Movie Rentals Come To Facebook

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  • admin
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    • Nov 2001
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    Movie Rentals Come To Facebook

    Facebook has signed a deal with Warner Bros. to deliver digital movie rentals to Facebook users.

    'The Dark Knight' will be the first movie to be made available as part of the Facebook/WB rental trial, and users who like the page for Chris Nolan's Batman epic will get the choice of renting the movie for $3, or 30 Facebook credits.

    Users who rent the movie will then have 48 hours to watch the movie, which can be paused, rewound, resumed at will during the period, and it would also not affect existing Facebook functionalities.

    "Facebook has become a daily destination for hundreds of millions of people. Making our films available through Facebook is a natural extension of our digital distribution efforts. It gives consumers a simple, convenient way to access and enjoy our films through the world's largest social network," said Thomas Gewecke, president of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution.

    Other details, such as the list of available movies that Warner plans to release on Facebook in the coming month, is still unknown, but it appears that there's a new way now to distribute movies online.

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    The studio, which says it is the first to offer movies directly on the social media site, aims to roll out additional titles over the coming months.
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  • Digitalboy
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    • Feb 2011
    • 41

    #2
    Wow looks like everyone wants a piece of the streaming pie.

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    • rago88
      Digital Video Expert
      Digital Video Expert
      • Aug 2005
      • 566

      #3
      Besides it being "limited for now" WB movies only, which will prob be a few
      current movies and 12,000 long gone movies that we have all seen at one time or another, most facebook users are more interested in the social aspect/draw of Facebook so remains to be seen if it's really not going to be a big deal.

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