Faster Forward Archive: Video
Studios could provide new movies later to Netflix and Redbox, earlier to "protected" digital cable
A new proposal from some major movie studios intended to increase sales of DVDs would push back the availability of new DVD releases for Netflix subscribers and Redbox customers. As a story from the trade journal Video Business explains, the idea is to hold back new releases from these companies...
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November 12, 2009; 1:28 PM ET |
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Cable TV Thinks Inside the Box
When I first signed up for cable TV, ridding myself of a cable box required nothing more than phone call and a Metro ride out to District Cablevision's offices in Brookland to return that hardware. That was a simpler time. Today, things would be a little more complicated -- by...
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Rob Pegoraro
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October 2, 2009; 10:19 AM ET |
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iPod Nano Adds FM, Video; Zune Tunes Into HD Radio
Thanks to Apple's new iPod nano, I know that walking from my porch steps to the top of the escalator at my Metro stop involves 949 steps and burns 41 calories. And thanks to Microsoft's new Zune HD, I've listened to some old '80s alt-rock songs that I never thought...
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Rob Pegoraro
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September 18, 2009; 9:57 AM ET |
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Microsoft's Windows Live Movie Maker: For Once, a Decent Sequel
Today's column says some nice things about Microsoft's new Windows Live Movie Maker, a successor to the company's once-unimpressive video-editing software. It's easy enough to get started in; it provides a good toolkit to organize and dress up photo slideshows and home movies; and most important of all, it offers...
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Rob Pegoraro
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August 28, 2009; 12:01 PM ET |
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DVD-Copying Tools Lose in Court, Flourish in Real Life
Over the past two days, two different commercial DVD-copying programs have gotten shot down by court rulings. Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel barred Seattle-based RealNetworks from selling its RealDVD program. And yesterday, a California appeals court reversed an earlier ruling that allowed Kaleidescape to sell its home...
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Rob Pegoraro
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August 13, 2009; 1:04 PM ET |
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Roku Player Brings MLB.TV to the TV
Baseball fans have a new way to watch out-of-town games without padding out their cable or satellite TV bill: Early this morning, Roku added Major League Baseball's MLB.TV Premium Internet video service to its Digital Video Player. That marks a big step up for Roku's $99.99 box. As a movie-viewing...
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August 11, 2009; 2:38 PM ET |
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