Tag: Warner Bros
Not awesome: Amazon pulls The LEGO Movie in dispute with Warner
Everything isn't awesome between Amazon and Warner Bros – the giant online retailer has suspended pre-orders in the US for the smash-hit The LEGO Movie on DVD and Blu-ray. It appears that Amazon and the studio are locked in a…
Batman Arkham City Armored Edition Wii U case sleeve revealed
Rocksteady's latest edition of Arkham City for the soon to be released Wii U sees a range of upgrades in Batman's armory and and outfit. One upgrade of particular interest is Batman's glowing gauntlets which store charged kinetic energy…
Warner Bros. release classic movie scripts as eBooks: Ben Hur, Casablanca and more
Movie giants Warner Brothers have launched a new eBook range called Inside The Script. Available in the iBookstore for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and for the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook, the Inside The Script titles take…
Warner Bros release The Dark Knight and Inception as iPhone, iPad apps
A chance to offer film fans more content,or just Warner Bros way of bypassing iTunes? Who knows? Whatever the reasoning behind the film studio's new dedicated movie apps that its just released for two of its biggest recent films,…
Warner Brothers looking for 'anti piracy intern' or 'cyber grass'
The war on copyright infringers has just stepped up another notch. Global entertainment giant Warner Brothers have placed an advert for a £17,000-a-year job at their London headquarters for an "Anti-Piracy Intern". The job will involve scouring message boards, issuing…
Blinkbox offers blockbuster movie streaming
Blinkbox has launched the UK’s first paid-for streaming movie site and signed a bumper deal with Warner Bros to boot.
The deal gives Blinkbox the rights to stream over 1,100 full-length feature movies and TV programmes. Big name launch titles include The Dark Knight and Body of Lies as well as TV shows like Friends.
Blinkbox also has deals with E1 Entertainment, Cinetic Rights Management, Revolver Entertainment, Eagle Vision, Black Diamond, Raindance and X-Treme Video. In total they now have over 1,400 titles – comprising more than 1,500 hours.
Of course, there are plenty on non-paid-for streaming movie sites, although the legality of these is questionable and the quality of their streams is usually pretty shoddy.
There are, also, services available such as those by Apple and LoveFilm that allow you to download films at a cost, although the service for Blinkbox will allow instant streaming, so no waiting around for your chosen film to finish downloading.
Rental prices are pretty much on par with services like LoveFilm – £2.49 for oldies and £3.49 for new releases. You can also buy titles for £7.99 – £11.99 – although why anyone would buy a digital version of a movie when they could buy a hard copy (and create their own digital version if they wish to) for about the same price, baffles me.
Three streaming options are offered – high at 1088kbps, medium at 544kpbs and low at 272kbps. If you’re not sure what sort of speeds your internet connection can handle run a speed test to find out.
The movie deals add to what was already a pretty cool service from Blinkbox. We first told you about them back in February last year. As well as paid-for content, users also have access to free TV shows, such as Peep Show, without even having to sign up.
Users can also create ‘blinks’ from a library of clips that numbers more than 20,000. These clips can be further edited by the users and messages can also be attached. These blinks can then be emailed to friends or embedded into blogs or other web pages.
Warner Bros to set up branded channels with major online video services
Warner Brothers has announced that it has signed a number of deals with large online video networks to show ad-supported branded channels such as TheWB.com, KidsWB.com, plus two new channels showing classic and science fiction programming.
The channels will be available on Joost, TiVo, Sling Media, Daily Motion, and Veoh networks, with WB hoping to attract viewers from the 16-34 age group who are increasingly using mobile and Internet services in preference to traditional TV channels…
Police officer investigating Pirate Bay was on Warner Bros. payroll
Gather round me hearties as I tell ye a tale of the thickening plot of the Pirate Bay court case in the far off land of Sweden. It seems the prime witness for the prosecution be tarnished. Gyaaaaargh! Tarnished, I tell ye!
It turns out that investigating police officer Jim Keyzer was in fact in the very employment of one the plaintiffs, Warner Bros., while still working for the coppers…
CES 2008: Sir Howard Stringer responds to Warner Bros announcement
Speaking at Sony’s main press conference in Las Vegas today, Sony boss Sir Howard Stringer wasn’t going to let the recent news that Hollywood goliath Warner Bros. turning to Blu-ray exclusively. “All of us at Sony are feeling Blu today” said Stinger, then thanking Warner for making their decision “in the long-term interests of the consumer”.