Digital
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Amazon Unveils Best of Prime 2017
Amazon Jan. 2 announced its Best of Prime 2017 — revealing some of Prime members’ favorite content of the year. Prime members used their digital benefits in 2017 more than in any previous year, according to the company. Customers in more than 240 countries and territories around the world made season one of “The Grand … Continue reading “Amazon Unveils Best of Prime 2017”
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MoviePass, Fandor Extend Costco Joint-Sub Deal
Movie-theater subscription service MoviePass and indie-film streaming service Fandor have extended their Movie Lovers Package offer at Costco post holidays. The package deal for both services is available to Costco members for a flat fee of $89.99 and non-Costco members for $89.99 plus a 5% surcharge, and covers a year of membership for both MoviePass … Continue reading “MoviePass, Fandor Extend Costco Joint-Sub Deal”
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RLJ’s Urban Movie Channel Gets Android App
Urban Movie Channel, RLJ Entertainment’s subscription video on demand service created for African American and urban audiences in North America, is now available via an Android app. Consumers can download it a no cost in the Google Play store at http://bit.ly/2BRPu9b. The channel offers a seven-day free trial and is $6.99 a month or $59.99 a year thereafter. The … Continue reading “RLJ’s Urban Movie Channel Gets Android App”
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Roku Promotes Rosenberg to GM of Platform Business, Shannon to Leave Company
Streaming TV pioneer Roku Dec. 27 announced that Scott Rosenberg will become GM of platform business beginning in January 2018. Rosenberg has led Roku’s advertising business and will now also lead content distribution and related services. Five-year Roku veteran and leader of content and services Steve Shannon will leave the company at the end of … Continue reading “Roku Promotes Rosenberg to GM of Platform Business, Shannon to Leave Company”
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Hollywood Innovates – A Special Report
As technology advances, new platforms, formats and distribution channels continue to proliferate. Even the very definition of content has changed, with movies and TV shows forced to make room for webisodes, Snapchats and Facebook Live streams. YouTubers are mobbed like A-list movie stars; people are consuming, and sharing, content on their phones, on their iPads, … Continue reading “Hollywood Innovates – A Special Report”
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Home Entertainment’s Mantra in 2017 was ‘Just Keep Swimming’
At this year’s Video Hall of Fame ceremony in Beverly Hills in December, Janice Marinelli, president, Disney/ABC Home Entertainment & Television Distribution, for The Walt Disney Studios, drew solid applause when she advised her fellow home entertainment executives to “just keep swimming.” The line, from the hit Disney film Finding Nemo, seemed to resonate with … Continue reading “Home Entertainment’s Mantra in 2017 was ‘Just Keep Swimming’”
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Flixster Video Shutting Down
Flixster Video announced it will be shutting down its website and discontinuing all related operations in the United States as of Feb. 20, 2018. In a note to users Dec. 21, Flixster Video reminded users they could redeem digital codes and watch their videos at Vudu.com, and encouraged users to create or sign-in to a … Continue reading “Flixster Video Shutting Down”
