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Epix To Give (Some of) You Movies Before They Hit DVD for Free
Filed under: Lionsgate Films », MGM », Paramount », Home Entertainment »
It sounds too good to be true. Three Hollywood studios (Paramount, Lionsgate, and MGM) plan to introduce a new service called Epix that will be available online and on television. Epix will feature recent titles from the three studios in high definition before they're released on DVD or Blu-ray, without commercial interruption, and without charge to the consumer. Sign me up, right? Big surprise: there is a catch. Or two, actually.
As explained at ars technica, the films will be available in the "pay-TV window," after the theatrical release concludes and before the title hits DVD. Epix wants to convince cable TV operators to bundle their network into an already-existing package, and thus avoid a separate, additional monthly fee. No partners have been announced yet. That's the first catch.
Here's the second: if you want to watch the films online, on demand, via EpixHD.com, you have to subscribe to the same provider's Internet offering. In the words of ars technica: "If Comcast were to offer Epix, users would need to pay for both Comcast cable and Comcast Internet in order to access the streaming, on-demand service. That's good for Comcast, and it helps them cover the cost of the service." That may be good for the cable operators, but if you're like me and have satellite service and/or DSL, you're out of luck.
EpixHD.com is "currently in private beta" and, contrary to what is stated in ars technica, there is no way I see for private citizens to sign up. The site says "library classics" will be available in addition to newer titles. More free movies are always welcome, though I wonder how widespread Epix will become.
[via Gizmodo]
Young American Bodies Premieres on Nerve Video
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Independent », Shorts », Tech Stuff », NSFW », Cinematical Indie »
Joe Swanberg, the driving force behind Kissing on the Mouth and
LOL, basically doesn't sleep. Even as he
follows both of his features around the country on the festival circuit, he's somehow found the time to write, direct,
produce and star in Young
American Bodies, one of the initial offerings of Nerve.com's just-launched
Nerve Video portal. Bodies is a lot like Kissing -- in that
it's basically concerned with the sex lives of a gaggle of self-absorbed 20-somethings -- but snappier, soapier, and
chopped up into time-release capsules for easy consumption. Of the three episodes currently available, my favorite is
the second, Ben's Night Out, in which the sudsier elements really start to take off. It doesn't seem to be
enabled yet, but soon you'll be able to vote for your favorites right on Nerve. So go forth and check them out.
Actually, maybe wait a couple of hours -- it's definitely not safe for work.
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