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ps3 video

Sony's Playstation 3 Movie Download Service to Launch this Summer

We had a rumor about this news back in April but as part of a new corporate Strategy Update, Sony has just confirmed it: video downloads will come to the PS3 "this summer". That's first in the US, with a Europe and Japan roll-out later in the year. Plus, Sony will expand the service across their other video-enabled products, which means the PSP and video-enabled Walkmen. There're some other interesting snippets in there too: like the fact that by 2011 90% of Sony electronics will be "network-enabled and wireless-capable." Read on for the full press release. More »

4:48 AM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,909 views, 16 comments

Latest by Enochrewt: @ibelli: If it works the same as the 360's movie service (and it had better), you'll be able to watch it a few seconds after you select the movie. The 360 service now streams them, instead of waiting for more »

The Writers Guild of America strike is officially on, thanks largely to disputes over payments from DVD sales and content delivered through the intertubes. [NYT]

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unfortunate

Digital Distribution Tangling Up Writers Guild of America Talks, Strike Looms

In case you were unawares, the contract between Hollywood producers and the Writers Guild of America was supposed to expire a few hours ago, leading to a possible strike, meaning bad things could happen. One of the major issues is digital content and distribution—after getting screwed over by the terms of how they were paid from video and DVD, set many moons ago, they're leery of losing out on tons of cash yet again. Since a multitude of content is going online in an infinitude of formats—web-exclusive content, full episode replays, ARG, etc. on network websites, iTunes and the works—the terms are inevitably just as complicated. Right now, writers only get coin if a viewer pays to see the goods, making ad-supported Hulu, for instance, a black hole for them no matter how many users tune in. More »

3:15 AM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,262 views, 18 comments

Latest by axiomatic: Come on guys, I know that upping the writers salaries will not make them better writers. But we can't ignore the fact that it would effect some of them. I got my salary "leveled" by my company a few months ago more »

hands on

SanDisk Sansa TakeTV and Fanfare Video Service Beta Reviewed (Verdict: Wait and See)

Over the weekend, Buy.com blabbed on SanDisk's Sansa TakeTV, formerly previewed as USB TV. Now available, the TakeTV mobile video player will cost $100 for 4GB and $150 for 8GB. Buy.com also mentioned the Fanfare video service, now in beta. It just so happens we got to play around with both, shoot some galleries and formulate some early opinions: More »

Feature

3:00 AM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By Wilson Rothman
7,191 views, 11 comments

analyst antics

Paid Video Downloads to Start Dying in 2008

A new report by Forrester Research declares that the paid video download market is going to come to a grinding halt in 2008, despite growing rapidly into 2007. Why? Forrester analyst James McQuivey thinks we're going to withhold our credit card numbers and migrate to free content—besides, according to McQuivey, despite Apple's best efforts to make it easy for all, it's only us "media addicts" who've jumped in.
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1:00 PM on Mon May 14 2007
By Matt Buchanan
866 views, 4 comments