Amazon reminds customers they don't own bought digital videos; also, alternatives to buying digital videos
A look at alternatives to buying digital videos, including the "old-fashioned" way: buying DVDs and Blu-Rays.
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Streaming services made up nearly half of all US home video spending in 2017
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 in at $9.55 billion, or about 47%
Streaming video sales surpass DVDs/Blu-rays for the first time
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. That’s according to a survey by
Why isn't renting or buying digital videos catching on like streaming services?
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 never purchased or rented
20 animated TV shows not fully available on DVD or digital video
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, as well as digital/streaming media services (iTunes,
RIP Columbia House
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 magazines; said ads stated Columbia House
When seven pieces of technology became deemed obsolete
A look at when seven items became obsolete, from rotary-dial phones to CRT TVs.
Fox to end DVD and Blu-Ray releases of "The Simpsons"
Fox has reported they plan to halt production of any future DVD and Blu-Ray season box sets for the long-running TV show “The Simpsons.” Showrunner Al Jean cites the decline in
Which Kids WB shows still aren't available on home video?
As I wrote a few years ago, there was a sizable portion of the animated programs that ran on Kids WB that had yet to see a home video release. (“Kids WB&
The 1960s Batman TV series will be released to home video in 2014
Not a hoax, not a dream, and not an imaginary story… news came today that one of the “Holy Grails” of modern home video, the 1960s Adam West “Batman&