Bill Mesce recently wrote an interesting and comprehensive article for Sound on Sight, “The ‘Gray Ones’ Fade to Black.” Though many points were well made, I respectfully disagree with the overall conclusion of the article. Yes, the distribution model for film has changed drastically since the invention of television, cable, and the repeat viewing success …
Over the past week nine out of ten people have informed me that they have now subsribed to Netflix. Now while it is still very new to us folks here in Canada, I felt this was worth reporting for our American readers. Netflix has now launched a subscription plan that will offer only streaming video …
Yesterday, Netflix announced a deal that will add films from Lions Gate, Paramount, and MGM to its online subscription service. The deal, a five-year, multi-million dollar arrangement with little-known company EPIX, will allow Netflix to compete with cable and satellite TV companies for consumer’s digital media dollars. Until recently, film studios preferred to pre-sell the …
US company Netflix will begin offering online subscription service to Canada this fall. This will be the first foray into the international market for the company, which currently offers both an online subscription service and DVD by mail to American customers for a low monthly fee ($8.99 US), though there are currently no plans to …
Great news for customers of Netflix, who announced this week that they will add hundreds of award-winning and critically acclaimed Indie Films that can be seen instantly through a string of new streaming deals. The selection of films includes works from The Criterion Collection, Gravitas Ventures, Kino Lorber, Music Box Films, Oscilloscope Laboratories and Regent …
Although the worldwide advertising market has been severely affected by recession, online advertising has appeared to be resilient during these rough times, as it has stabilized, and sometimes developed, in many countries.