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John Paczkowski in News on December 14, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Paramount Makes Jackass out of Itself

John Paczkowski in News on December 13, 2007 at 2:05 pm PT

Odd to think that a 64-minute foray into excrement and emesis might be a defining moment in Hollywood’s transition to digital distribution. But it could. Paramount Pictures plans to debut “Jackass 2.5,” the third installment of the “Jackass” movies, online, skipping the multiplexes entirely. “2.5” will launch Dec. 19 on Blockbuster’s new online property, Movielink, [...]

Movielink + Blockbuster = Still-Not-Netflix

Kara Swisher in News on August 10, 2007 at 12:02 am PT

Sure, they can copy all they want from online video-rental upstart Netflix, but the purchase of video-download service Movielink by video-rental retail giant Blockbuster feels to me like a sad, little move, signifying nothing. Getting a reported price of under $20 million, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal, will hardly cover costs [...]

Next Blockbuster Initiative: Renting Copies of Netflix Business Plan

John Paczkowski in News on August 9, 2007 at 11:00 am PT

Movielink Tapped to Star in Blockbuster Remake of Netflix Business Plan

John Paczkowski in News on August 9, 2007 at 5:35 am PT

From top to bottom, Blockbuster is deliberately and willfully infringing on our patented methods. Netflix invented a 100 percent better mousetrap that Blockbuster copied. – Netflix spokesperson Steve Swasey, April 5, 2006 Apparently, Blockbuster isn’t as hopelessly tethered to its VHS rental-business past as you might think. Yesterday, the video-rental retailer acquired studio-owned movie download [...]

My Video Download Business! It's Melting, Melting. Ohhhhh, What a World, What a World

John Paczkowski in News on May 14, 2007 at 12:14 pm PT

Video downloads are going the way of the VHS tape. At least according to Forrester. The research outfit sees the paid download market continuing its growth through 2007–from $98 million to $279 million–and then stalling as advertising-supported TV streams take over the online video market.

My Video Download Business! It’s Melting, Melting. Ohhhhh, What a World, What a World

John Paczkowski in News on May 14, 2007 at 12:14 pm PT

Video downloads are going the way of the VHS tape. At least according to Forrester. The research outfit sees the paid download market continuing its growth through 2007–from $98 million to $279 million–and then stalling as advertising-supported TV streams take over the online video market.