Download-and-burn arrives.(services of CinemaNow Inc.)

Video Business, July, 2006

By Jennifer Netherby and Paul Sweeting CinemaNow offers 100 catalog titles The movement toward allowing consumers to burn their own DVD copies of downloaded movies took a major leap forward last week, as CinemaNow opened a beta Burn-to-DVD store with 100 catalog movies. Software maker Sonic Solutions and download service Movielink also signed a cross licensing agreement for technology that will enable consumers to download movies and burn them onto discs that will play in most set-top DVD players.

Although Movielink is owned by five major studios, and it's unlikely they would permit the deal with Sonic to go ahead unless plans for a download-and-burn option were well advanced, no specific studio commitments have yet been made public. ...

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