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N.Y. Times Tech Columnist Reviews Disney's MovieBeam Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 1, 2006 - 1:11pm.
New York - The New York Times on Thursday published a review of Disney's MovieBeam service, which uses a portion of the broadcast spectrum to download 100 movies to a $200 set-top box. Currently available in 29 markets, the service charges no monthly fee, and asks $4 for new releases and $2 for older titles. "MovieBeam's designers have analyzed nearly every aspect of movie delivery in an attempt to find a drawback-free solution: price, delivery speed, picture quality, movie variety, movie availability, movie timeliness and simplicity. The result may fill only the nichiest niche. But the movie-rental business generates $10 billion a year; MovieBeam will no doubt be happy with even a very small slice of that pie," The Times concludes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/01/technology/01pogue.html
http://www.moviebeam.com

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