The Criterion Collection holds a kind of mystical allure for film geeks. Emerging out of the primordial mist of the Laserdisc era, Criterion quickly set the standard for overstuffed, gorgeously produced DVDs. Criterion had access to some of the greatest films ever — Ozu and Godard and Fellini, oh my! — and they had an unmatched capability for picking fantastic special features. (My personal favorite extra ever: The disc for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie includes a short video in which Luis Bunuel teaches you how to mix a perfect martini.) So it’s hard to know what to make of...
- 2/15/2011
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
Beginning today The Criterion Collection has made available over 150 titles from its library on Hulu’s paid service, Hulu Plus.
Known best as a destination for streaming the latest in popular TV series (as well as full runs of some TV shows), with the Criterion deal (only available in the U.S.) Hulu is trying to grab the attention of movie buffs, while keeping pace with it’s biggest competitor, Netflix. Update: A spokesperson for Criterion confirms that Hulu will exclusively stream Criterion titles by year’s end.
With today’s launch you can stream some of the Criterion essentials: The 400 Blows, The Seven Samurai, Breathless, Jules and Jim, M, Rashomon and La Strada to name a few, with more titles being added monthly (Criterion currently has digital streaming rights to over 800 films). And because they’re on Hulu Plus there won’t be any annoying ad breaks in...
Known best as a destination for streaming the latest in popular TV series (as well as full runs of some TV shows), with the Criterion deal (only available in the U.S.) Hulu is trying to grab the attention of movie buffs, while keeping pace with it’s biggest competitor, Netflix. Update: A spokesperson for Criterion confirms that Hulu will exclusively stream Criterion titles by year’s end.
With today’s launch you can stream some of the Criterion essentials: The 400 Blows, The Seven Samurai, Breathless, Jules and Jim, M, Rashomon and La Strada to name a few, with more titles being added monthly (Criterion currently has digital streaming rights to over 800 films). And because they’re on Hulu Plus there won’t be any annoying ad breaks in...
- 2/15/2011
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Update: It seems if you relied on streaming Criterion titles on Netflix that option will not be available by the end of 2011 as Criterion has posted on their Facebook page that all of the Criterion titles streaming on Netflix will be gone by the end of the year. They will, of course, continue to provide their titles through physical DVD and Blu-ray rental.
Today Criterion announced they have debuted more than 150 titles on Hulu Plus and over the coming months, that number is expected to swell to more than 800 films. Hulu is also expecting to bring the best aspect of Criterion's titles, the commentaries, documentaries, interviews, original trailers, essays and more to the service as well. This is being perceived as a big deal by everyone and their mother, but I wonder how many subscribers it will actually bring.
Looking over Peter Becker's post at Criterion, the best aspect...
Today Criterion announced they have debuted more than 150 titles on Hulu Plus and over the coming months, that number is expected to swell to more than 800 films. Hulu is also expecting to bring the best aspect of Criterion's titles, the commentaries, documentaries, interviews, original trailers, essays and more to the service as well. This is being perceived as a big deal by everyone and their mother, but I wonder how many subscribers it will actually bring.
Looking over Peter Becker's post at Criterion, the best aspect...
- 2/15/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Wonderful as they are, Criterion Collection DVDs and Blu-rays ain't cheap. A single film can set you back thirty or forty bones. But now for eight bucks a month, you can have access to 150 Criterion titles via Hulu Plus, with more to be added each month. Here are some of the details from Hulu Svp Eugene Wei's blog post about the announcement:
"Criterion has digital streaming rights to over 800 of the films in their library...We're launching with over 150 Criterion movies today, and we'll be adding more titles each month. Among the launch list today are so many acknowledged classics: 'The 400 Blows,' 'L'Avventura,' 'The Battle of Algiers,' 'Breathless,' 'La Jetée,' 'Jules and Jim,' 'M,' 'Pickpocket,' 'Playtime,' 'Rashomon,' 'Seven Samurai,' 'La Strada,' and 'The Wages of Fear.'
"Just as exciting are the titles still to come.
"Criterion has digital streaming rights to over 800 of the films in their library...We're launching with over 150 Criterion movies today, and we'll be adding more titles each month. Among the launch list today are so many acknowledged classics: 'The 400 Blows,' 'L'Avventura,' 'The Battle of Algiers,' 'Breathless,' 'La Jetée,' 'Jules and Jim,' 'M,' 'Pickpocket,' 'Playtime,' 'Rashomon,' 'Seven Samurai,' 'La Strada,' and 'The Wages of Fear.'
"Just as exciting are the titles still to come.
- 2/15/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Most find it a big surprise that YouTube’s engineers outlining many reasons why they’ll still continue to use Flash, even though they were developing an HTML5 player and were at the forefront to bring it to the masses. YouTube software engineer John Harding has cited a lack of a standard video format for HTML5, less than stellar streaming technology, little to no content protection and problems with creating embeddable and full-screen video as reasons to why the choice has been made… for now.
Google is trying to solve these problems and attempting to develop a standard video player for HTML5 with the release of WebM. Mozilla and Opera both support WebM while Microsoft and Apple support H.264 with Internet Explorer and Safari, which is where the divide continues.
Still, YouTube isn’t alone in their lack of faith with HTML5. Eugene Wei, Hulu’s VP of product, says...
Google is trying to solve these problems and attempting to develop a standard video player for HTML5 with the release of WebM. Mozilla and Opera both support WebM while Microsoft and Apple support H.264 with Internet Explorer and Safari, which is where the divide continues.
Still, YouTube isn’t alone in their lack of faith with HTML5. Eugene Wei, Hulu’s VP of product, says...
- 7/2/2010
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
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