AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

Red Herring
Amazon.com will launch a pay-per-view streaming movie service within weeks, founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said Wednesday.
Speaking at the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California, Mr. Bezos was quoted by Barron’s as saying that he is “very serious” about the music and video download business.
Mr. Bezos offered no details on the [...]

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Getting up to speed on digital downloads - The Los Angeles Times
Rather than visiting a rental store, many are getting movies from online services.
If you’re like most Americans, renting a movie involves driving somewhere or, if you’re a determined couch potato, reaching into your mailbox.
Then you fire up the DVD player and that’s that.
Hollywood would [...]

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