If you think you’ve watched everything Netflix has to offer, think again. Netflix recently released a major overhaul to its Instant Queue, the place you can save everything you want to watch later. The Instant Queue is now called “My List,” and it’s designed to help you quickly find the next show or movie you Continue Reading →
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To help users quickly find the next TV show and movie they want to watch, Netflix is rolling out a new feature called ‘My List’ for its cross-platform streaming service over the next two weeks. The idea is that users select the particular series, movies or individual episodes that they want to watch sometime in Continue Reading →
Think Netflix only cares about TV shows these days? Think again: The video subscription service just inked a deal with the Weinstein Company that will bring movies from Weinstein and its Dimension Films outlet to Netflix during what industry insiders like to call the pay TV window. This means that Netflix will get the films Continue Reading →
You know that sad feeling you get when a headache’s coming on while watching a 3D movie and you remember that you can’t actually take the glasses off for a few seconds of relief because the ghosted 2D image is even harder to watch? That could be a thing of the past as researchers from Continue Reading →
Twitter wants to prove it’s not just for broadcasting the mundane details of your life so it just launched the Twitter Media blog. The site plans to feature great uses of Twitter for “TV, sports, journalism, government, music, movies, social good and beyond.” It joins Google Inside Search and Facebook Stories as another media endeavor Continue Reading →
Netflix has inked a new multi-year deal with DreamWorks Animation to claim timed exclusivity to new, original TV series from the studios that made popular children’s films such as Shrek, Madagascar, Kung-Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon. Netflix says the new deal is the largest it has ever signed for first-run content, although Continue Reading →
Amazon Studios has just announced a new tool called Amazon Storyteller, which promises to help would-be filmmakers and scriptwriters more easily realize their visions by translating scripts into full-on storyboards with characters and dialogue. The tool, which is available now in beta, scans a submitted script for scenes, locations, and characters from the descriptions and Continue Reading →
Going to the movies is an expensive pastime, especially if you’re a frequent visitor. MoviePass, a service that launched late last year, is trying to ease the financial burden for film buffs by charging them a single monthly fee — typically around $30 — to watch up to one 2D movie in theater per day. Continue Reading →
Microsoft unveiled its next video game console, the Xbox One, on Tuesday. Unlike Sony, which spent two hours at its PlayStation 4 reveal in February showing just about everything BUT the console, Microsoft put the console, its re-designed controller and updated Kinect camera at the heart of its presentation. Microsoft said that the Xbox One Continue Reading →
Takeout pizza and a DVD are a natural fit for many. So Domino’s Pizza in Brazil decided to combine the two in a campaign via Artplan Sao Paolo. In partnership with 10 video rental stores in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, the brand used rented DVDs as media. About 10 discs each of 10 Continue Reading →