Boxee Unveils Set-Top Box

Streaming video service Boxee has just joined the ranks of Roku and Vudu with its own set-top box, to be built by D-Link. The box -- which isn't actually box-shaped at all -- goes on sale at a "network of retail outlets" in the first half of 2010. No price just yet.READ»

Redbox Fighting Netflix and Lawsuits, Turns to Gaming

Redbox, known for giving Blockbuster and Netflix a run for its money with slow-tech physical DVD-rental kiosks, could soon change its game ... to games. Redbox is currently embroiled in lawsuits and counter-lawsuits with Warner, Fox, ...READ»

Logo's Loyal (and Lucrative) LGBT Following

Lisa Sherman, 51, launched Logo, MTV Networks' television channel for a gay and lesbian audience, in 2005, with just three advertisers and 13 million homes. It has since grown to 150 advertisers in every product category and more than 40 million homes.READ»

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Hulu's Competitors: The Wild World of Web TV

Media giants and startups -- not to mention pirates -- are chasing an online-video audience of 158 million. Here's how key players connect to, and compete with, Hulu.READ»

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iPhone App Expands Redbox's Slow-Tech Space in DVD Rental Market

We recently wrote about how Redbox, the cheap and easy video-vending-machine company that's undercutting Blockbuster with its dollar DVDs and rapidly expanding kiosks (21,000, up from 12,000 last year) and creeping up on Netflix ...READ»

As DVD Sales Flail, Can Direct-Mail Help Indie Film Avail?

In a marketing move straight from the late '80s or early '90s, indie film label Oscilloscope Pictures is starting a direct-mail DVD of the month club. (SubPop Singles Club, anyone?) The company, founded by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch and ...READ»

Web on the Big Screen Gets 13 Channels, We Will, We Will Roku!

Starting Monday morning, owners of Roku devices will have access to a new channel store that increases the number of content providers from three--Netflix, Amazon, and Major League Baseball Advanced Media--to 13. Among the most ...READ»

Blockbuster to Rent Movies on SD Cards, but Why?

Blockbuster is piloting a new movie-rental program that allows customers to load movies onto SD cards and play them back on mobile phones and TVs equipped with SD readers. The rentals cost $1.99. Perhaps conceived as a one-up ...READ»

Netflix Study Says No One Knows About Streaming Video. Huh?

A new study comparing streaming video services from Amazon and Netflix found that most people surveyed didn't even know they could stream video in the first place. Wait a minute: Didn't a study we reported on yesterday say that 90% of ...READ»

Netflix Users Embrace Streaming, but "Watch Instantly" Needs Work, Study Suggests

Netflix's streaming movie service may be more popular--and perhaps more vulnerable--than anyone has realized. Two-thirds of Netflix customers have used the service's "Watch Instantly" feature, according to new research by Praxi Group ...READ»