fiercemobilecontent.com - 12/5/2008
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Movie rental chain Blockbuster said it is collaborating with Microsoft to develop new digital services that will extend the viewing experience to mobile handsets and other portable devices. "Eventually, we'll give customers instant access to any movie on any device with an Internet connection ...
zatznotfunny.com - 12/1/2008
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zatznotfunny.com —
So much for a day of vacation recovery…
UPS just arrived with the new Blockbuster OnDemand movie
rental box , by 2Wire. If you recall , $99 gets you the box and 25 video rental credits. Once those have been consumed, content begins at $1.99 a pop. ...
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Blockbuster OnDemand Unboxing & Setuping
zatznotfunny.com - 12/4/2008
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At the title states, the Blockbuster OnDemand MediaPoint
2Wire box just isn’t ready for prime time. While
the pricing is extremely reasonable ($99 for the hardware, including 25 movie rentals), the interface looks pleasant, and the content selection ...
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Blockbuster OnDemand Not Ready For Prime Time
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Blockbuster, Microsoft team up on mobile video
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... that over-the-air downloads are also under consideration.
To sum things up. When two giants like Blockbuster and Microsoft are co-operating, users expect something big to happen. And we’ve no doubts the service envisioned by Blockbuster’s CIO could fly. However, question is when we’ll see it being rolled out and whether it will catch the consumers’ attention, as I’m sure both companies want. We’ll have to wait and see…
[Via: FierceMobileContent]
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Microsoft teams with Blockbuster to bring video to mobile
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... Live Mesh data sync platform.
Keith Morrow, Blckbuster’s CIO says Blockbuster wants to eventually give their customers instant access to any film on any mobile device with a screen and internet connection and would like this technology to reach into airports.
Morrow says that the perfect scenario would use a service that could enable a customer to begin watching a movie on one device, then pause it and transfer to another device and resume watching.
Source – fiercemobilecontent
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