November 19, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

"Twenty years ago today" is now more than 32 years old, but who's counting when there are videogames to push.

The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is being released this week in downloadable form for use in The Beatles: Rock Band videogame, making the 1967 classic the second Fab Four album to be downloadable for the game title.

The digital version of the entire album may be purchased for $13.49, with single songs available on the Rock Band store for $2 each, Viacom's MTV Games and Harmonix units and Beatles publisher Apple Corps Ltd. said in a ...Read More

November 17, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Santa Monica was once a pretty scary place.

That's one of the lasting impressions of Dogtown and Z-Boys, the 2001 documentary Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing on Blu-ray Jan. 5. It's a fascinating lesson for both the uninitiated who probably think the beachside California town has always been a haven for the well-heeled as well as for an Angeleno like myself who remembers the days when venturing south of the Pier was a really bad idea.

Dogtown, which inspired the 2005 feature film Lords of Dogtown, ostensibly is about a group of Santa Monica-and Venice-reared mi...Read More

October 26, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

If more Netflix subscribers are streaming videos from the largest U.S. movie-rental service via mail than ordering DVDs, don't blame the postal service.

That's basically the conclusion one can make from two recent posts from the FeedFlix blog, which tracks all things Red Envelope.

The blog predicted in February that this would be the year videostreaming would overtake DVD rentals at Netflix and last week confirmed the results: about three videos were being streamed from Netflix's Watch Instantly service for every two DVDs ordered. That ratio was approx...Read More

October 19, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

Netflix may be about to announce what it's hinted for a while -- that more Internet-connected videogame console owners are going to be able to video-stream titles from the largest U.S. movie-rental service via mail.

Netflix, whose exclusive agreement to have Microsoft's Xbox 360 be the only videogames console to be able to play Netflix's digital titles went into effect last November, is about to broaden the number of console types with videostreaming capabilities, according to a financial analyst who covers the company.

"We expect Netflix to announce an additional video game hardware console partner soon, with access to its site through the console browser," wrote Wedbush Mo...Read More

October 6, 2009 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

CNN has launched a news application for iPhone users as the Time Warner-owned news network looks to capitalize on the rapidly expanding smartphone user base.

CNN's mobile application includes features such as live streaming video, on-demand video of particular CNN shows and news and weather personalized for certain regions, Time Warner said in a statement last week. The application, which can be used on both the iPhone and iTouch, costs $1.99 on Apple's ...Read More