Top Movie Download Sites
Netflix announced today that it is launching a movie download service with 1,000 titles. Even though they are later to the game, I believe they will do well. They have great brand recognition and strong consumer loyalty - far above most of the competitors - Let’s see how that stacks up against the competition:
1. Vongo - offers over 1,000 movies - subscription service for $9.99 per month - currently offering a 14 day free trial.
2. CinemaNow - offers over 1500 movies - they seem to be trying a little of everything to see which model works best - available to purchase for digital playback, rent and burn to disc. There’s a small catlaog of films available to stream fro free with advertising. They also offer a subscription service - all you can eat for $29.95 per month or $99.95 for a year - currently offering a 7 day free trial
3. iTunes - not a lot of details on the site about the number of movies available. Only available a la carte and single downloads. Prices per download vary.
4. Movielink - hundreds of movies available for rent and purchase. Rentals start at $.99 each -
watch it as many times as you want in 24 hours. Purchase for unlimited viewing - prices starting at $1.99 each
5. Guba - hundreds of movies available. A mix of Hollywood features and TV and user generated content. Rent for $.99 each - watch it as many times as you want in 24 hours. Buy Hollywood features from $9.99 each.
6. Amazon - Unbox variable pricing on hundreds of feature films and tv shows. Rental prices start at $1.99 and up. Same daily limitations on playback as the others. Loads of information about the movie, producers, talent etc. from Amazon owned IMDB.com. Great recommendations engine.
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2 Responses to “Top Movie Download Sites”
By Mark Levy on Feb 6, 2007 | Reply
Wal-mart announced their movie download service today
By Mark Levy on Dec 28, 2007 | Reply
Wal-mart today announced that it is discontinuing their movie download service.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) (WMT) has closed an online movie download service it launched less than a year ago.
The retreat for Wal-Mart, which accounts for about 40 percent of all DVD sales, follows the company’s 2005 decision to abandoned efforts to build an online DVD rental service. The world’s largest retailer instead turned its rental service over to Netflix Inc. (NFLX) (NFLX)
Wal-Mart still operates a music download service and continues to sell CDs and DVDs at retail stores and over the Internet for shipping by mail.
A message on Wal-Mart’s video download Web site said the store closed Dec. 21. The Web site said customers who already have bought movies could continue to watch them.
In a statement, Wal-Mart spokeswoman Amy Collella said the company closed the store after Hewlett-Packard Co., which provided the software running the site, “made a business decision to discontinue its video download-only merchant store service.”
Wal-Mart did not say whether it would attempt to start the service again using a different company’s software.
Officials with HP did not immediately return a request for comment Friday morning.
Launched in February, Wal-Mart’s video download service initially included 3,000 films and television episodes for customers to buy and watch on their computers and in some cases a portable device. However, the movies do not work on standard DVD players or on the market-dominant iPod device from Apple Inc. (AAPL) (AAPL)
Wal-Mart’s departure leaves Apple’s iTunes store and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN)’s Unbox service among the options for movie downloads, which haven’t garnered as much consumer interest as online music sales. Last month, Time Warner Inc. (TWX)’s AOL also scrapped its pay-for-download movie service.
Wal-Mart initially offered films from $12.88 to $19.88 and individual TV episodes for $1.96 - 4 cents less than the iTunes store. Wal-Mart’s online store sold older titles starting at $7.50, compared with the $9.99 charged by iTunes.
Many studios have resisted signing deals with iTunes in part because of Apple’s desire to sell movies at one price. Studios prefer variable pricing such as Wal-Mart offered.
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On the Net:
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.: http://www.walmartfacts.com
Video download store: https://mediadownloads.walmart.com