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NEW YORK (MainStreet) — Christmas movies don’t have to be limited to dusty copies of It’s A Wonderful Life and Miracle On 34th Street or timelier tearjerkers such as Elf or Love Actually. In some cases, it actually helps when the Christmas movie isn’t that Christmasy at all. Classics notwithstanding, movies don’t tend to need a whole lot of Christmas trappings to be a hit around the holidays …
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Netflix won its class-action suit, with a judge dismissing claims that it conspired with Wal-Mart to monopolize the DVD market. The class-action suit came about in response to a dinner meeting in 2005, at which the CEOs of Netflix and Wal-Mart allegedly agreed to share the DVD market.
The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreet’s guest contributor program, which is separate from the company’s news coverage. By Lawrence Meyers, InvestorPlace Contributor NEW YORK (InvestorPlace) — It wasn’t that long ago that Netflix was destined to become a category killer. Its disruptive business model of delivering DVDs by mail coupled …
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Blockbuster is joining the growing list of movie rentals companies raising prices. According to Bloomberg, Blockbuster Express kiosks, which are operated by NCR, will raise some prices for DVD rentals
NEW YORK (TheStreet) – Coinstar is raising prices for its DVD rentals.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — In breaking out its DVD subscriber base, Netflix revealed a possible investment alternative. As Netflix takes a bloodbath following its disappointing third-quarter report, pay attention to Coinstar, said Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter.
NEW YORK (MainStreet) — James Cameron can claim another cinema record. Not only is the director responsible for the two best-selling movies of all time — Avatar and Titanic — but one of them also happens to be the most pirated movie on the Internet. We’re sure he must be thrilled.