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<title>Report: Movie disc rentals maintain dominance over streaming</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/08/08/npd.report.see.kiosks.issue.almost.half.of.disc.rentals/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1110/blockbuster.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[People still rent more movies on DVD and Blu-ray than streaming and video-on-demand services combined, according to an NPD Group report. In the first half of the year, 62 percent of all movie rentals in the US stemmed from discs supplied by brick-and-mortar shops, kiosks and mail-order services. Kiosk use has increased by five percent, now taking up 45 percent of the physical-media rental market....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Studios test $60 movie rentals for same day as theaters</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/06/universal.to.trial.60.rental.of.tower.heist/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1109/universal_logo.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Comcast, the parent company of Universal Pictures, is testing a new premium home movie rental concept that will see customers being able to rent a film that is currently screening only in theaters. However, there will be a catch for the privilege ñ a $60 price tag. The test will center on the new Eddie Murphy and Ben Stiller comedy Tower Heist that is due November 4....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zune 4.8 adds Mango support, 48-hour movie rentals</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/08/23/platform.revamped.for.windows.phone.update/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/news/1108/fujitsuis12t.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft has released an updated version of its Zune software that works as a companion utility for Windows Phone handsets and the company's media players. Version 4.8 is mostly focused on under-the-hood changes that bring support for the upcoming Windows Phone update, known as Mango. Users that have not kept up to date with their WP7 software will only need to click the update button once to ins...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple surveys aim to gather feedback from iTunes customers</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03/03/questions.geared.toward.video.distribution/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1002/itunes9-tv.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has reportedly begun surveying iTunes customers to gather feedback regarding their experiences with the store, according to iLounge. Questions in the e-mail, titled "Tell us how you like iTunes," are said to be geared specifically toward movie rentals and purchases....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iTunes UK gets movie sales, 48hr-rentals [u]</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images3.macnn.com/macnn/news/0805/hermione.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Confirming earlier reports, Apple on Wednesday began offering film downloads and rentals to UK customers and doubled the period to watch rented movies from 24 hours to 48 hours. Movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, MGM, Sony Pictures and Lionsgate UK are now available on the iTunes Store in the UK. Unlik...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple fails to deliver 1,000 movies in Feb</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0803/app_080303_rentalssm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple promised the world in mid-January that 1,000 iTunes movie rentals would arrive at the company's iTunes Store by the end of February, but those rentals were still missing in action on the last day of last month. Macworld quotes Apple's statement during the Macworld Expo in San Francisco earlier this year: "iTunes Movie Rentals launches today and will offer over 1,000 titles by the end of Febr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple squashes 24hr movie rental workaround</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/01/17/24hr.film.rental.bug.fixed/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0801/17-movie.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has corrected an issue where users were able to circumvent iTunes' 24 hour time-limit on its new movie rentals service. Earlier today Gizmodo reported that changing the system time -- on either Windows-based PC or a Mac --  by moving it forward or rolling it back, effectively allowed users to continue to watch the movie past the designated 24-hour period. In a follow-up report, Gizmodo notes...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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