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This is a continuance to a trend to allow hi-definition video content to be streamed from a hard drive.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group reached a movie-distribution deal with Redbox, operator of cut-rate DVD-rental kiosks, ending their litigation. Under the arrangement, Redbox agreed to wait 28 days after Warner Bros. releases new movies for sale before offering them for rent at $1 per night.

DVD sales might be plummeting, but Paramount has found a magic bullet for at least one week: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" moved 7.5 million discs in its first seven days of release.

The United States has chalked up a big win at the World Trade Organization against Chinese market barriers that encourage piracy of U.S. books, music and films, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said on Wednesday.

The Netflix warehouse in Carol Stream does not appear on any map. Your odds of finding it are slightly better than your odds of stumbling upon a rare insect in a field of weeds.

Netflix's chief is racing to shift the DVD-rental company's business to make more movies available online. His position offers a rare look at how a CEO manages a still-hot business as its time runs out.

Experts say the breakthrough holds the promise of being a big step forward in digital storage with a wide range of potential uses.

Stevie Wonder will release his first authorized DVD next month, chronicling a Sept. 30-Oct. 1 stand at London's 02 Arena. "Live At Last" is due March 10 on Universal Motown in DVD and Blu-ray formats.