diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Thu/movielink.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Thu/movielink.txt | 18 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Thu/movielink.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Thu/movielink.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 65b3a72..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.06.07/Thu/movielink.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -Blockbuster, in what could a last gasp for the once king of movie rentals, has acquired Movielink, the video on demand service started by some of the top movie studios. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, which tends to mean they were not all that spectacular and given Movielink's dismal performance thus far, that isn't surprising. - -Movielink will continue to exist as a standalone service, but eventually elements of the service will become available through Blockbuster.com. - -Blockbuster's interest in Movielink no doubt stems from the fact that, with 3,000+ titles, it is the web's largest digital movie archive. Yet even with a massive catalogue the service has never really caught on with users. - -Part of Movielink's failure stems from the fact that its downloads cost roughly the same as a a regular DVD, which can be played anywhere whereas Movielink downloads are DRM encumbered and trapped on your PC. - -Yesterday we mentioned that Netflix "Watch Now" video on demand service had been [hacked to allow users to download and save movies][1]. In pointing out that the limitations of the service were driving this sort of hacking, we asked readers to list their favorite streaming rental sites. It's far from scientific or objective, but so far there's 40 comments and only one mention of Movielink. - -That said, perhaps Blockbuster can fix Movielink. In-store promotions could raise consumer awareness and it does position Blockbuster to be the only 3-in-1 service with mail-in, online and in-store movie rental options. - -But that may not help since, in a field already crowded with Netflix, iTunes, Amazon and more, Blockbuster is the only one with high operating costs -- namely rent on all those brick and mortar stores. - -[via [the WSJ][2] (paid wall link)] - -[1]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/08/netflix-hack-en.html -[2]: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118661923587492440.html
\ No newline at end of file |