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customers rent a DVD and DVD player that are in Zediva's data center, users control the DVD player with their PC gets around the 28-day wait period that netflix has to deal with before they can stream a new release

"Fast-growing Internet services like Netflix Inc. (NFLX), online movie purchases and DVD rentals from Redbox kiosks lifted U.S. home-video spending in the third quarter, countering the continued drop in DVD sales. Total sales rose 0.2 percent to $3.94 billion, the industry-backed Digital Entertainment Group said today in an e- mailed statement. Revenue from subscription streaming more than doubled while online purchases of movies and TV shows rose almost 38 percent, the group said."

Netflix ups the cost of having both streaming and DVDs from $10/mo to $16/mo to discourage the use of both (moving away from sending DVDs continues)

Abduction the first feature film to ever debut on Facebook the same day of its release on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download. watch for $3.99

so. people who pay like $25-$50 to see a movie PPV earlier on than usual will get a coupon for a free DVD. daily 9.30

daily 10.28 web series for DVD release (normally a book promotion thing)

"Target's private marketplace operates similarly to others that retailers like Best Buy and Amazon have developed recently. For example, a user may visit Target.com and check out its high-def TVs. As that user navigates to other parts of Target's site, a brand like Sony or Samsung could run ads aimed at that user promoting their TVs-provided they are sold by Target. But the ads don't have to pertain so closely to a specific product category. Adweek encountered a Subaru ad running on Target's DVD and Blu-ray players page; a peek at the page's site code revealed that the ad was sourced through PubMatic."

facebook app that allows people to share good with each other. digital library for stuff.

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Do people even care about Blu-rays (aside from me)? With HD streaming, there seem to be few compelling reasons for most consumers to go physical, will only continue, but this is another example (though I guess you could argue that the Wii sort of sent the same message, but I think it's clearer now).

To promote the release of the Blu-ray DVD boxed set of Star Wars: The Complete Saga, 20th Century FOX Japan converted the handrails of several Tokyo-based subways into lightsabers marking the first time handrails have ever been used as an advertising medium in Japan.

netflix (streaming) and qwikster (for DVDs)

vendor that is selling kiosks that brands can skin with their own branding

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daily 9.15 Metabeam brings similar features to what you would see on bonus features on a DVD to any web-connected device