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Blockbuster Cozies Up To TiVo
GEARFUSE —
... subscribers, not a significant number. TiVo owners who have Blockbuster accounts will pay up to $4 to rent a movie, most with DVD-quality images. Customers will have 30 days to begin watching; once they do, they can view the video as much as they want for 24 hours. It will cost as much as $20 to buy a movie, but digital-rights software will prevent it from being copied to a DVD. Essentially, Blockbuster is on its way out and wants to make one last stand . Remember the Alamo! Link
Blockbuster Strikes Content Deal With TiVo
AppScout —
... Blockbuster SVP Kevin Lewis told USA Today that the company also has plans to deliver content to Blu-Ray players, phones, and other devices.
BlockBuster heads to TiVo: Rent streaming movies for up to $4 a pop
CrunchGear —
... Remember BlockBuster? For you younglings who don’t, it was a poplar retail chain that rented “videos” and “DVDs” to people, in person. It’s still around, but no one really uses it anymore. Anyway, BlockBuster just inked a deal with TiVO, which also isn’t doing too well—it currently has its smallest subscriber base since 2005—to bring BlockBuster-branded streaming movies to TiVo. Movies will cost up to $4 to rent. ...
Around the Web 3.25.09: Blockbuster teams with TiVo, Spark announces a new fund, iPhone in China rumors emerge
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... -- Blockbuster says it will let TiVo users download movies and TV shows digitally. USA Today
-- A spark of hope for companies seeking funding: Spark Capital announces a fund for digital media companies. PaidContent
-- A U.K. privacy group files a motion to shut down Google’s Street View. Mashable
-- Facebook grabs an attorney from the ACLU as its new public policy director. VentureBeat
-- Is Apple close to sealing a deal to get the iPhone into ...
Blockbuster Wants To Be Our OnDemand Video Retailer
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP —
... be similar to Amazon’s but different from Netflix’s, which she says “has fewer new releases.”
Will this new alliance between Blockbuster and TiVo be enough? I doubt it. They are competing against cable and satellite companies who already offer DVR for basically free. Netflix with their new video ondeand service is in place and ready to rock and roll.
What do you think?
Comments welcome.
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TiVo is getting ‘impatient’ and still believes in a little thing called luck!
Josh Chandler —
... , and have certainly bucked the trend of being the “yester-year” product by introducing further content partnerships with BlockBuster and ...
