Sears and K-Mart will now be offering streaming video rentals and purchases through a service called Alphaline Entertainment. The service will allow you to view movies and TV shows the day they are released on DVD and Blu-ray. Despite having no subscription cost and same day availability, this service will have a tough time standing up to Netflix, Amazon and the iTunes store. Read the full article at NYTimes.com
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.