Comcast customers don’t have to worry about finding a new place to watch their favorite Disney-owned content for the next 10 years. Today, Comcast and The Walt Disney Company announced the signing of a new distribution agreement between the two companies. In addition to being able to watch a slew of ESPN, Disney and ABC more »

Netflix is going to take on a new competitor that was founded by Skype, KaZaA and Rdio co-founder Janus Friis. The service is called Vdio, and it’s currently in closed beta. Only UK residents can test the service right now, but Vdio will most likely find its way to the United States in due time since it has an office in Santa Monica, CA.

The on-demand music streaming business is more competitive now than it has ever been before. This is especially true since MOG introduced FreePlay and Spotify gave away six months of free service for new users. Rdio is going to have a free option too. In an effort to stay above the competition, Rhapsody announced it has decided to purchase Napster for an undisclosed amount.

We have seen quite a bit in terms of Spotify lately, they have ditched the requirement for invitations, announced Facebook integration, then began requiring new users to have a Facebook account and even launched a private listening mode for those who prefer not to share every song they listen to. And well, it looks like more »

After watching Dish Network’s announcement of the BlockBuster Movie Pass, I can’t help but to partially view it as a missed opportunity. We thought Dish Network would be announcing a full-on Netflix competitor. Blockbuster wasted no time attempting to lure Netflix customers away following the 60% price increase. Given the recent Qwikster announcement, Dish Network had a perfect opportunity to deal a significant blow to Netflix. But now, non-Dish customers such as myself with no interest in satellite service have no reason to leave Netflix.

Dish Network supposedly has big plans for its recently acquired Blockbuster brand. A Bloomberg source says that Dish Network is going to reveal a new streaming service in October. The launch of this new service will occur during a time when Netflix is vulnerable due to the negative response iit received after raising prices for its DVD and streaming combo plan.

When it comes to gaming on a smartphone, there are no shortage of options. There is an astonishingly large number of games currently available in the Android Market. Chances are unless you hear about certain Android games from a third party, you’ll miss out on them. Mobile gaming also creates more impulse buys than other gaming platforms, leading to a large sum of money being spent in a short time. A company called Extent is addressing both of those issues with the launch of GameTanium for Android.

YouTube is officially in the movie rental business. Well, officially in the movie rental business with regular movies that everyone will want to watch. In other words, they have added titles from studios including NBC Universal, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros. The movies are priced from $2.99 (though most seem to be $3.99) and can more »

Dish Network has been cleared by U.S. antitrust authorities to proceed with the purchase of ailing Blockbuster. Dish will pay $228M for the video rental company (substantially all the companies assets). Dish expects to clear the deal by the end of this month. Many in the industry expect Dish to transform Blockbuster into a streaming more »

Word on the interwebs is that Slacker is finally going to launch their on-demand service next month. And while I would like to see that happen — I will believe it when it happens. This mythical on-demand music service was first confirmed way back in October of last year and then the news went quiet. more »