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Direct-to-DVD films decline
www.variety.com | Feb 11, 2012
The decline of the DVD business, which began in 2009, has split the producers of direct-to-DVD content into haves and have-nots -- and sent the major distributors to look for sweeteners for their product, including offering exclusive windows to retailers, adding bonus material and instituting

This week's new DVD & Blu-ray | Film | The Guardian
www.guardian.co.uk | Feb 11, 2012
Warrior | Boca | Red Scorpion | Restless | All Quiet On The Western Front, To Kill A Mockingbird

Netflix Settles Class-Action Video Privacy Lawsuit for $9 Million
www.broadcastingcable.com | Feb 10, 2012
Subscriber sued video rental firm over its tracking of users' viewing habits

Netflix Settles Class-Action Video Privacy Lawsuit For $9 Million
www.multichannel.com | Feb 10, 2012
Netflix paid $9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the video-subscription company of violating the federal Video Privacy Protection Act, it disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday.

Sentai Filmworks Cofirms English Dub of Gintama: The Movie - News - Anime News Network
www.animenewsnetwork.com | Feb 10, 2012
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VIDEO: NASA Releases Spectacular View Of Aurora Borealis From Space : The Two-Way : NPR
www.npr.org | Feb 10, 2012
To make the video, NASA stitched together time-lapse footage taken with high-resolution cameras.

Light Reading Cable - Cable - Broadcast TV-Only Broadband Homes Jump 23% - Telecom News Analysis
www.lightreading.com | Feb 10, 2012
Also: Roku jumps the pond; Amazon downplays subscription streaming plans; Arris to halt Moxi retail support; Cablevision chases government deals

Amazon Adds Viacom To Prime Instant Video But Isn’t Planning Standalone Netflix Rival
www.webtvwire.com | Feb 10, 2012
Watch out, Netflix, you have (more) competition. And this time it's in the shape of Amazon. Offering streaming video as part of a package is ...

Amazon Prime Expands Streaming Content With New Deal Including Comedy Central, TV Land, MTV
www.cinemablend.com | Feb 9, 2012
Amazon made a move towards expanding their streaming content for Amazon Prime subscribers with an announcement today on a deal with networks like Comedy Central and Nickelodeon that will bring more than 2000 new titles to the Amazon Instant Video streaming library. Should Netflix be looking in

Top New Blu-ray releases for the Week of February 7
www.theblurayblog.com | Feb 9, 2012
This week’s new Blu-ray releases include 'LA JETÉE/SANS SOLEIL', 'LADY AND THE TRAMP', 'LOVE STORY', 'THE HOUR', 'THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL', 'DOWNTON ABBEY: SEASON 2', 'THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 1' and many, many more!