March 8, 2012
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All movies are 2011-12 releases unless otherwise noted. Availability: DVD | Blu-ray | Both Blu-ray and DVD Despite the impact of 27 years of inflation, last year’s remake of the 1984 crowd-pleaser Footloose grossed just over half as much as the original; apparently, modern audiences can’t bring themselves to care about a town where dancing is prohibited.
The sun is quickly setting on Netflix’s streaming partnership with Starz.
In an effort to backpeddle from its previous stance of going to a streaming-only format, Netflix is augmenting the way it offers DVD-only plans. read more
With numerous movie-rental stores closing, DVD vending-machine company plans to set up a few hundred kiosks in the coming months
The telecom powerhouse and DVD rental kiosk giant are teaming up to offer a movie-streaming and DVD subscription service. Sound familiar?
COMMENTARY | The end of the DVD could be close than many realize.
It won’t happen as fast as you can say Qwikster, but Netflix (NSDQ:NFLX – News) plans to slowly edge its way out of the DVD rental business.
Margins on streaming are way lower than they are on DVDs.