Monthly Archives: March, 2010

Best Buy's outlet center has a 58" Samsung Plasma for $1499. That's $800 (about 1/3) off the regular list price of $2299. The PN58B550T2...

Outdoor Channel announced its second quarter programming, which includes the return of Savage Wild, Step Outside, and Archer's Choice all in HD. Spring programming...

Great news for Wii owners as Netflix announced it will be sending out streaming discs for the console this Spring. A limited number of...

From Mar. 25 through Mar. 28 Comcast is offering a freeview of Showtime programming On Demand including United States of Tara, Nurse Jackie and...

Great news for Spanish speakers as Univision will carry all 64 matches of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa soccer tournament in high-definition....

Gearing up for the first live 3D sports broadcast in the US, Cablevision has announced licensing of the stereoscopic RealD Format. The RealD tools...

It’s becoming apparent that though the studio might want to showcase their efforts in 3D not all their hired guns are so willing to put their names on such projects. As directors start to balk at the prospect of every big action film, and many others, being converted to 3D— and with some of them not liking the gimmick at all— it should be interesting to see what happens next, especially in light of Disney’s recent profit machine (even Tim Burton has chimed in that we’ll soon see a lot more 3D crap) and Warner Bros. recent decree that all summer tentpole movies will be in 3D going forward.

Blockbuster has renewed a previous agreement with Warner Bros. to offer new titles immediately for rental by mail or in-store. Movies include today's release...

In the end, it depends on what Google wants from YouTube… a profit driven studio-licensed content machine, or a democratic sharing point for user created content that sometimes transcends the lowest-common denominator in entertainment. Still, this development seems like a Google win, with Viacom now defending its tactics rather than trouncing Google on a cut-and-dried case of copyright infringement.