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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood is making a major bet this coming holiday season that consumers will buy movies, instead of renting, and view them on the go.
Netflix generates more head-scratching plot twists than a cheap B-movie. On Monday, the company said it would reverse a previously announced decision to put its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services on separate websites, a plan that was widely derided by Netflix subscribers.
Netflix said Monday it will keep its DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming services on one website for US subscribers, abandoning plans announced last month to completely separate the services.
Qwikster, we never knew ya: Netflix has killed its plans to turn its DVD service into a separate business. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings the news via a blog post this morning, reversing a decision he announced via a blog post three weeks ago.
It took Coca-Cola 77 days of New Coke to bring back Coke Classic. It took Netflix co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings less than three weeks to shelf the idea of splitting Netflix into two brands—Qwikster to sell DVDs, Netflix for streaming; 23 days in all to admit publicly that the right strategy can turn out very wrong and to cancel the move before it kicked in.
Next month Lady Gaga will release Blu-Ray & DVD versions of the Emmy Award winning HBO special Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden
Chicago – With iOrgsoft unveiling its much-anticipated powerful DVD Maker for mac 1.0.2 today, we may finally have a real dvd creator war on our hands.
June’s Green Lantern movie arrives on Blu-ray at the end of this week, just days before the release of Batman: Arkham City on October 18. Best Buy customers who pick up the Extended Cut version of the summer blockbuster will get a special bonus for the game in the form of a PlayStation Network download code, according to Joystiq.
Hotels and technology have always had a strange relationship. Technology, the Internet in particular, has changed the way guests book stays and even created several deal making opportunities.