http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/ Info on the ever-growing Video-on-Demand scene. en-us Nucleus CMS v3.32 � Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/ http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=38 Site Announcements http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=38 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:45:48 -0600 http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=37 Netflix will allow streaming through the Wii soon, just as they already do for the Xbox 360 and PS3--with over half of Netflix's 12 million subscribers downloading at least one program in the fourth quarter of 2009, this expansion to the Wii should dramatically expand their domination of the legal VOD industry.]]> Site Announcements http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=37 Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:39:00 -0600 http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=36 Amazon's video on demand inventory is up to an unmatched 50,000 titles (much more than Netflix's 16,000, probably because content owners aren't too happy with Netflix's all you can eat subscription model compared to Amazon's pay per view system. With this massive expansion, we bumped them up to number two on our charts, but we keep Netflix higher simply because free downloads from their more limited inventory still trump Amazon's wider, but costlier selection.]]> VOD News http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=36 Wed, 6 Jan 2010 15:37:00 -0600 http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=35 Site Announcements http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=35 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:29:00 -0600 http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=34 Netflix's dramatically expanded range of DVD and Blu-Ray players which support streaming--they've really stolen a march on Blockbuster, which only has buy-in from Samsung.]]> Site Announcements http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=34 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:27:00 -0600 http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=33 Site Announcements http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=33 Sat, 3 Oct 2009 15:22:00 -0500 http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=32 Netflix, whose shares have slid recently given competition from Redbox DVD kiosks, remains a strong company with a bright future. As described in this Barrons piece, analysts note the lifespan of the DVD rental market will be longer than many believe. The rental-by-mail sector will be the biggest beneficiary of the drawdown in bricks and mortar stores which has been going on for several years.

One survey found that 20% of all current non-subscribers to a DVD rental service say they plan to subscribe in the next five years. To put that into perspective, that's tens of millions of new customers likely in the coming years.

Analysts downplay the threat from kiosks as well as download services, which have yet to become mainstream. Netflix itself has a download service--a free addition to regular DVD rental by mail as well--a price point which no commercial video on demand only site can match. ]]> VOD News http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=32 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:10:34 -0500 http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=27 Site Announcements http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=27 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 15:49:33 -0500 http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=30 Site Announcements http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=30 Fri, 7 Aug 2009 15:58:00 -0500 http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=29 Site Announcements http://video-on-demand-guide.com/blog/index.php?itemid=29 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:56:00 -0500