Long before Hulu, or even YouTube were offering online video, and long before Apple or Amazon were selling digital downloads of TV shows and feature lenght films, there was
CinemaNow and
MovieLink. The two sites may have been well ahead of their time, but they also never managed to get the kind of attention that newer online video sites have garnered. Last year
Blockbuster purchased MovieLink for about $7 million. And this week, software firm
Sonic Solutions picked up CinemaNow for just $3 million.
CinemaNow has a library of about 6,000 movies and TV shows. Sonic Solutions hopes to leverage CinemaNow's technology and assetts to expand its service that allows you to download videos and burn them to DVD.
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Jash Sayani said 7:56AM on 11-21-2008
Haven't heard of CinemaNow... But the site looks very pleasing.... Worth the money!
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Stuart said 10:55AM on 11-21-2008
And Tivo just added CinemaNow (Disney Movies) downloads to all broadband enabled Tivo's.
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