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Why Hollywood is Joining the Video On-Demand Market

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This freedom comes from the option to simply wait until we can find a new box office movie streamed somewhere on the web or available for download from pirate sites. What this means is, even though Netflix essentially pays for the rights to stream Hollywood movies, it doesn’t even come close to the money studios make from movie theaters.

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Can Blip.TV Change The Indie Production Market On The Web?

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Netflix, Hulu, and even YouTube and other content streaming sites have all but obliterated the independent DVD rental business of yesterday. Yes, Netflix has a huge arm in the rental business and Redbox is pretty popular, but you’ll find the titles are probably pretty limited if you like the good indie stuff. To date, Blip.tv

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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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We chose Hollywood because we wanted to put top talent from the Entertainment and Technology industries under one roof. Media and Entertainment has seen more barriers to entry being broken down. The same is true for distribution of content: YouTube and NetFlix are now viable options for releasing original movies and TV Series.

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Eight Tech Gadgets To Add To Your Gifts List

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seamlessly connect to your smartphone, PC, and streaming media services. Have an HDTV, and wish you could browse the web or stream content from the Internet? features an interface powered by Google TV, and delivers both the web and streaming. entertainment through a touchpad remote. Is your pet dog a social media maven?

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Interview With CEO Jason Njoku iRoko Partners | Africa’s Netflix Set To Disrupt US TV & Cable Market

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Iroko Patners had , a souring relationship with YouTube, Google Ads Words, Amazon Web Services even though the movie streaming firm had about eight million YouTube streams a month, with a $1 million revenue run-rate in 2011. TechZulu caught up with Mr. Jason Njoku and he had this to say; When was Iroko partners launched? How does it work?

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Interview with Tobi Bauckhage, Moviepilot

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and has set up shop here to connect with the local entertainment industry. and are now one of the largest media outlets for entertainment on the web and Facebook. In the last four years, we built Moviepilot.de, which is like Yahoo Movies or Netflix on steroids. We have over 4 million fans on Facebook in the U.S.,

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TVSync’s Open API Uses Video and Audio Recognition Across All Four Screens

Tech Zulu Event

There is a true renaissance happening in entertainment today, where the distribution channels of television and cable are being disrupted and transformed quickly into new models. There was an inkling of the changes to be when interactive TV services like NetFlix, Hulu and On Demand debuted as frenemies to traditional TV viewing.