Amazon March 22 launched an application store for the Android smartphone platform, offering consumers a way to find and test applications before they buy them. The store — at amazon.com/appstore — reportedly prompted a trademark infringement suit from Apple over the name “Appstore.” More>>

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has upgraded special features and user functions on select electronic sellthrough movies.More>>

Apple Inc. June 6 unveiled a proprietary cloud-based digital locker system that allows users to store and access wirelessly music, photos, apps, books and documents to their Apple devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, in addition to Mac and PC computers.More>>

Revolver Entertainment March 8 said it signed an agreement with Amazon Digital and Sony PlayStation that earmarks digital distribution of its eclectic British catalog beyond the Apple iTunes platform. More>>

A new mobile application for Sony Pictures Home Entertainment’s 'Battle: Los Angeles' will allow owners of Apple and Android products to insert aliens and battle drones from the film into pictures of their home, office or city, and share the results on Facebook or Twitter.More>>

Warner Bros. Digital Distribution May 11 bowed Web-based apps for 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1' and 'Due Date.'More>>

The recent capitulation by Redbox to accept a 28-day delay for new-release DVD/Blu-ray Disc movies from Warner Home Video presents a near-term win for Blockbuster and other video stores, video-on-demand (VOD) and Apple, an analyst said.More>>

Apple Inc.’s unveiling last week of its much-hyped iPad could become the catalyst for movie downloads that the iPod was for music, analysts say.More>>

The Walt Disney Co.'s early adoption of Apple Inc.'s iTunes platform has produced sales of about 5 million movie downloads since 2006, according to Robert Iger, president and CEO of the media giant.More>>

Apple Inc. venerable iTunes media store ended 2010 as the online go-to destination for electronic sellthrough, or EST, and Internet-based video-on-demand, according to a new report.More>>