Blockbuster and Sonic Solutions team up for movies-on-demand - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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Novato-based Sonic (NASDAQ: SNIC) makes softwarwe used in burning DVDsand CDs. Dallas-based Blockbustetr (NYSE: BBI) is a chain of 7,500 video rental stores and has lately been following itsrivalo (NASDAQ: NFLX) down the movie-by-mail and Internet Under this deal — the businessed gave no financial detailes — Sonic and Blockbuster will work with “a host of consumer electronic” companies, including those Sonic has already made deal with through its CinemaNow download unit, to bring Blockbuster’s servicde to more types of devices.
The companiesx hope to offer Blockbuster moviesover computers, portable medisa players, Blu-ray Disc players, mobile phones and other devices. Blockbustert plans to sell some of the devices inits Blockbuster’s archrival, Los Gatos-based Netflix, has been moving quickly beyonsd its original and highly successful businesxs concept of sending DVDs to customerzs in ubiquitous red-and-white It has signed a number of Internet videi deals with electronics companies, including Alviso-based (NASDAQ: another company moving quickly into new markets.
As Tivo and Netflix looked like they might start steppinf oneach other’s toes in the video-via-Internet they inked an agreement to work Now customers with the most modern modelzs of Tivo’s digital video recorders can access theird Netflix accounts and request movies via broadband connection and watch them on their televisionws right away. In November, Netflix create d a new job at the compan to oversee streamingvideo deals, and hiref Gregory Peters to fill it. The company has an agreement with to offer video streaming on theKorean company’s Blu-rag DVD players. It also has deals with and MSFT) for its Xbox 360 game device.
Tivo has contributede to this convergence of television and Internet by givingf its customers access to YouTube videoson demand, right on theifr televisions. Jim Keyes is chairman and CEO of Dave Habiger is president and CEO ofSonic Solutions. Thered are five Blockbuster locationsin Albuquerque.