Starz shutters movie download sites

FROM VARIETY: Vongo, ClickStar struggle against iTunes

By Scott Kirsner of Variety -- Video Business, 8/12/2008

AUG. 12 | FROM VARIETY: Two pioneering Internet movie download sites have silently switched off their servers.

Vongo, launched in 2006 by Starz Entertainment, posted a notice Friday it was no longer welcoming new subscribers, and that existing subscribers would be able to download movies only through the end of September. Vongo, which replaced an earlier Starz Internet service called Starz Ticket, was one of the few sites offering consumers unlimited downloading of recent movie releases, for a $9.99 monthly fee.

And Morgan Freeman's much-hyped ClickStar service, a joint venture between his production company Revelations Entertainment and chip-maker Intel Corp., went dark earlier this year.

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