Netflix Selects Akamai for Streaming

March 16, 2010

Netflix March 16 said it signed Akamai Technologies as the primary content delivery network (CDN) for its Watch Instantly streaming service.

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ShoWest: Kiosks, By-Mail Rentals Driving Home Entertainment

March 16, 2010

More than 40% of consumers said they will rent a movie at a kiosk this year, compared to 36% who said they will do so at a video store, according to a new report.

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Report: Sony Not Shortening Theatrical Window

March 15, 2010

Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Michael Lynton, as keynote speaker March 15 at the annual ShoWest confab in Las Vegas, told theater operators the studio was in the business to create theatrical releases, not programming for the TV, iPod, cell phone or computer.

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Wal-Mart Opens ‘Twilight Saga’ Stores

March 15, 2010

Wal-Mart March 15 officially launched its in-store shops surrounding the highly-anticipated DVD/Blu-ray Disc release of hit teen vampire movie The Twilight Saga: New Moon at 12:01 a.m. March 20.

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Fox Preps ‘Alvin 2’

March 15, 2010

Dozens of parents watched as their kids milled around the Fox studio lot playing Chipmunk Twister and more as part of a launch party for 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s March 30 DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases of Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.

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Wal-Mart Opens ‘Twilight Saga’ Stores

March 15, 2010

Wal-Mart March 15 officially launched its in-store shops surrounding the highly-anticipated DVD/Blu-ray Disc release of hit teen vampire movie The Twilight Saga: New Moon at 12:01 a.m. March 20.

Fox Preps ‘Alvin 2’

March 15, 2010

Dozens of parents watched as their kids milled around the Fox studio lot playing Chipmunk Twister and more as part of a launch party for 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment’s March 30 DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases of Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.

Allegro and Xenon Ink Distribution Deal

March 15, 2010

Xenon Pictures has picked up a new distribution partner, Allegro Media Group, effective April 1.

New Live-Action/CGI ‘Scooby-Doo’ Movie Gets Early 2011 DVD Date

March 12, 2010

Principal photography for a new live-action/CGI Scooby-Doo film begins March 15 in Southern California, and Warner Home Video already has slated the DVD for early 2011.

‘Nine Dead’ Draws Viewers In

March 11, 2010

Image Entertainment’s new movie Nine Dead should have “Saw” fans leaping in horror.

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