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Netflix rumored in exclusive for original, major content
Mar 16th
A rumor from an atypical source may have signaled a change to original, major content. The movie rental service reportedly beat out AMC and HBO to get rights for two seasons, or 26 episodes, of the David Fincher-directed and Kevin Spacey-led series House of Cards. The details described to Deadline Hollywood put the value at over $ 100 million.
The move if real would be a huge gamble even versus traditional TV. With the exception of Rome, HBO has always insisted on pilots of shows before committing to them, even when the quality was virtually guaranteed from the choices of directors More >
Avatar 3D Blu-ray to be exclusive to Panasonic TVs
Sep 3rd
Panasonic has announced that the 3D Blu-ray release of the movie “Avatar” will be exclusive to Panasonic TVs. The company has partnered with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment for the promotion, which will only limit the first run of Blu-ray Discs scheduled for release in December.
A previous promotion offered a $ 25 rebate on Panasonic Blu-ray players or home entertainment systems purchased alongside a 2D copy of “Avatar” on DVD or Blu-ray. The company also worked with 20th Century Fox before the movie was released, with early screenings presented on Panasonic 3D TVs.
The 3D Blu-ray promotion will likely be More >
Amazon loses exclusive deal with Andrew Wiley
Aug 26th
Amazon’s exclusive digital distribution deal with star literary agent Andrew Wiley looks like it wasn’t all it was cracked up to be; in fact, it seems to have fallen through before the ink dried on the contracts. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Andrew Wiley is “largely abandoning” the agreement it struck with Amazon after 13 of the 20 titles supposedly included in the deal — published by Random House — came up for debate. The books, which included works by John Updike, VS Naipaul and Dave Eggers, among others, will now be digitally distributed by Random House itself More >
Exclusive: Motorola MB520 Kobe / Diablo for AT&T in the wild
Aug 26th
Remember that midrange, Android-equipped MB520 Kobe from Moto we told you about a few days back? Well, it’s stepping out for the first time this evening with a little help of our dear brother from another mother, Mr. Blurrycam. As we’d heard before it’s definitely destined for AT&T bearing Android 2.1 with Blur (complete with Blur logo on back), though our tipster tells us we can expect an update to 2.2 over the air. Along with “Kobe,” the codename “Diablo” is apparently being tossed around internally, though decisions have been made on what to call it when it hits shelves. More >