PVRLib > Murdoch makes renting easier

http://www.cinematical.com [Cinematical] If you thought Netflix made renting movies a snap, you may be interested in Rupert Murdoch's new plan to have home satellite systems equipped with DVRs which would record the movie and then allow the viewer to "rent" the movie and view it on their TV.

Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.

[Serendipit-e.com] Chris Boese's Weblog: Television: Talking at times more like a pony-tailed, new-age technophile than a septuagenarian old-media god-like figure, Mr Murdoch said that news “providers” such as his own organisation had better get web-savvy, stop lecturing their audiences, “become places for conversation” and “destinations” where “bloggers” and “podcasters” congregate to “engage our reporters and editors in more extended discussions.” He also criticised editors and reporters who often “think their readers are stupid”.

Loiclemeur.com[Loiclemeur.com] Loic Le Meur Blog: Blogs & journalism: Obviously I had thought of sending a special email or releasing the information on the Ublog home page before or at the same time as the press and honestly I had decided to do so. Discussing with my team, we talked about the impact it could have on the few angry Ublog users (on 22 000 blogs created even though not all are active) as we already had a lot of discussions months ago when we disclosed the fact that Ublog became exclusive representative of Six Apart in Europe, which this time we disclosed first on my blog (on my Ublog blog [FR] and my brand new TypePad blog [FR]).

[Mediastockblog.com] The Media Stock Blog: DVRs are not for everyone: S. Bullpit on Movie Gallery (MOVI) discusses the impact of Blockbuster's (BBI) 'No Late Fees' campaign and a subscription based business model (quotes from conf call)

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