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Blockbuster unveils on-demand deal to transmit movies to TiVo users
usatoday.com - 3/25/2009
Blockbuster unveils on-demand deal to transmit movies to TiVo users
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"This relationship with TiVo (TIVO) is step one in getting to the places that consumers care about," says Kevin Lewis, Blockbuster's senior vice president for digital. Later, he plans to offer Blockbuster OnDemand to Internet-connected Blu-ray players, televisions, mobile phones and portable ...
appleinsider.com - 3/25/2009
Blockbuster partners with TiVo, says Apple deal in pipeline
— appleinsider.com — In the latest move to rejuvenate its weathered brand, Blockbuster plans to make its premium digital movie catalog available to TiVo subscribers before ultimately extending the service to devices made by Apple and other hardware vendors. (more) Blockbuster partners with TiVo, says Apple deal in pipeline

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Blockbuster Cozies Up To TiVo
GEARFUSE — ... subscribers, not a significant number. TiVo owners who have Blockbuster accounts will pay up to $4 to rent a movie, most with DVD-quality images. Customers will have 30 days to begin watching; once they do, they can view the video as much as they want for 24 hours. It will cost as much as $20 to buy a movie, but digital-rights software will prevent it from being copied to a DVD. Essentially, Blockbuster is on its way out and wants to make one last stand . Remember the Alamo! Link

BlockBuster heads to TiVo: Rent streaming movies for up to $4 a pop
CrunchGear — ... Remember BlockBuster? For you younglings who don’t, it was a poplar retail chain that rented “videos” and “DVDs” to people, in person. It’s still around, but no one really uses it anymore. Anyway, BlockBuster just inked a deal with TiVO, which also isn’t doing too well—it currently has its smallest subscriber base since 2005—to bring BlockBuster-branded streaming movies to TiVo. Movies will cost up to $4 to rent. ...

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