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Big Netflix Shakeup Threatens Vision of All-Streaming Future

Josh Zyber — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:00:06 +0000

Doom-and-gloom naysayers have been acting up again recently with predictions about the impending death of Blu-ray and physical media in favor of a future where all home video distribution will be handled by digital streaming. The big developments that happened at Netflix at the end of last week ought to put a damper on some...

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Is the Internet Really Ready for Movie Streaming?

Josh Zyber — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:00:26 +0000

There’s been talk for years about the death of physical media for watching movies. Over the past year, that speculation and pontification has greatly intensified with the expansion of internet streaming services, especially Netflix. Proponents argue that soon, the very concept of using a physical disc to watch a movie will seem antiquated when instant-streaming...

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