This is a continuation of my previous entry on Digital Cinema - only this is kind of the opposite.

Scott Kirshner (from CinemaTech) has written an article for the Boston Globe entitled "Downloads Enter Hollywood's Mainstream" where he talks about all the various entities either currently utilizing Internet movie downloads or ones that are going to be doing them soon. It's a nice article...

The idea of digital delivery is starting to gain momentum, as studios make more of their movies available to Internet download services like CinemaNow, Movielink, and Vongo. Two other big players could jump in, too. AppleInsider.com, says the company may be considering adding movies to its iTunes Music Store, and last week Amazon.com was reported to be in talks with Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros. about offering their movies on the site. Moviebeam, a start-up funded by Disney, Cisco Systems, and Intel, started selling a set-top box earlier this year that can store 100 new releases, and will soon support delivery of movies over the Net.

He also talks about Morgan Freeman's new movie "10 Items or Less" that will be released theatrically and via Internet download (produced by Clickstar and Intel).

-Blake

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