Netflix passes 10 million subscribers
San Jose Mercury News Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:37 AM PST
Netflix of Los Gatos, which has long claimed to be the world's biggest online movie rental service, said today it has surpassed 10 million subscribers, a milestone it achieved through a big boost in business in just the past few weeks. |
Slack Ad, Home Entertainment, Video Game Sales Beat Down Viacom Q4 Profits
E-Commerce Times Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:35 AM PST
Viacom, the media conglomerate controlled by Sumner Redstone, said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit fell 69 percent as the recession hurt advertising, home entertainment and video game revenue and it recorded $454 million in charges. The owner of the MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central cable networks and the Paramount movie studio said it earned $173 million, or 28 cents per share. |
U.S. stores hope to duplicate "Twilight" success
Reuters Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:34 AM PST
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, is hoping that the vampire romance movie "Twilight", which was a surprise hit at the box office, will mean runaway success at its cash registers. |
Report: Hardwicke declined huge `New Moon' payday
AP via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:32 AM PST
"Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke says she walked away from the payday of a lifetime to direct the sequel "New Moon" because she didn't want to make the movie under the deadline and budget constraints that would have been placed on her. |
Win Movie Passes to I Love You, Man!
San Diego Reader Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:29 AM PST
Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd, “Knocked Up,†“The 40 Year Old Virginâ€) is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, (“The Office’s†Rashida Jones), discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward ... |
Viacom profit slumps with charges, ad troubles
Reuters via Yahoo! News Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:25 AM PST
Viacom Inc, owner of MTV Networks and Paramount movie studio, reported sharply lower fourth-quarter earnings, battered by an advertising slump, poor ratings at some of its key TV networks and a softening DVD market. |
Apple Could Offer Streaming Movies Alongside Movie Downloads
TechCrunch Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:20 AM PST
Downloading movies is kind of a fool's game. You have the movie on disk, but now what? Am I going to burn it to a DVD so my kid can watch it? Probably not. I basically paid - or didn't pay - for content I'll never access again. Well, it seems Apple is thinking about adding streaming to the next version of iTunes and, presumably, offering cheaper streaming prices for those so inclined. I could ... |
Whiz of the Web: Thirsty Thursday
Phillyist Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:20 AM PST
A tall, icy glass of our favorite internet junk, just for you. Apparently the Wachowskis want to do Plastic Man next, but even if Warner doesn't let them do that, they might get the Superman franchise . Woah. Meanwhile, it looks like Warner wants Christopher Nolan to do a sci-fi movie called Inception as his next project, and not another Batman movie . Interesting choices, ... |
Review | Friday the 13th (R) **
Miami Herald Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:19 AM PST
Friday the 13th marks a return to that carefree, halcyon era when the killer in a horror movie just whacked you in the head with his machete and moved on to his next victim instead of prolonging your suffering as long as your body held out. Weren't those the days!? |
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