DirecTV May 5 reported first-quarter (ended March 31) net income of $674 million, up 21% from net income of $558 million during the same period a year ago.More>>

Magnolia Pictures has quietly begun offering select video-on-demand movies to cable, satellite and telecommunication operators 30 days before their slated theatrical launch.More>>

Seeking to ease access to its library of more than 17,000 movies, Vudu April 12 said it is enabling consumers to access video-on-demand titles through its website (www.vudu.com).More>>

With the ink barely dry on Dish Network’s pending $320 million acquisition of bankrupt Blockbuster Inc., Paramount Home Entertainment filed a motion seeking payment of nearly $2.3 million for unpaid physical and digital contracts.More>>

The planned rollout later this month by DirecTV of select movies on premium video-on-demand eight weeks after their theatrical release will have minimal, if any, effect on Hollywood’s distribution food chain, an analyst said.More>>

Netflix apparently has dug deep into its wallet, reportedly spending as much as $100 million to outbid pay-TV networks for an original scripted series starring Kevin Spacey and directed by Oscar-nominated David Fincher ('The Social Network'). More>>

DirecTV appears set to become the first distributor offering early theatrical releases in the home through premium video-on-demand, or VOD, beginning this summer.More>>

For Fox, Lionsgate and any company in the content business, getting content to every screen, and maximizing profit off that content, has become the daily goal.More>>

Hollywood studios and cable operators have launched a marketing campaign aimed at convincing consumers to purchase transactional video-on-demand (VOD) movie rentals through their televisions.More>>

Vudu, the movie and TV show download service owned by Walmart, March 15 said its app now is included in Sony’s new 2011 Blu-ray Disc players and Blu-ray Disc home theater systems.More>>