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Disney to Offer Films on CinemaNow

By Nate Mook, BetaNews

May 31, 2006, 12:01 PM

The Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday announced a non-exclusive agreement with online movie service CinemaNow to offer the studio's films for download. Beginning June 6, Disney will provide both new and catalog movies through the service at a cost of $20 per new title and $10 for some older ones.

CinemaNow movies -- in Windows Media Video format -- can be transferred to up to three devices, including portable players, but they cannot be burned to DVD. Disney's announcement follows a handful of deals from April in which movie studios signed on to CinemaNow and its rival Movielink. Apple is also reportedly looking into offering feature film downloads via iTunes.

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By Howell

edited Jun 1, 2006 - 7:35 AM

I agree... Price too high to be attractive !!!

To LeXTeRiTY_X : you are telling about illegal things not clever ones !!!!

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By Das mod

posted Jun 1, 2006 - 11:16 AM

hes making a comment .... is not like hes suggesting anyone to do it, or giving out instructions ....

move along and STFU

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By Ishtumba

posted May 31, 2006 - 12:32 PM

Am I the only one that thinks these are ridiculously priced?

$20 for a downloadable movie when the DVD costs at least $3 or $4 cheaper? It just doesn't make sense to me.

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By fibreiv

posted May 31, 2006 - 1:17 PM

I was thinking the same thing. Well, I guess it has to go into all the packaging required to offer virual content. You know, jpg, gif, html. It's not like everyone could share a single copy of those yah know.

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By Das mod

edited May 31, 2006 - 12:08 PM

they cannot be burned to DVD...

lol... we'll see about that

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By LeXTeRiTY_X

edited May 31, 2006 - 9:04 PM

rofl... long live the analogue loophole.

I've seen Ice Age 2 on DVD just after it's been released at the cinemas. Apparently, somebody video recorded the movie screen with near lossless quality. Illegal, yes... but quite clever.

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