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Netflix Streaming Service Suffering From Movie Licensing Issues…Apple TV Users Feel Your Pain
Apparently Apple TV isn’t the only media box having issues keeping movies listed on a consistent basis, all though I don’t believe that Apple TV has ever suffered from a complete studio outage. According to CNET, Netflix had issues with getting a licensing deal done with Sony which resulted in movies being pulled from Xbox’s [...]
Apple Advertising Apple TV Features Other Then The TV
I noticed this advertisement in the iTunes Store earlier today and thought it was a welcome change for Apple to be advertising an aspect of the Apple TV which wasn’t TV or Movie based but centered on Music. Specifically, this advertisement is about letting Apple TV unlock the music in your home, and in light [...]
HD Podcast Episode 5 - Panda Express
On this weeks podcast we come to you from La Jolla California, the Jewel of San Diego, where we discuss yet more Netflix, a little Boxee, Kung Fu Panda and the usual round-up of movie news from new additions to recent removals.
Head on over to iTunes now and subscribe to the podcast or refresh your [...]
HD Netflix streaming coming to the XBOX 360
Engadget is reporting that the new Xbox 360 dashboard will include Netflix HD content. It was already known that the instant queue would be added, but the addition of HD content is an added bonus. According to the article it is a soft launch with only 300 titles at this time, but I think it’s [...]
Apple HD TV Shows, Over 1 Million Served
Updated - Here is the link to Apple’s Press Release.
This morning Apple announced that it is now offering HD TV content from all 4 major TV networks. Apple is also claiming that iTunes has now sold over 200 million TV episodes, including more than 1 million HD episodes since last month’s launch of HD [...]
Nothing New for Apple TV Today
I just finished “watching” the live feed from Apple’s press event at 10 AM PST (thanks to Macworld and Engagdet). No announcements about the Apple TV nor associated content. In addition, no mention of Blu-Ray support in any of their products yet. In fact, in the Q&A session following the event, Apple exec.’s mentioned the [...]
New Pre-Order Titles Available
Apple has listed three new pre-order titles in the iTunes Store, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Strangers and The Strangers (Unrated). Head on over and pre-order your copies now!
Journey to the Center of the Earth will be available to rent on 10-28 and The Strangers on 11-19.
Apple TV Ver.2.2 Update Available!
Hi All, I am writing this post as I download an Apple TV update. The update is taking about 2 minutes and I will post as I know more. So head on over to your Apple TV’s and update that software. Hopefully this will be bringing our long awaited HD TV purchases.
Update - I’m reading [...]
VUDU Now Offering 1080p Super HD Rentals
[Engadget HD] Engadget HD is reporting that VUDU has gone live with their 1080p HDX format. VUDU states in their press release that HDX delivers twice the quality available from any Internet or broadcast on-demand service. VUDU is claiming 50 films already in HDX and that every HD title in their catalog will be offered [...]
Alliance, Canada’s Largest Film Distributor now in iTunes
Alliance which is Canada’s biggest film distributor has announced the availability of its movies on the Canadian iTunes store. As we Canadians know, the iTunes store has been very slow to ramp up content for non-U.S. customer. I haven’t got a full inventory but if you list all movies in the U.S. store you get [...]
Netflix to start streaming ABC and CBS shows
Engadget is reporting that neflix has signed a deal that will allow streaming of ABC and CBS proprieties. Shows such as CSI, Disney shows including The Suite Life of Zach and Cody, and some catalogue titles like Star Trek are included in the deal. All of this starting next month; this will also be around [...]
Weekend News Roundup - NBC Downloads, iTunes Digital Copies, And Mac Blu-ray Support
Below are a few stories which we didn’t get a chance to cover throughout this past week.
[Hollywood Reporter] NBC reported that since it’s return to iTunes that more than 1 million downloads for NBC TV properties have been tallied. Of course how many of those 1 million downloads were of the free variety we probably [...]
Remote App Update
Apple has updated the iPhone/iPod touch remote app according to TUAW. This update is for play list creation, you can now create a genius play list from inside the app. Go forth and download, and in case you didn’t know the update is free.
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Real To Introduce Legal DVD Copying For Real
Update - According to Gizmodo this software has been approved by the DVD Copy Control Association, so there will be no suing going by the movie studios. One other Gizmodo tidbit, apparently these ripped movies are only playable in Real’s own movie player and cannot be converted for use by your other devices, like iPods [...]
Amazon Video On Demand Now Open For Mac And PC
[Engadget HD] Amazon introduced it’s online Video On Demand service for Mac and PC users. Amazon has teamed with TiVo and Sony to enable buying and watching Videos from the Amazon Video On Demand. You can also watch videos on a TV using an Xbox 360, Windows Media Center PC, or by connecting a computer [...]
