3 posts and columns on movie rental

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YouTube Movie Rentals Adding Pooh, Pirates and a Pile of Disney

in Media on November 23, 2011 at 9:51 am PT

YouTube’s movie rental operation is getting a big infusion of Disney over the next few weeks. Google announced today that the first handful of what will eventually be hundreds of films from Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks Studios are now available on the service in the U.S. and Canada, joining movies from Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros.

Netflix Delivers: Revenue on Target, Earnings Way Above, Guidance Increased

in Media on April 23, 2009 at 1:14 pm PT

Netflix has been one of the rare winners during the recession/depression: Customers are flocking to the movie rental service and investors love the stock. This meant that expectations were very high for the company’s first quarter, and it appears to have met them.
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Weighing Devices for Your Netflix Delivered via Web

in Personal Technology on December 3, 2008 at 6:18 pm PT

By Nick Wingfield

Netflix was a pioneer in the business of movie rentals — getting consumers to rent DVDs online and mailing them out in cheery red envelopes. Recently, it has put a lot of effort into a service that delivers movies digitally over the Internet to subscribers, preparing for a day when getting movies on a physical disc will become outmoded.