Riley Kennysmith | August 22, 2011 | 648 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Facebook, Miramax, Miramax eXperience

Today Facebook’s partnership with Miramax goes live: the Miramax eXperience, a video streaming service that allows users to rent films with Facebook credits. The rentals cost 30 Facebook credits, equivalent to $3, and currently offers 20 titles to US viewers. Reuters reports that Facebookers in the UK and Turkey get 10 titles, and that France and Germany will get access to the app soon.

Amit Chowdhry | May 16, 2011 | 887 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Miramax, Netflix

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) is adding Miramax movies to their collection of movies available for rent or streaming. This adds movies like Good Will Hunting, Pulp Fiction, The English Patient, and Shakespeare in Love to the collection. This is Miramax’s first major deal ever since Disney sold the studio to several investors for $660 million. Netflix is reportedly paying Miramax $100 million to stream their movies. [paidContent]
Amit Chowdhry | November 23, 2010 | 963 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Filmyard Holdings, Google, Miramax, Robert Kyncl, The Walt Disney Company

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) is in talks to buy the digital rights to Miramax’s movies. Disney is getting ready to sell the Miramax studio to Filmyard Holdings. If Google is successful in their bid, then they would get access to movies such as “No Country for Old Men” and “Pulp Fiction” to be placed on YouTube and Google TV. Google is making this deal in order to further compete with Netflix. Google had hired former Netflix exec Robert Kyncl this past September as VP of content partnerships to work on Hollywood deals like this. [AllThingsD]