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November 18, 2009
Universal Studios Home Entertainment Jan. 5 will take several of its catalog films and pair DVDs and Blu-ray Discs together in the same package at retail.
November 18, 2009
The Video Buyers Group, which represents independent rentailers nationwide, said Nov. 18 that the Nov. 17 releases of My Sister’s Keeper from Warner Home Video and Bruno from Universal Studios Home Entertainment are largely absent in a majority of Redbox rental kiosks.
November 18, 2009
Wal-Mart Nov. 18 revealed it would offer on Black Friday a Magnavox Blu-ray Disc player without Internet connectivity for $78, which is so far the lowest advertised retail price for the high-definition packaged-media hardware.
November 18, 2009
Jan. 19 (order date Dec. 17), Anchor Bay releases the sci-fi thriller Inalienable ($19.97), written by former “Star Trek” star Walter Koenig (Chekov), who also appears in the film.
November 18, 2009
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3 have integrated social networking site Facebook into their platforms, according to The Associated Press.
November 17, 2009
Best Buy Co. is offering its proprietary Insignia model Blu-ray Disc player (NS-BRDVD3) for $99.99, which includes the choice of either Superman Returns or Beetlejuice on Blu-ray.
November 17, 2009
Image Entertainment successfully delayed until Dec. 11 payment of $4 million in interest on a $15 million bond due Aug. 11, 2011.
November 17, 2009
Netflix Nov. 17 officially began offering subscribers the ability to stream movies and television programming from the Internet to select networked Sony televisions for free.
November 17, 2009
Cablevision has launched an interactive tool that allows its iQ TV subscribers via the remote control to more easily find on-demand movies and TV programming.
November 17, 2009
LOS ANGELES — The response from Star Trek director J.J. Abrams about the Nov. 17 Blu-ray Disc release was pretty predictable: “It’s going to look absolutely amazing. DVD is fine, but if you can, pick this up in high definition.”
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