last year billing them as good computers for kids.  Cell phone carriers are subsidizing them with two-year data contracts, which makes a lot of sense.  Verizon… Continue Reading »

Vizio seems determined to stand out in the HDTV market and by standing out it seems that they are making an attempt to do so in other ways aside from being one of the more affordable models on the store shelf. The latest announcement coming from Vizio includes HDTVs that… Continue Reading »

TiVo already has a number of services available in its Video on Demand section including Amazon and Netflix.  This morning, they added Blockbuster OnDemand.  If you have a Tivo Series2, Series3, HD, or HD XL, you will be able to access the Blockbuster content.  Also part of the deal TiVo… Continue Reading »

Vizio has recently announced the new Connected HDTV platform and with it comes options to stream content from numerous providers. The services are numerous, as as one would imagine Netflix is one of those content providers, however in addition users will also have access to content from Amazon OnDemand, Blockbuster… Continue Reading »

It is no secret that Blockbuster has been playing catch up with Netflix for the past few years.  Now, as Netflix has been offering streaming for the Roku for quite some time and HD streaming on newer Blu-Ray players and the Xbox 360, Blockbuster wants in.  Blockbuster quietly released its… Continue Reading »

You’ve got to feel bad for YouTube.  After becoming the Internet’s darling for such fun gags, it wants to get a day job.  No longer content with just the clearing house for pranks and short clips, it wants to be in the full length movie business as well as the… Continue Reading »

Companies are finally realizing that with the economy the way it is that if they want people to keep renting their movies, they need to make them less expensive.  Enter the DVD kiosk. DVDPlay, the country’s first automated and remotely managed DVD rental kiosk company, recently noticed a need to… Continue Reading »

Circuit City’s CEO, Philip J. Schoonover, announced his resignation as president and CEO and is leaving the company immediately.  Normally, when a company changes CEOs, there is a plan announced sometimes years in advance to keep the stock price afloat.  Schoonover’s departure was not part of any such plan. New… Continue Reading »