Now they’re talking
from BroadbandReports.com
Theaters Dislike Comcast’s Movie Ambitions – Streaming films on release day would kill the ‘magic’
Last week at the NCTA cable show, Comcast executives said they were “very interested” in the idea of charging cable customers $30-$50 to stream a film on the same day that it’s released in theaters. Theater owners aren’t particularly happy about the idea, saying it will erode the “magic” of the movie-going experience (sticky floors, chatty viewers, popcorn that requires a second mortgage?). Comcast has also been working to kill that thirty to forty-five day window that exists between a film’s release on DVD and its release to on demand — with trials currently underway in Pittsburgh and Denver.
