Port Washington, New York (Vocus/PRWEB) January 17, 2011

Recent research by The NPD Group, a leading market research company, reveals that for the first time the share of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs (BDs) rented from Redbox and other standalone kiosks overtook the share of retail store rentals in the U.S. last year. According to NPD’s VideoWatch service, Netflix and other subscription services comprised 41 percent of video rental turns in the third quarter of 2010, followed by kiosk rentals at 31 percent, and in-store rentals at 27 percent. The share of videos rented from kiosks increased 10 percentage points since the previous year’s third quarter, subscription rental share rose 2 points, and in-store rental share declined by 13 points.    

“The rental landscape for DVDs and BDs continues to shift, and consumers are obviously responding positively to the perceived value and convenience of kiosks,” said Russ Crupnick, entertainment industry analyst for NPD. “Traditional video retailers will no doubt experience even more competition in the coming year, as kiosks appear more frequently in grocery store chains, mass merchandisers, and quick-serve restaurants, and as competition intensifies from an assortment of on-demand rental offerings.”

Data note: The information in this press release is from NPD’s Weekly VideoWatch tracking of U.S. consumers, age 13 and older, who reported on their purchases and rentals of DVD and BD titles.

About The NPD Group, Inc.

The NPD Group is the leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries. Today, more than 1,800 manufacturers, retailers, and service companies rely on NPD to help them drive critical business decisions at the global, national, and local market levels. NPD helps our clients to identify new business opportunities and guide product development, marketing, sales, merchandising, and other functions. Information is available for the following industry sectors: automotive, beauty, commercial technology, consumer technology, entertainment, fashion, food and beverage, foodservice, home, office supplies, software, sports, toys, and wireless. For more information, visit http://www.npd.com/, or follow us on Twitter: @npdgroup.

Press Contact:

Lee Graham

lee(at)leegraham(dot)biz

212-333-4983

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IGN gives its video review on the Transformers: Dark of the Moon Blu-Ray. How does the epic robot movie look in Blu-ray, and what extra features are included? IGN’s YouTube is just a taste of our content! Check out our other game channels: IGN Home – www.ign.com Call of Duty – http Zelda – youtube.com Battlefield – youtube.com Halo – youtube.com Street Fighter – youtube.com And more!

Las Vegas, NV (PRWEB) October 27, 2010

Streaming Flix, the newest online video entertainment destination, today announced the addition of the new Premium Channel from KOAN to its premium streaming content library. KOANs family-friendly movies and feature films in various genres including action, comedy, drama and horror are now available for unlimited streaming to Streaming Flix subscribers at http://koan.streamingflix.com.

KOAN, an international distribution company that works with independent movie producers, established a strong presence in the fields of family entertainment and award winning feature films over the last 17 years. It is well known for quality programming and has an impressive catalog of over 70 films and hundreds of hours of documentary and animations. Streaming Flix VIP Members can stream KOAN features such as Saints and Soldiers, adventure and sci-fi films like Dragon Hunter, drama movies such as The Fallen, and family flicks including A Dogs Tale and Bug Off.

Streaming Flix VIP Membership, with a monthly subscription fee of $ 9.99 if paid with a credit card or $ 14.95 if added to the home phone bill, offers unlimited streaming from all of its Premium Channels. Currently, the channel selection includes the new multi-genre entertainment collection from KOAN, comedy films and videos from National Lampoon, and uncut celebrity interviews and entertainment from NoGoodTV.

We are very pleased to have a licensing agreement with a premier independent distributor such as KOAN, said Ben Chang, VP of Acquisitions at Streaming Flix. Their growing feature, animation and documentary catalog is a valuable addition to our streaming library and will provide hours of superb family entertainment to our customers.

Since its inception in August 2009, Streaming Flix has been focused on expanding its selection of streaming, DVD/Blu-ray and download-to-rent/own titles. Content owners, independent studios and distributors interested in featuring their content on Streaming Flix can email acquisitions(at)steamingflix(dot)com or visit http://www.streamingflix.com/content-providers/.

About Streaming Flix

Streaming Flix is an online video entertainment site that provides consumers with access to movies and TV shows to stream, rent and buy on their PC, mobile device, or TV. The growing Streaming Flix video library includes over 5,000 DVD, Blu-ray and streaming titles, as well as access to 14,000 digital downloads. For a monthly subscription fee, VIP Members can stream unlimited movies from Premium Channels including National Lampoon, NoGoodTV and KOAN. Founded in 2009, Streaming Flix LLC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada.

For more information, visit http://www.streamingflix.com today or join them on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.

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Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) January 6, 2010 -

Home Jinni, a company addressing the usability challenges of Connected Homes and providing white label solutions for end user programming and control of the digital home, today unveiled ConnecTV, the world’s first Social Entertainment Platform and Media Center for Android-based embedded systems. ConnecTV enables consumer electronic OEMs to offer consumers the ability to stream Internet TV and online content directly to Blu-Ray players and Digital TV sets, without the need of PCs, media adaptors or OTT set-top boxes. As a Social Media Center, ConnecTV provides the most advanced content aggregation and search engine for Internet TV with the potential to bring content from thousands of sources to TV sets. ConnecTV’s streaming and content discovery technology extends to media in a DLNA home area network. ConnecTV’s content aggregation includes integration with the most popular social networks for social recommendations and Smart Browsing. More than a new digital home entertainment hub; at its core, ConnecTV is a flexible and open application framework that completes Android as the operating system most suitable for home and consumer electronic devices.

ConnecTV will be demonstrated during International CES. To learn more, contact info@homejinni.com.

Availability

ConnecTV is available now from Home Jinni. To learn more about how you can integrate ConnecTV in your MIPS-Based digital home platform, visit http://www.homejinni.com.

About Home Jinni Inc.

Home Jinni Inc. is a company addressing the usability challenges of the Connected Home and providing white label solutions for end user programming and control of the digital home. Its solutions include an Android application framework for building UPnP, DLNA and DPWS home area network applications and an Android framework for integrating consumer electronics with IMS and Open IPTV networks. http://www.homejinni.com

About MIPS Technologies, Inc.

MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS) is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores that power some of the world’s most popular products for the home entertainment, communications, networking and portable multimedia markets. These include broadband devices from Linksys, DTVs and digital consumer devices from Sony, DVD recordable devices from Pioneer, digital set-top boxes from Motorola, network routers from Cisco, 32-bit microcontrollers from Microchip Technology and laser printers from Hewlett-Packard. Founded in 1998, MIPS Technologies is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices worldwide. For more information, contact (408) 530-5000 or visit http://www.mips.com.

Legal Marks: HomeJinni and ConnecTV are trademarks of Home Jinni Inc. MIPS and MIPS-Based are trademarks or registered trademarks in the United States and other countries of MIPS Technologies, Inc. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions. All other trademarks referred to herein are the property of their respective owners.

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