This episode of the Emerald City Video Podcast Russ and I catch up on some physical media news (which I think since I’ve been busy and haven’t edited might be a little old).
Redbox, one of the few places people can rent films in America is going under.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24183454/redbox-universal-missed-payment-17-million
Which is an even bigger issue as Indie Filmmakers aren’t getting paid back in dec 2023 by Redbox’s owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
Even the Producer of It Follows talked about it
https://x.com/rebfive/status/1807086179692556393
Also, while not “physical” news, Paramount god rid of Daily Show archive from the website.
https://latenighter.com/news/paramount-axes-comedy-central-website-show-clips-library/
Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined
Sony won’t phase out bluray movies and games… just consumer burnables.
https://www.tweaktown.com/news/99072/sony-wont-phase-out-blu-ray-movie-and-game-discs-only-ceasing-production-on-consumer-bd/index.html
Not sure why you’d want to, but you can watch movies through an Atari.
And finally, just a fun article about collecting movies, “From Criterion to Arrow: the cult of movie collecting.”
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/from-criterion-to-arrow-the-cult-of-movie-collecting/
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