Oct 25

Warner Bros. to ditch 28-day release delay for rental stores?

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Warner Bros. to ditch 28-day release delay for rental stores?

Warner Bros. may have doubled its 28-day embargo on new releases for kiosk operators (even if they side-step it), but endangered bricks-and-mortar rental stores could be treated to the exact opposite. A rumor coming from Home Media Magazine’s unnamed sources suggests the WB is going to ditch the embargo for these locations altogether, starting on October 30th. We have no idea why this break would be offered to the relic stores, although we doubt they care if it gets a few more bodies through the door. Warner Bros. has a recent habit of quiet implementation, but just to be sure, we’ve reached out for confirmation and will update you if-and-when we hear more.

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Warner Bros. to ditch 28-day release delay for rental stores? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 10

Canal Plus chief: Amazon, Netflix will bring video-on-demand to France early next year

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DNP Canal Plus chief Amazon will bring videoondemand to France

Amazon might be continuing its European HD streaming video invasion by arriving in France next March, according to Canal Plus’ president, Bertrand Meheu. The executive is well-placed to have that info, as he says his company will be supplying Amazon with content for the service’s launch on the Kindle Fire. If true, it’s not known yet if it would be in the form of Lovefilm, which launched in Germany and the UK recently, or if it would be available on PCs, Macs, Xbox 360 consoles or Smart TVs as it is elsewhere. Canal Plus has been fighting to keep such competitors out of the notoriously protectionist country, but it was recently blocked by a state watchdog from hoarding VOD rights exclusively for its own networks. The company also said that Netflix would arrive in France by “early 2013” — another credible claim, considering the huge amount of content it produces that the US streaming service would surely need.

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Canal Plus chief: Amazon, Netflix will bring video-on-demand to France early next year originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Aug 10

Digiboo movie kiosks now do wireless, still insist on Windows

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Digiboo movie services goes wireless, but still insists on Windows

So far, Digiboo’s movie kiosks have been severely limited by a couple of factors, before you even get to the fact that their content is SD only. Firstly, they’ve required users to carry a USB stick on their person, and secondly they’ve only been able to transfer rentals to a Windows device. Today, however, the company has cleared a major hurdle on its passage to relevance, by allowing wireless transfers to any “Windows-enabled PC, laptop or tablet.” This should make Digiboo’s next step — Android support, which is promised to come this month — a whole lot easier.

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