Retail Industry
Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedChains crucial to downloads.
Video Business, October, 2006 by Netherby, Jennifer
By Jennifer Netherby Panelists: Wal-Mart can push studios SANTA MONICA, Calif.--The size of the DVD business and clout of such big disc retailers as Wal-Mart have long been blamed by download companies for the major studios' slow push into digital delivery. But a panel of executives from download services said the business isn't likely to take off until Wal-Mart and other DVD retailers launch their own download services.
Speaking at a Digital Hollywood panel on movie downloads here Oct. 25, panelists from BitTorrent, CinemaNow, Movielink, Akimbo and MovieBeam acknowledged the irony. "I think Wal-Mart and Best Buy will get in the business, and that's when the rights will get let loose," BitTorrent VP of business development Brian Taptich...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
