Thord D. Hedengren

ℹ️ This is an archived legacy site for link purposes only.

Tag: streaming

  • Netflix to combat unblockers

    Netflix, telling the world that you can’t circumvent regional programming for much longer:

    Some members use proxies or “unblockers” to access titles available outside their territory. To address this, we employ the same or similar measures other firms do. This technology continues to evolve and we are evolving with it. That means in coming weeks, those using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they currently are. We are confident this change won’t impact members not using proxies.

    Region locking of all kinds is utterly stupid and should be ended. Alas, the licensing world doesn’t work that way. Too much money in play, and no real incentive, at least not until global streaming services have power enough to push back.

  • Apple Music issues

    Jim Dalrymple have had some serious issues with Apple Music:

    At some point, enough is enough. That time has come for me—Apple Music is just too much of a hassle to be bothered with. Nobody I’ve spoken at Apple or outside the company has any idea how to fix it, so the chances of a positive outcome seem slim to none.

    As if all of that wasn’t enough, Apple Music gave me one more kick in the head. Over the weekend, I turned off Apple Music and it took large chunks of my purchased music with it. Sadly, many of the songs were added from CDs years ago that I no longer have access to. Looking at my old iTunes Match library, before Apple Music, I’m missing about 4,700 songs. At this point, I just don’t care anymore, I just want Apple Music off my devices.

    This doesn’t mirror my experience of Apple Music, but it points out that there are kinks left to sort out. Hopefully Apple can help Jim out, as a music lover who’s lost way too many albums over the years, for various reasons, I feel for him. Music listening is one of those things that really just has to work.

  • The Interview might lead to something better

    The Interview might prove to be fodder for online premiers. Consider this, from the Deadline story:

    The unplanned day-and-date release of The Interview raked in more than $15 million in online revenues through Saturday, Sony Pictures said in a release.

    And then this:

    The film also was screened in 331 theaters, bringing in another $2.8 million beginning Christmas Day. The substantial online revenues for the film may fuel additional conversation and even controversy about day-and-date debuts for films online and in theaters.

    It might be a bit early to get our hopes up for a better, more digital, distribution system of movies but it’s interesting nonetheless. Also, no telling how the terror threats have affected theater sales. Then again, without the whole Sony hack spectacle, chances are The Interview would’ve just passed us by.

  • Headweb kniper Disney

    Filmstreamingtjänsten Headweb växer vidare, nu även med Disney-filmer. Snart kanske det inte gör så ont att vi inte har Netflix i Europa?