Archive for May, 2009

Blockbuster Offers 25% Discount on First Download

By Erik Gruenwedel | Posted: 05 May 2009
egruenwedel@questex.com

Blockbuster Online through May 22 is offering users of Blockbuster OnDemand (previously Movielink) 25% off their first movie or TV show rental download, according to an e-mail sent to members. Read More »

March retail trade up

Posted on May 06, 2009 12:55

Cash handouts from the federal government’s second stimulus package helped support a sharp rise in retail trade in March, economists say.

Retail trade at current prices rose by 2.2 per cent in March to a seasonally adjusted $19.296 billion, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said on Wednesday. Read More »

Sony to sell movies, TV shows via PS3

Asher Moses
May 6, 2009

Sony Australia plans to begin selling high-definition movies and TV shows via its PlayStation 3 as early as this year, hammering another nail in the coffin of the rigid free-to-air TV networks. Read More »

Online Spending Flat in Q1

By Chris Tribbey | Posted: 07 May 2009
ctribbey@questex.com

Online spending was flat during the first quarter of 2009, compared to a year ago when it was up 11%, according to a new report from online tracking service comScore. Read More »

Box Office Analysis Week 19

Source:IMDbPro.com

This Mother’s Day weekend, the younger, hotter crew of the USS Enterprise boldly went were no other Star Trek movie had gone before: straight to the top with an estimated $76.5 million. The borg-sized debut includes $4 million from pre-midnight Thursday previews and makes this film the second-highest grossing opening of the year behind last week’s winner Wolverine, which fell to second place this week with $27 million. Read More »

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