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Apple Hops Into Movie Rental Market

Pretty much everyone knew that Apple intended to enter the movie rental market.  And now that it's done so, well . . . perhaps the anticipation was better than Apple's actual arrival.

Netflix Opens Floodgates To Online Streaming

For Netflix customers, it's time to consider buying a better office chair and investing in a nicer monitor; the service that's best known for mailing DVDs will allow many people to view an unlimited amount of video online.

Facebook Ads Should Have an Opt-Out

Lately I've been seeing far more ads on Facebook supported by implicit endorsements from friends. I've also had other friends share screenshots of ads and applications that I endorse.

Blockbuster Purchases Movielink

Blockbuster has announced that it has purchased Movielink, a movie download service the price of the deal has not been released.

Online Rentals To Reach $1.9 Billion

Online DVD subscription spending is projected to increase 41 percent to $1.9 billion in 2007, according to Adams Media Research report "Online DVD Subscription: Reinventing Video Rental."

Spyware Cheating Affiliate Merchants

Researcher Ben Edelman cited a half-dozen examples of affiliate merchants being cheated by spyware, particularly by claiming commissions on organic traffic coming to those merchants.

Netflix To Offer Movies For Download

Netflix is forging a new weapon to employ in its eternal war against Blockbuster. Or, depending on one's point of view, it's creating a nifty new product for its customers. The item in question is an Internet-connected, set-top box that would download movies overnight, eliminating the (small) hassle of mail service.

Netflix Calls Cut On Blockbuster Online

Home video rental chain Blockbuster got its own block busted by Netflix yesterday after the online rental company slapped it with a patent infringement lawsuit over Blockbuster Online.

Apple And The Love Of Blockbuster

Steve Jobs will take the big blue and yellow signs along with the customer lists Blockbuster owns and turn them into an Apple digital video empire, in a scenario contemplated by pundit Robert X. Cringely.

Can Blogs Turn a Film Into a Blockbuster?

Joss Whedon, whose "Firefly" TV series didn't last a season, convinced a studio to produce a feature-length motion picture based on the series when DVD sales went through the roof.