The BBC’s Click investigates Hollywood’s new embrace for digital delivery of movies. Here are a few clips from the article:
The studios are in an experimental mood.
Online, they are busy forging alliances with established players in the retail and entertainment world.
There are downloads-to-own, or downloads-to-rent, tie-ins with subscription services – for those prepared to pay the high wholesale prices the studios are demanding, you will find sites offering hundreds of recent movies – in reasonable quality.
The studios are beginning to tap into our desire to watch stuff whenever, wherever, on whatever we want. Some websites allow you to download and then sideload the content onto your mobile. Even handset makers are getting in on the act.
If you want the physical object as well then you are also catered for. Most of the studios are flirting with the idea of giving us a digital copy of the movie in a portable format on the physical DVD.
And if your DVD store is closed you can burn a disc in just a few minutes at a kiosk in the high street.
Read the entire article here: Hollywood’s digital graduation
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