Posted by Allan on 10/13/05 00:37

On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:18:06 -0600, Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>In article <tf5qk1pbc07ottjl3acm4h72f9b5i0381s@4ax.com>,
> Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arebrianlamb.net> wrote:
>
>> 11 Oct 2005 15:32
>>
>> Video Business Online is carrying a Variety story reporting that
>> Comcast has proposed to Hollywood studios a novel approach to
>> on-demand movie sales: A customer could call up Comcast and ask to
>> purchase the entire movie, to own. The customer would immediately
>> receive permanent on-demand accessibility to the movie, while the DVD
>> is being shipped to him via second-day air.
>>
>> Sensing that the financially troubled Blockbuster is ripe for
>> plucking, Comcast is sounding out the Hollywood studios on the
>> following proposition: A Comcast customer with a digital box will see
>> a menu listing for, say, The 40-Year-Old Virgin as much as six weeks
>> in advance of its scheduled appearance on pay-per-view.
>>
>> For a fee of about $17, the subscriber could call up the movie for
>> one immediate video-on-demand showing. Two days later, the DVD of
>> Virgin shows up in the mailbox for the subscriber's permanent
>> collection.
>
>Not a bad idea, I guess. But what kind of selection will they be
>offering? The 40 Year Old Virgin isn't very enticing...



Me thinks they just used that title as an example... new movie in the
theater that's of folks have seen. Haven't seen it.. heard it was
funny.

Now... would that DVD just be a "movie only" edition? Still pretty
early, but it is an interesting concept.

Just can't see mailing dvds around the country as lasting too long.








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