NETFLIX TO SHUTTER INDIE INVESTMENT UNIT

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NETFLIX TO SHUTTER INDIE INVESTMENT UNIT
Wednesday, July 23 2008

Netflix is shutting down its Red Envelope Entertainment unit -- a two-year-old operation that invested in more than 100 independent films. The company said it was doing so because it competed against the studios that it relies on for its main movie-rental business. Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey said that the unit had been "very successful." Among the films that bear the Netflix logo are the recently released documentary Trumbo, the anti-war documentary No End in Sight, and the romantic comedy Two Days in Paris.

HORROR-MOVIE DIRECTORS TO MAKE SHORT FILMS FOR XBOX
Wednesday, July 23 2008
Darren Lynn Bousman, who directed the Saw movies, Zack Snyder, who directed the most recent iteration of Dawn of the Dead, and Andrew Douglas, who directed the latest Amityville Horror are among the directors who have signed deals with Microsoft to make a series of short films for Xbox Live. The movies are being produced by Safran Digital Group and are due to be shown in the 26 countries that support the Xbox Live service. (more)

NETFLIX MOVIES TO DEBUT ON XBOX
Tuesday, July 15 2008

The 510.3 million owners of Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game player will be able to use it to stream thousands of movies from Netflix, the video "rentailer," the two companies announced in Los Angeles on Monday. Beginning this fall, Netflix subscribers will be able to stream 10,000 movies and television shows onto their TV sets using the Xbox 360 device. Currently Netflix's online streaming service works only with PCs, unless subscribers buy a $100 converter (more)

Film Profile: TWO DAYS IN PARIS (DEUX JOURS)
Film Profile: NO END IN SIGHT
	Film Profile: TRUMBO