Amazon Rumor Ruffles DVD Rivals
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AMAZON changed the face of e-commerce categories like music and videos simply by entering those markets. Now the DVD rental industry is shifting course on just the rumor that Amazon will offer a competing service.
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AMAZON.COM has launched a digital video downloading service, ending months of speculation that the internet books, music and DVD seller would move into online TV and movie sales. Amazon Unbox will offer thousands of TV shows, movies and other videos for $1.99 per episode.
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Can the movie studios kill the most promising new DVD format?
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Amazon (AMZN) finally launched its long-awaited online video service on Sept. 7. But it's no sure thing that it will catch on with the masses. The service, called Amazon Unbox, offers downloads of movies and television shows, as well as digital movie rentals.
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There&#39;s a reason progressive-scan DVD players are selling for as little as $29 these days. They are about to be replaced by something better -- and, of course, more expensive.
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The move is the first major effort by Amazon to sell downloadable entertainment to compete with an array of online video retailers.
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Hollywoodâs squabble over which of two technologies will replace standard DVDs skewed in the direction of Sony Corporation on Friday, with Warner Brothers casting the deciding vote.
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Warner Bros. Home Video is hoping a new technology developed by its engineers will finally end the debate and confusion over competing high-definition DVD standards. Three employees of the entertainment giant recently filed a patent application for a disc capable of playing on the two competing high-definition DVD formats.
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Another Blu-ray player price cut is on the way.
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The end of the high-definition disc war seems in sight, say industry observers, with major studio Warner Bros. jumping to the Blu-ray Disc camp and leaving the competing HD DVD format with a dwindling base of Hollywood support. But ahead lies the real uphill battle: selling high-definition discs - in any format - to consumers who appear more than satisfied with the DVDs they've already bought over the past few years.
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This is fantastic news and could possibly make the HD-DVD format the winner over the competing Blu-Ray technology.... Two Japanese companies said Tuesday they have developed a DVD that can play on both existing
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SEATTLE -- Amazon.com Inc. will begin selling high-definition independent films in the HD DVD format through its on-demand DVD printing service, the company said yesterday.
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The move is the first major effort by Amazon to sell downloadable entertainment to compete with an array of other online video retailers.
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IT COULD be the final nail in the coffin of the High Street video shop. Internet giant Amazon today launched a DVD rental service that allows customers to borrow films by post.
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Listings on Amazon.com hint at possible pricing and release info for Microsoft's next edition of Windows. Plus: Upcoming.org adds Yahoo Local events. In Monkey Bites.
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By Elizabeth M. Gillespie  Amazon.com Inc. launched a digital video downloading service Thursday, ending months of speculation that the Internet retailer would be getting into the online TV and movie business.
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Money man spreads wild rumor Yes, Amazon already has an online on-demand movie service, but that wonât stop the worldâs most famous web retailer from buying NetFlix, the movies-through-the-mail company that recently built an on-demand service of its own. At least, thatâs what the Associated Press is reporting.â¦