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Dish Network Launches the Blockbuster Movie Pass Streaming Service

Mon Sep 26, 2011 at 02:00 PM ET
Tags: Blockbuster Movie Pass, Dish Network, Blockbuster, Netflix (all tags)

It's a sweet deal too, especially if you're a Dish subscriber already.

At first glance, Blockbuster Movie Pass sounds like everything we've ever wanted from a subscription based service. It offers DVDs, Blu-rays and even games by mail with no upcharge, gives unlimited streaming access and access to more shows and movies than Netflix.

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It's cheap too. If you subscribe to Dish Network's America's Best 200 programming package, you'll get the Blockbuster Movie Pass absolutely free. Dish Network subscribers will pay just $10 a month and the rest of us - well, the rest of us won't have access at all.

That's right - in order to get into the perfect package for cable cutters you'll have to subscribe to Dish Network. It sounds like a great service for subscribers, but it's definitely not the big Netflix competitor we expected. No word yet on when the service might be opened up to non- Dish Network subscribers.

Source: Engadget

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