Staci D. Kramer, Executive Editor, paidContent.org

Wal-Mart Cancels Video Download Service; HP Says Not Worth Powering

December 28, 2007 at 12:06 am PT

Yet another example of bricks-and-mortar scale not translating to online sales power and of grand plans deflating. Reuters reports that Wal-Mart, one of the largest sellers of DVDs, shut down its same-day-as-DVD video download service, citing Hewlett Packard’s decision to discontinue the service that powered it. The plug was pulled Dec. 21, far more quietly than the movie/TV download service began in February. No download details, but you have to think if the service was successful, Wal-Mart would have found a new vendor to keep it going.

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