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Amazon reminds customers they don’t own bought digital videos; also, alternatives to buying digital videos

November 3, 2020 Anthony Diverse Tech Geek

A few weeks ago I wrote about the “Peanuts” holiday specials moving exclusively to Apple TV+, with no digital video versions available for purchase anywhere.

Streaming services made up nearly half of all US home video spending in 2017

February 26, 2018 Anthony Diverse Tech Geek

Streaming services continue to gain in popularity with Americans. The home video industry organization Digital Entertainment Group reports that spending on streaming in 2017 clocked

Streaming video sales surpass DVDs/Blu-rays for the first time

February 1, 2017 Anthony Diverse Tech Geek

Revenue in the US from subscriptions to digital streaming services (such as Netflix) has finally surpassed those of DVDs and Blu-rays for the first time.

Why isn’t renting or buying digital videos catching on like streaming services?

August 26, 2016 Anthony Media Missives

While streaming video’s ubiquitous, actually buying or renting digital video’s not so much. A recent survey by research firm GfK showed 46% of respondents had

20 animated TV shows not fully available on DVD or digital video

July 4, 2016 Anthony Media Missives

DVDs (and to a lesser degree their Blu-Ray high definition cousins) have dominated the home video landscape since the early 2000s. The rise of DVDs,

RIP Columbia House

August 11, 2015 Anthony Diverse Tech Geek

Once upon a time, Columbia House was a mail-order subscription music service. Columbia House ran ads in Sunday newspaper supplements like “Parade,” or in various

When seven pieces of technology became deemed obsolete

April 27, 2015 Anthony Diverse Tech Geek

I’ve discussed recently digital streaming eclipsing CD sales, as well as how cell phones will soon eclipse landline phones in homes. But what about other