Blockbuster Mobile coming soon to a handset near you?
- November 28th, 2007
- 3 Comments
Blockbuster CEO James Keyes has fallen in love with being able to watch movies on his BlackBerry. So much so, in fact, that his company is now in talks with handset makers like Nokia, Motorola, and Samsung about ways to get Blockbuster movies onto cell phones everywhere.
Keyes has been watching movies downloaded from Movielink (which Blockbuster acquired not too long ago) that are then transferred to a memory card inside his BlackBerry. He wants the process to be as easy as possible for consumers but hasn’t quite yet figured out the logistics. I might suggest a "mobile" setting from within Movielink and an option to download movies directly to 3G-enabled phones.
Blockbuster in handset maker talks [Reuters]
Jen (Who am I?)
11 months ago
I don’t even like to see blockbuster on tv, or in my mailbox. Why would I dirty up my iPhone for blockbuster garbage?
Mike (Who am I?)
11 months ago
Yes, I definitely would not watch a movie on my phone. Phones have too small of a screen. And if you really wanted to watch a movie on the go you’ve probably already invested in a iPhone, iPod, Zune or some other device.
Blockbuster is playing catch up again, surprising.
pamon (Who am I?)
11 months ago
so how is he converting the files to his BB without breaking the DRM on movielink? clearly the CEO of BB wouldn’t be violating his own co’s TOS..