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VIZIO Adds Hulu Plus, BLOCKBUSTER On Demand

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Irvine-based VIZIO , which makes HDTV products, said today that it has added Hulu Plus , the premium subscription service of Los Angeles-based Hulu, as well as BLOCKBUSTER On Demand, to its connected television line. a month; BLOCKBUSTER On Demand offers up rentals from $2.99 and purchases from $5.99 to $19.99.

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Hulu Sells Off Japanese Business

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Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu announced late Thursday that it is selling its Japanese business to Nippon Television Network Corporation (Nippon TV). Nippon TV said it would use the acuqisition to enter into the subscription, video-on-demand business. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Hulu, AT&T Ink Distribution Deal

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Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu and wireless carrier AT&T have reached a deal to offer up video-on-demand services on AT&T later this year, the two said Wednesday. According to the two, AT&T will offer Hulu's subscription service on both mobile and web platforms. READ MORE>>.

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Why Hollywood is Joining the Video On-Demand Market

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The idea of video on demand has been around since as early as 1990 when GTE partnered up with AT&T to create the first VOD system. is suggesting offering recently released films on-demand seventeen days after debut for a $50 dollar fee. VOD Streaming Platforms Are Open for Independent Filmmakers. For example, Warner Bros.

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How FilmBreak Is Bringing Data and Analytics To Hollywood, with Darren Marble

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The beauty of platform is fans are signing into Facebook when fans engage with films on our site, and those film makers are collecting valuable data and page profiles on their audience. We're not necessarily the platform to help up-and-comers or amateurs to be successful. The remaining 20 percent are independent film-makers.

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State of Content | Los Angeles

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Producers, Brands, and Advertisers all share unique perspectives about where we are and where we need to go as new forms of content emerge across digital platforms.

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Interview with Ilya Pozin, Cofounder of Pluto TV

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That was the first time I raised any kind of capital, $600,000 in capital, for a social gifting platformback when Facebook was very generous with data. That's when it clicked for me, realizing that for some reason, everything online is on-demand. I asked, where do you go for a curated, television-like experience on the Internet?

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