BitTorrent Cuts TV, Movie Deals
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The file-sharing software company announces partnerships with major film and television companies in an effort to build the world's biggest library of on-demand, legally downloadable entertainment videos. In Monkey Bites.
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- The online video-rental wars are starting to get brutal, as Blockbuster redrew the battle line with a sharp price reduction for its direct-mail service.
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Blockbuster Inc. introduced on Tuesday an Internet-only DVD rental service priced below a similar Netflix plan, sending Netflix shares down 9 percent as the online movie rental war heated up again.
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LOS GATOS, Calf. Shares of mail-order DVD rental company Netflix plunged today amid buzz that Amazon-dot-com is getting into the movie rental business.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. is lowering the price of its two most popular subscription plans by a $1 per month, relinquishing millions of dollars in revenue in an attempt to regain the upper hand in a cutthroat battle with Blockbuster Inc.
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From copyright violation to commerce, BitTorrent's new deals are a step forward in digital distribution of full-length movies.
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Online movie renter Netflix Inc. on Monday cut its rental subscription fee, a step aimed at mitigating competition that has fueled concern about its future growth prospects.
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Facing increasing pressure from its competitor, Netflix said Sunday that it will lower the price of several of its rental plans by $1 in order to match the current pricing scheme used by Blockbuster.
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Last week, BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen was rumored to be leaving the company he co-founded -- just as it landed big distribution deals with Hollywood. Can the rumors be true? What's in store for online file-sharing? Michael Calore snags an exclusive interview.
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KaZaa is still finding themselves in court, explaining what&#39;s going on, and Hollywood is already finding a new target: BitTorrent.
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LOS ANGELES -- BitTorrent Inc., makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launching a Web site that will sell downloads of films and TV shows licensed from the studios.
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BitTorrent Inc., makers of a technology often used to trade pirated copies of Hollywood movies, is launching a Web site that will sell downloads of films and TV shows licensed from the studios.
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The US movie industry has launched legal action to sue people who facilitate illegal film downloading. The Motion Picture Association of America wants to stop people using the program BitTorrent to swap movies.
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Netflix, the online DVD rental company, and TiVo yesterday said they will work together to deliver movies digitally down the wires, presumably specifically to the latter&#39;s PVR equipment.
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Online DVD rental company Netflix Inc. on Thursday cut its subscription price and said it was changing its strategy to sacrifice profits for growth in the face of growing competition, sending its shares plunging to their lowest level in almost a year-and-a-half.
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In its continuing effort to move away from its roots as a popular method for the decentralized transfer of pirated content, BitTorrent said Monday it had launched a new content network with the help of several television and movie studios.
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The DVD rental price war continues.