LG to provide Vudu services on some of their television models
LG has announced that they are going to offer Vudu video on demand service on some of their television sets in the future.
The company would practically embed Vudu BX100 set-top box into the televisions. This means that the customers would no longer have to keep [...]
Sony Bravia TV to get Netflix streaming capabilities
US based movie rental company Netflix has announced a deal with Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony.
Netflix would now stream movies to Sony Bravia television sets which are connected to the web with a high speed connection.
This service would be provided free of cost to Netflix subscribers [...]
Netflix to charge more for Blu-Ray media movies
Netflix has some bad news for their customers.
The company has announced that they are now going to charge more for delivering Blu-Ray media to their customers.
Netflix said that they had to raise the prices due to increased demand for these media format discs.
Blu-Ray media discs are [...]
Blockbuster partners with TiVo
Blockbuster has announced a deal with TiVo.
TiVo subscribers would now get access to digital movie catalog of Blockbuster.
They would be able to purchase or rent movies from Blockbuster’s OnDemand service.
The service would be available to customers with TiVo Series2, Series3, HD, or HD XL DVR boxes.
This would help [...]
Netflix expects to go web only next year
Netflix is a popular online DVD delivery service in the US market.
The company also has a presence in the online streaming of movies to paying customers.
This model has worked so well for the company that they now plan to go web only by next year.
The [...]
LG BD390 Blu-ray has Wi-Fi support
South Korean consumer electronics manufacturer LG has launched a new Blu-Ray player named LG BD390.
This player comes with support for wireless networks. It is an enhanced version of their existing player LG BD370.
Features include DVD upscaling, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD audio, BD-Live/Profile 2.0 support. This player also [...]
Netflix and Film Independent launches a movie contest
Netflix and Film Independent are collaborating together to launch a new contest for independent movie makers.
They are going to award the winner $350,000 in cash and production support to make a movie.
Josh Brolin is one of the judges in this contest. The winner would also get [...]
Vizio Connected HDTV gets Netflix content
Netflix has announced that they are now collaborating with Vizio to deliver their media content on their Connected HDTV platform.
This is just one of the latest deals signed by Netflix to widen the availability of their streamed media content.
LG too has just announced a similar deal with Netflix to [...]
LG launches internet enabled HDTVs
South Korean tech giant LG has announced the launch of some new models of their high definition television sets.
These new HDTV sets comes with internet connectivity. LG is collaborating with Netflix to offer their services on these television sets.
These new models are available in both LCD and plasma technologies. [...]
Roku Netflix Player to get Amazon VOD capabilities
Roku and Amazon are collaborating to bring the Amazon video on demand service on the Roku Netflix Player.
This capability would be made available in the coming months and would further enhance the value of the Roku Netflix Player.
Roku said that this would be the first third party [...]
