Tag: BLOCKBUSTER

Blockbuster announced today that it plans to offer OnDemand videos to TiVo set top boxes during the second half of 2009. Blockbuster will hardly be the first service offering premium internet video streaming to TiVo. You can already find videos from Amazon, CinemaNow, Jaman, and Netflix on a TiVo. But hey, more choices are always a good thing, right? Blockbuster tried to launch its own set top ...

There are 48.5 million Wii's out there, and Blockbuster may be positioning itself to deliver video on demand to them thanks to a newly-announced partnership with Sonic Solutions. Sonic is the force behind the CinemaNow service, which is available on LG networked blu-ray players and other devices - like Nintendo's wildly popular gaming console. With the "Everybody's Theatre" streaming anime ...

In an effort to stay ahead of the movies online business and directly compete with the likes of Apple, Amazon, Walk-Mart and Netflix, Blockbuster has announced that they have purchased Movielink. Movielink was the first online service to offer legal downloads of both movies and TV shows since it was launched in 2001. Along with the deal, Blockbuster will also be acquiring the rights to show films ...

Ars Trechnica is reporting that Lionsagte CEO Jon Feltheimer may have inadvertently given away plans for digital video download stores from Best Buy and Blockbuster. During a conference call, Feltheimer reportedly said "we have nearly a dozen active agreements in place for digital delivery of our content." Two of the companies he named were Best Buy and Blockbuster, neither of which has ...

Because digital media downloads are skyrocketing, old-skool Blockbuster is merging with music store "Sounds," at least in New Zealand to provide more media than just videos. Is this just the next logical step, or is it because the Internet has opened up a big can of digital whoop-ass on Blockbuster? Blockbuster has been struggling for a while since the likes of Netflix (to which I subscribe) have ...