LOVEFiLM merges with Screenselect

Yep, it's all happened now. LOVEFiLM has now incorporated Screenselect, which used to be (just about) it's main competitor in the DVD rental business.

LOVEFiLM DVD Rental Service - DVD Genie

Welcome to the Cinema Paradiso. It's such a lovely place.

The exotic, enchanting Cinema Paradiso is now listed on the DVD Genie website, meaning that there's even mooooooooooooooooooooooore choice for would-be DVD renters. The thing I like about Cinema Paradiso is that, on most of their packages, if you don't use up yer DVD quote in one month, you get to carry the unused DVDs over to the next month. Cool, huh? I also like the fact that they offer the second month free on a couple of packages. How weird is that?

Cinema Paradiso DVD Rental - DVD Genie

Who's movie stream? MyMovieStream!

Yes, MyMovieStream DVD rental is the latest internet provider to join the independent, incomparable internet DVD rental service that is DVD Genie (ahem, if I say so myself). MyMovieStream comes in at the just about the same price as most other DVD rental providers, but it has a nice pretty website and allows you to search by director, genre, actor, etc.

MyMovieStream DVD Rental - DVD Genie

Lovefilm and Video Island to merge

Surprise surprise!

Lovefilm and Video Island join forces - Web User News

So who invented DVD rentals anyway?

A war is breaking out in the USA over the now-common internet DVD rental business model, and who invented it. Netflix, the internet DVD rental pioneers, claim that Blockbuster have copied their business model.

NPR : Netflix Challenges Blockbuster over Online Rentals

Can anything save the high street video rental store?

Good question. It seems that high-street DVD rentals are in freefall at the same time as internet DVD rentals are growing at a healthy rate. The market has been hit hardest by the removal of the DVD rental "window", a period post-cinema and pre-sale release when the film was only available for rental.

Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | Newly asked questions: Can anything save the high street video rental store?

ScreenSelect streams digital video online

Screenselect is the latest online DVD rental provider to experiment with offering streaming video online. At the moment this is a free service for members offering T ads and short films, but who knows where it might lead...

Netimperative - ScreenSelect streams digital video online

The online DVD rental war

The market is changing (apparently). Two-thirds of DVDs will be rented online by 2009, and traditional giants such as Blockbuster are having to pedal fast to keep up.

BBC NEWS | Business | The online DVD rental war