This episode of the Emerald City Video Podcast Russ and I catch up on some physical media news (which I think since I’ve been busy and haven’t edited might be a little old).

Redbox, one of the few places people can rent films in America is going under.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/21/24183454/redbox-universal-missed-payment-17-million

Which is an even bigger issue as Indie Filmmakers aren’t getting paid back in dec 2023 by Redbox’s owner, Chicken Soup for the Soul.

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/chicken-soup-for-the-soul-1091-pictures-lawsuits-payments-1235838558/

Even the Producer of It Follows talked about it

https://x.com/rebfive/status/1807086179692556393

Also, while not “physical” news, Paramount god rid of Daily Show archive from the website.

https://latenighter.com/news/paramount-axes-comedy-central-website-show-clips-library/

Five Men Convicted of Operating Massive, Illegal Streaming Service That Allegedly Had More Content Than Netflix, Hulu, Vudu and Prime Video Combined

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/five-men-convicted-jetflicks-illegal-streaming-service-1236044194/

Sony won’t phase out bluray movies and games… just consumer burnables. 

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/99072/sony-wont-phase-out-blu-ray-movie-and-game-discs-only-ceasing-production-on-consumer-bd/index.html

Not sure why you’d want to, but you can watch movies through an Atari. 

https://www.xda-developers.com/watch-movies-atari-2600/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3C7jz1UZ7YE7VVcFZlZWKuFv2XyQJTBnK0aDV7_arTml9iREQxzQw3Wa8_aem_KYYZtD1hUz9KnYEswGvwmA

And finally, just a fun article about collecting movies, “From Criterion to Arrow: the cult of movie collecting.”

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/from-criterion-to-arrow-the-cult-of-movie-collecting/

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