Best Buy Entering Crowded VoD Market
Posted by Kevin McGuire on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 · 
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Best Buy issued a press release today announcing that they will offer “same-day instant access to new release movies and TV shows” later this month. The service will be available through some consumer devices (like Blu-ray Disc players and HDTVs), as well as streaming to computers through their website www.cinemanow.com. LG Electronics and Insignia are among the first manufacturers that will have the technology available in their devices.
I get it — on-demand media is the flavor of the month, and you aren’t a consumer tech company unless you have a service. But to me it seems overly crowded with the likes of Netflix, Blockbuster, Google and even WalMart vying for a slice of the limited pie. Personally, I think we’re in the land grab days of streaming media. I don’t think anyone knows how it will all shake out yet, but everyone is rushing to stake their claim.
Oh, and does anyone else find it ironic that streaming video, which is supposed to usher in the death of physical media, is available through Blu-ray devices?
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