Tag: WARNER BROTHERS

If you can't beat them, join them -- and charge them. That's Warner Brother's latest strategy for battling video piracy in Hong Kong. The movie studio will offer 100 titles online, including recent DVD releases such as Superman Returns and Happy Feet as well as popular older titles like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The videos will be available for a fee through ViDeOnline's 08Media web ...

Warner Brothers has announced plans to bring programming from WBTV: SCI-FI FLIX and WBTV: Before They Were Mega Stars exclusively to Joost. Both new Warner Brothers themed channels are expected to launch later this month. The SCI-FI FLIX channel is expected to feature shows like Babylon 5, Max Headroom, My Favorite Martian, and Adventures of Briscoe County. The Before They Were Mega Stars channel ...

Just like iTunes did for file sharing music, Warner Bros. is going to start selling movies and TV online. While this is clearly an effort to legitimize the whole download yer entertainment thing, what's interesting is the use of BitTorrent as the tech behind the downloads. I don't think it's unusual though, as BitTorrent's technological solution to moving packets around is quite clever. It's a ...