Los Angeles - Video rental giant Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) plans to rollout a consumer set-top box in time for the holiday shopping season that will deliver movies over the Internet to televisions via its acquired Movielink service, Home Media Magazine reported.

Los Angeles - Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is developing a set-top box that will deliver streaming films to consumers' televisions, and is expected to announce details on the plan sometime this month, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

New York - Movie rental giant Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is in discussions with cell phone makers on how to provide movies that can be viewed on mobile devices, Reuters reported.

New York - Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) CEO Jim Keyes has announced that the company plans to experiment with pricing and layouts in its stores, including adding book sales and kiosks for downloading entertainment onto portable media devices, Reuters reported.

Dallas - Video rental giant Blockbuster announced on Thursday that it has acquired Movielink, a joint venture of a number of movie studios that sells movie and TV downloads.

Los Angeles - Movielink, a studio-backed online movie and TV show download service, announced on Thursday that it has partnered with distributor THINKfilm to offer "Glastonbury," a documentary about the U.K. music festival, for free download on Movielink for a two-week period. The film was released this week on DVD for $24.98; starting June 25, the movie will be offered for free on Movielink for two weeks. Users will also be able to download individual artist performances for $1.99, or an entire collection of performances for a discounted price of $15. At the free offer's conclusion, "Glastonbury" will be offered on Movielink for $19.99.

New York - Apple is in discussions with Hollywood movies studios on making films available to rent over the Internet via its iTunes Store, the Financial Times reported.

Santa Monica, Calif. - Movielink, a broadband movie and video download service, announced on Thursday a distribution agreement to make content from KOCH Entertainment available on its service. The deal includes the recent Discovery Channel documentary "The Lost Tomb of Jesus," and classic TV series such as "The Andy Griffith Show" and "The Beverly Hillbillies."

Santa Monica, Calif. - Movielink, a studio-backed movie download service, announced on Wednesday that it has added live music concerts to its offering, through deals signed with CenterStaging Musical Productions, Digital Music Group (DMGI) and Egami Media. CenterStaging's Rehearsals.com will provide footage of recording sessions and interviews with artists including Chris Isaak and Fenix TX, while Egami will offer shows from Johnny Cash and Kiss, and DMGI will add its "Masters of Rock" series, featuring artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The deals also include TV shows and films from Egami ("Assault on Precinct 13," "The Dick Van Dyke Show") and DMGI ("I Spy," "Gumby and Friends").

New York - Video rental giant Blockbuster is in advanced negotiations to acquire film download site Movielink for around $50 million in cash and stock, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Sacramento, Calif. - Digital Music Group (DMGI), a distributor of independent music, TV, film and video, announced on Thursday that it has signed agreements with new video channel partners In2TV, BitTorrent and Movielink. DMGI titles that will be distributed on the services include "Gumby," "I Spy," "The Invisible Man," "Peter Gunn" and "The Mr. Bill Show."

London - Fueled by broadband penetration, revenues from legitimate movie and TV show download services are expected to grow tenfold to $6.3 billion in 2012, according to a report from market research firm Informa Telecoms and Media.

According to new research from The Diffusion Group, close to 25% of broadband households would be interested in an iTunes online movie service if titles were priced at $10 each. The report found that broadband households are to varying degrees interested in such a service, with interest declining rapidly as price per title increased. Total interest declined to 14% at $15 per title, 12% at $20 per title, and 10% at $25 per title.