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I am really hoping for new releases to to be streamed digitally now. I'd pay for it.

How much do you want it?

https://www.redcarpethomecinema.com/

From their FAQ: "Movies will be variably priced with the most current films in the low thousands - no movie will be priced below $500. This will permit two viewings within a 36 hour period."

I was thinking $20, heh.

Yeah I just saw that. WTF.

I mean, I know there are people for whom $500 is loose change in the seat cushions. But are there seriously enough of them who absolutely must see a new release right now (and who don't know someone who can knock loose a screener for them) to support this as a business?

On their website, there is a "Fact Sheet" PDF with a 1-page business description linked at the bottom. It says:

"Target consumer: wealthy individuals with home media rooms"

Duh.

It also says the two founders were CEO of ticketmaster, and home distribution president at Warner Bros. I suppose these two would know how to price this, and who to talk to for licensing.

Amazon just started a program that’s a bit more reasonable than the other one linked called Prime Video Cinema: https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Video/b?ie=UTF8&node=285877801...

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