Tag Archives: Video

Even though Lily is only 3 1/2 she loves her “Harry Potters.” We picked up the new DVD of the second movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, about a week ago and have watched it three or four times. I’ve concluded it doesn’t hold my attention as well …

TV news giant David Brinkley dies at 82: For nearly half a century, Brinkley was one of the dominant faces in American broadcasting, first as a co-anchor of NBC television’s evening news program and later as host of the Sunday current affairs program on ABC, “This Week with David Brinkley.” …

Another great from Hollywood’s Golden Age gone – coincidentally, Peck’s Atticus Finch character from To Kill a Mockingbird was just chosen as the greatest hero in film history by the American Film Institute. AP’s obit: Peck, who won the best-actor Academy Award for playing the noble Atticus in 1962’s “To …

Pricewaterhouse-Coopers predicts that spending on entertainment and media industry around the globe will surpass $1.1 trillion in 2003, rising by 3.7 percent from its 2002 level: The firm forecasts that, spurred by a 30% CAGR in broadband, growth opportunities for television distribution, videogames, Internet access and home video will also …

ReplayTV is eliminating the PVR’s abilities to skip commercials automatically and send shows through the Internet, two of its best features, sealing its own doom – good thinking: Executives at DNNA, the D&M Holdings Inc. subsidiary that bought the Replay line from Sonicblue Inc., said they made the concessions to …

Fascinating copyright debate on the NewsHour between Larry Lessig and the RIAA’s Matt Oppenheim: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued four students on April 3 for allegedly operating music-sharing Web sites, accusing them of enabling large-scale copyright theft. Although the RIAA initially asked for $98 billion in damages, …

DVDs now the kid’s format of choice, and TV cartoon series are out in abundance: Only recently ”have we started seeing a significant amount of children’s programming coming to DVD,” says Jan Saxton, an analyst with Adams Media Research. ”It’s gotten hot.” Indeed, Paramount last year began releasing DVDs of …

The grind of Idol made film a breeze for Clarkson and Guarini: “From Justin to Kelly”, a 20th Century Fox movie musical about two students who fall in love on spring break in Miami, is set to open nationwide on June 20. The movie went from conception to completion in …

Wal-Mart has lowered DVD rental service prices: The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer said it would offer a $15.54 monthly subscription rate for the service for customers who only want to have two DVDs rented at one time. When the company started the service in October, it had a subscription fee of …

First AOL and Microsoft, now TiVo and Gemstar-TV Guide International are dismissing litigation and making nice: The two companies announced Monday that they have dismissed a lawsuit Gemstar filed against TiVo in early 2000, which alleged that TiVo’s digital video recorder service infringed on Gemstar’s patent for electronic programming guide …