Tag: Rental
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Sky Store offers film rentals from 99p with no Sky subscription needed
Sky Store is now open, offering great movie rentals for not only Sky HD customers but also anyone with a PC or Mac, Now TV, Roku or YouView box.
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TV on Android made possible by addition of TV shows to UK Play Store
Content from BBC, Sony and others bring huge shows such as The Big Bang Theory to your mobile or tablet…
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LOVEFiLM drops games rental service – Focusing on Film and TV
LOVEFiLM has announced a major change in its service today as the Amazon-owned company has revealed that they will soon be stopping the video game rental aspect of the rental service to focus on entertainment with TV and films. The company will no longer be taking on new customers with a games rentals service as announced…
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LOVEFiLM matches Netflix by adding Disney movies to streaming service
As the streaming wars rage on, LOVEFiLM strikes a deal with one of the biggest film houses of all time to match its closest rival
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Blockbuster goes into administration following HMV and Jessops
Just two days after high street store HMV announced that it was going into administration follows the announcement that Blockbusters will also be calling in the administrators. Blockbuster, who is famed for its long standing DVD rental system, have filed to enter administration after hitting hard times in the UK with a massive change in…
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Amazon Instant Video Streaming App Lands on Playstation 3
The race between Sony and Microsoft to turn their respective games consoles into the best media centre is well and truly on. Microsoft has added YouTube, Netflix and recently VEVO, and today Sony has added Amazon’s Instant Video streaming service to the PS3. Sony recently teased us about a new addition to its home console,…
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Sky Announces New Movie Rental Service Sky Store
Sky announced today what they have planned to take the new perceived threat from on-demand services like Lovefilm, iTunes and Netflix. Called Sky Store, its a new way to rental digital films cheaper than its main competitors. The new service will see the end of Sky Box Office for Anytime + users – and will…
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Orange Offers 1000 Free Mobile Call Minutes to Broadband Customers – On Any Mobile Network
A new scheme from UK network Orange will allow its home broadband customers to benefit from an extra 1000 mobile call time minutes completely free – regardless of your existing mobile network. Orange states that ”We want to make keeping in touch with friends and family, no matter where they are, as simple as possible.…
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MWC 2012: BlackBerry Video Store To Offer High-Quality Streaming Movies
RIM has officially announced its BlackBerry Video Store feature at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and in an another attempt to revitalise the disappointing 7” PlayBook promises HD streaming movies and content in high-quality playback supported by information and guides through digital entertainment technology company Rovi. The BlackBerry Video Store was first mentioned late…
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Microsoft’s Xbox 720 Could Block Pre-Owned Games – Trade-in Market to Suffer
The pre-owned games market could take a kill shot if plans to bring a second-hand blocking system to Microsoft’s next Xbox, currently referred to as “Xbox 720”. This would be one of the first steps towards phasing out disc-based games, introducing digital-only content and would reinvent the gaming market. But this would come at much…
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YouTube / Disney partnership to begin with family movie rentals
Earlier this month it was reported that kid’s fave Disney and Google-owned clip site and time-killer YouTube had entered a partnership – this with the intention of reinvigorating the stale image of Disney’s online presence whilst bettering the appearances of the ‘Tube to critical parents before a dedicated Disney Channel bippity-boppity-boos itself into the currently…