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Movies You Can't Buy Online (CinemaTech)

noreply@blogger.com (Scott Kirsner) — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:23:00 GMT

Ever try looking for some of your favorite movies on iTunes, Amazon Unbox, Movielink, or any of the other legal download destinations? Odds are good that you won't find them. I wanted to write about the issue, so I put together a list of fifty great movies (celebrated by the AFI , Roger Ebert , and Time Magazine ) and all-time box office champs that you can't buy or rent online. Here's the Variety...

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Blockbuster’s New Download (Beta) Service Explained (ehomeupgrade)

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:52:24 GMT

It appears that Blockbuster has rolled out their new “Download” Rent/Buy movie service to all subscribers now (based on Movielink’s IP). In fact, one can download movies without having a recurring rental package subscription in place – you just need to create a Blockbuster account. Basically you pay for what you want to watch. New [...] Visit eHomeUpgrade for more breaking news.

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Blockbuster begins movie download, rental service (Gadgetell)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:48:21 GMT

Section: Video , Content , Video Providers Blockbuster has taken the step and begin offering, still as a beta only service movie downloads and movie rentals. This new service marks the integration of the Movielink service which they purchased just about one year ago. Currently Blockbuster is offering around 5,000 movie and TV shows which can be either purchased or just rented. The movie pricing...

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Blockbuster tests movie download service, DVD rental kiosks (Engadget HD)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:39:25 GMT

Filed under: Industry , Misc , Blu-ray , Other formats , Internet As Blockbuster flounders around in an attempt to determine what it really wants to be, we're seeing that it's finally taking advantage of that whole Movielink purchase from last year. A new download section on the company's website has gone live, encouraging XP / Vista users running Internet Explorer (feel alienated yet') to...

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Another Notch in the Prediction Post (ParisLemon)

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:49:00 GMT

At some point I really need to do a mid-year look at my predictions from December of last year , because boy are they rolling in. The latest: 14) Blockbuster will make a last ditch effort to save itself via Movielink Blockbuster will come out with some outrageous deal trying to save itself from the Netflix/iTunes rental onslaught. It will fail. ...and that just happened .

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Blockbuster finally beta-testing Movielink service (Best New Technology)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:44:24 GMT

Blockbuster is finally utilizing their purchase of the video-download service, Movielink. It’s been almost a year, but they are finally beta testing video downloading among 500 of their Total Access customers. The move is aimed at a core group of customers who Blockbuster hopes will give them quality feedback on the service. Along with kiosks available in-store that will also offer direct downloads,...

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Blockbuster beta testing movie download service (BetaNews)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:45:12 GMT

Blockbuster's download-on-demand service based on Movielink is approaching readiness, as the company has pushed out a beta version to select Total Access members.

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Movie Downloads Finally Coming to Blockbuster (The Boy Genius Report)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:49:13 GMT

Come on Blockbuster, all the cool kids are doing it. Almost a year since announcing the acquisition of video download service Movielink, it looks like Blockbuster is finally getting ready to round out its portfolio with a download service of its own. No there still isn’t anything new with regards to the Blockbuster set top [...]

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Blockbuster's Digital Kiosks and Movielink Plans; August Launch (Paidcontent)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:05:06 GMT

... though for now, it only works on Archos portable media devices. Another part of its digital hope: Movielink. It is quietly beta testing a new version of the online movie service, which will be incorporated into a revamped Blockbuster site later this summer. The story say this new site will have about 85,000 DVD titles for rent by mail (including Blockbuster's all-in-one Total Access program);...

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Blockbuster remembers it bought MovieLink (VentureBeat)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:31:56 GMT

While company after company enter the digital movie download realm including former outsiders like Apple and Microsoft, the company once synonymous with movie rentals has been noticeably absent: Blockbuster. This was especially surprising since it bought movie download site Movielink nearly a year ago presumably to enter the fray. Now it finally is. Blockbuster has rolled [...]

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Blockbuster Preps Movie Downloads (Zatz Not Funny!)

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:22:55 GMT

Since acquiring Movielink about a year ago, Blockbuster’s been relatively quiet with the property… The Movielink video download service has carried on in the interim. However, according to the Dallas News a rebranding under the Blockbuster name is nearly complete. A few hundred Total Access members have been provided beta access in a program that [...]

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Blockbuster Beta-Testing Movielink Downloads [Blockbuster] (Gizmodo)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:30:00 GMT

Blockbuster may be planning in-store download kiosks, but their recent beta-testing of Movielink downloads seems like they're aiming for at-home downloads as well. They've picked 500 Total Access...

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Blockbuster begins Movielink trial in run-up to August launch (SlashGear)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:29:08 GMT

Blockbuster has begun small-scale trials of their online movie rental service, using the Movielink video-download technology the acquired last year. Starting this week, 500 beta testers have been invited to start using the service; the company will charge $2 per rental and $8 per full movie purchase. The testers have been selected from the company’s Total Access members, and will be asked to...

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Blockbuster adds Movielink's video downloads to Web site (Dallas Morning News)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:00:00 GMT

Nearly a year after purchasing the video-download firm Movielink, Dallas-based Blockbuster Inc. has integrated the service into its Web site and invited 500 customers to test it.Blockbuster selected these beta testers from the ranks of its Total Access members, both to thank them for their business and to mine their suggestions for improvements.The test will expand next week and keep expanding...

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Samsung adds MediaLive to HDTVs (AfterDawn.com)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:32:22 GMT

Samsung announced today the launch of its MediaLive add-on which eliminates the need for a set-top media hub while giving users direct access to movies from Vongo and MovieLink and other content. To use MediaLive you must have a Samsung HDTV from 2008 or later with CEC automation support. Besides the direct movies from MovieLink and Vongo, users get access to content from Fox Sports...

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Top Sites For Movie Downloads (http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:30:11 GMT

Tonight We take a front-row look at sites that offer movie downloads onto mobile devices: Amazon Unbox, BitTorrent, CinemaNow, iTunes, Movielink, Vongo, and ZML. Read the full article here

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Movies For Mobiles: Top Sites For Movie Downloads (Information Week)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:00:00 GMT

We take a front-row look at sites that offer movie downloads onto mobile devices: Amazon Unbox, BitTorrent, CinemaNow, iTunes, Movielink, Vongo, and ZML.

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Sony To Launch PS3 Movie Download Service (Hacking NetFlix)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:53:06 GMT

Wired reports that Sony will join Netflix, Microsoft (Xbox 360), Apple (iTunes), Blockbuster (Movielink), and many others with a movie download service on the PS3. During Sony's mid-term strategy meeting, company president Kaz Hirai confirmed Sony's plans to bring a video download service to the PlayStation Network this summer, reports Next Generation. Details on what videos would be available...

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Comment on Vudu to Allow Users to Extend Movie Expiration Dates by Alexander Grundner (eHomeUpgrade Threads)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:45:53 GMT

You bring up some good points, but VOD is nothing new. CinemaNow (founded 1999) and Movielink (around since 2002) have been doing this for a few years now and have also offered their movies with similar viewing terms. I think we're way past the industry warming up to anything. But that's just my opinion. The service providers (whoever they may be) need to pressure the studios to have more liberal...

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Blockbuster: Perpetually on the cusp of digital distribution (VentureBeat)

Thu, 29 May 2008 00:46:01 GMT

While nearly everyone and their mother is getting in to the digital movie distribution business, one name still notably absent is Blockbuster. Despite being nearly synonmous with movie rentals for the past twenty years, and buying the digital download service Movielink last year, Blockbuster still has not been able to get its act together in [...]

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