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DirecTV Reveals Details of Premium VOD Service

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday April 19, 2011 @ 11:31am PDTTags: Cedar Rapids, DirecTV, Fox, Hall Pass, Just Go With It, Premium VOD, Sony, The Adjustment Bureau, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros

DirecTV said today that it is launching its much-discussed premium video-on-demand service on Thursday, with Sony’s Just Go With It the first movie available to subscribers. Universal, Fox and Warner Bros also are in on the partnership, and cross-channel promotions begin today, followed by national ads. Under terms of the service, a movie will become available to download every two weeks for $29.99, which gets the user multiple views over a 48-hour period before the film disappears from the hard drive. All films will be in 1080p HD and Dobly 5.1 Surround Sound.

Other films in the early rollout include Universal’s The Adjustment Bureau, Fox’s Cedar Rapids and Warner Bros’ Hall Pass.

At a second glance, the VOD service seems a bit less than meets the eye. It is available only to DirecTV subscribers who have HD DVRs — that’s only about 6 million of the satellite company’s 19.2 million subs — and only one movie is available every two weeks. Not that any of that is much consolation to steamed theater owners, who have slammed the service for shrinking the theatrical window and are forming plans to retaliate against the studios by limiting their films’ trailers and signage.

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‘Gnomes’ No. 1 In Third Week Of Release; ‘Hall Pass’ Drops To #2; ‘Drive Angry’ #9; Oscars Fave ‘King’s Speech’ Doesn’t Stutter

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday February 27, 2011 @ 12:30pm PSTTags: Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son, Box Office, Drive Angry 3D, Gnomeo & Juliet, Hall Pass, I Am Number Four, Just Go With It, Movies, Never Say Never, The King's Speech, The Roommate, Unknown

SUNDAY AM UPDATE: Hollywood movies continue to underperform domestically since the start of the new year, including this weak weekend when the film industry honors its best 2010 offerings at Sunday’s Oscars. Talk about a reality check! Here are these Top 10 North American box office numbers:

1. Gnomeo & Juliet 3D (Disney) Week 3 … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Hall Pass’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday November 5, 2010 @ 6:04am PDTTags: Hall Pass, Jason Sudeikis, Movies, New Line, Owen Wilson, Peter Farrelly, Trailers, Video
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New Line has released a trailer for Hall Pass, the comedy by Peter and Bobby Farrelly about two guys (Owen Wilson and Saturday Night Live‘s Jason Sudeikis) who are granted a short reprieve from monogamy by their wives. The film opens February 25 and what the trailer doesn’t show is … Read More »

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