Posts Tagged with ‘movie-rentals’

A major tide is shifting in the music industry as the digital age slowly eats away at the number of CD sales in favor of downloadable MP3s. Today, Apple has announced that the sales figures for 2007 are in from the NPD Group, and iTunes has come in as the #2 music retailer, trailing only behind Wal-Mart.
In today's press release, Apple has revealed that more than 50 million people are now using the iTunes store of more than 6 [...]

With all of the increased competition coming from Apple these days, Netflix seems to have a strategy for 2008 that will move the movie rental service beyond serving DVDs through mailboxes across America.
Perhaps it is because of the modern-day format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray that Netflix is now looking to expand the ways consumers can access its library of video entertainment. Whatever it is, it will not only save movie lovers a trip to the store, but also [...]

The original intent of the Apple TV set-top box was to make it easier for anyone to transfer media files from their PC to their television, which is an idea that seems to have been somewhat accepted by consumers although the interface still presents some problems to users.
Now, to make it even easier to watch movies on the AppleTV, Apple today announced a new software update for the devices which will add support for the new iTunes Movie Rental [...]

The movie rental business was revolutionized by the launch of Netflix and its online monthly rental subscription service that eliminated trips to the store, late fees, as well as a lot of business for the once mega-popular Blockbuster chain of stores. It even led Blockbuster to follow suit, however unsuccessful the attempt was, just to fight to stay in business.
Now, Paperspine is a new online venture that is aiming to transform the same successful subscription model used by Netflix into [...]

Ever since Netflix came onto the scene back in 1999, Blockbuster has been feeling the heat to catch up with the changing times. No longer would people put up with the insanely-high late charges or even trips to the store to rent a movie. Netflix brought it all to the web with no time restrictions or motions towards the car.
Since then, Blockbuster has tried eliminating late fees and its own online service with Total Access, but all of this still [...]