Dish Network Buys Blockbuster, Plots a 2nd Act for the Video Rental Chain
Antiquated brick-and-mortar video rental stores and bulky satellite dishes have united with the auction for bankrupt Blockbuster. On Wednesday Dish Network secured the winning bid, purchasing Blockbuster for $320 million. But what will become of Blockbuster? First, the deal needs U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland's stamp of approval, according to Bloomberg, but then Dish can go ahead with its plans to reorganize the once-proud movie-rental chain, which once minted a fortune renting VHS tapes and charging late fees. Then came Netflix, on-demand movies from your cable provider, and a host of Internet-based streaming video services.
Study: More TV viewers in U.S. 'cutting the cord'
A growing number of people are willing to ditch their cable or satellite subscriptions in favor of online, over-the-air, and streaming television options, a new study from the Convergence Consulting Group has found. According to the researchers, 2.07 million U.S. television subscribers will have "cut the cord" between 2008 and the end of 2011. Between 2008 and 2009 alone, the firm said that 550,000 households cut the cord. Last year, it estimates 1 million households did the same.
Lawmakers tell Google to do more on antipiracy
The tone of a congressional hearing being held today on antipiracy was set early when Rep. Bob Goodlatte suggested that Google was falling down on its antipiracy efforts. The government of the US is about to shut down and the whores of Congress continue to do the bidding of their entertainment masters.
Evernote gets a real Web app
The previous version of the Web client for the note-taking and memory-keeping app was a workable fail-safe if you needed to get to your notes and didn't have access to a computer, tablet, or smartphone with the real client on it, but it was cumbersome and stylistically out of sync with the Evernote apps on other platforms.
The Best Free Software of 2011
Every year at this time, PCMag takes a look at what is worth installing on your PC— software that's totally free that does the job as well as, if not better, than the big boys. That's not to say programs from Microsoft, Adobe, and hundreds of other developers aren't worthwhile, but you should always be aware of your options, especially when they're free.
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To be a satellite company that owns Blockbuster is a big step in entertainment. Now with DISH if you are new customers you can get 3 months free for Blockbuster, which is a great deal. You get unlimited movie, TV shows and games through the mail and 5 in-store movie exchanges. As an employee and customer of DISH I would say this is the best deal yet for a movie/satellite company.
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