Dish to Close 300 Blockbuster Stores in U.S.

According to Deadline, Blockbuster announced on Monday their plans to close nearly 300 stores across the country in the upcoming weeks....  read more

Best Buy to Launch Digital Movie Service

Best Buy Inc. may be joining the ranks of movie rental services like Netflix, iTunes, and Blockbuster very soon by offering digital movie downloads....  read more

Film Friday: Your DVDs Are Rotting

Like the autumn tomato left on your window sill or the miniature pumpkin forgotten on the mantel until November, your DVD collection is rotting. Maybe not physically deteriorating like fall fruit (although some people worry about that, too) but deteriorating in the way that all media seems to: by sitting still as technology marches past. You can’t easily play the video games of your youth, peruse a defunct web site, listen to an 8-track tape found in the attic, or, at this point, even play an audio cassette or a VHS video in many households. The DVD is headed for...  read more