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    Wednesday
    Mar092011

    Facebook Begins Streaming Movies

    DateWed, March 9, 2011

    Warner Bros. announced on Monday that they will begin streaming movies straight from the social network monster, Facebook. The first title available is The Dark Knight, with other titles to follow in the coming months. You have to be "friends" with the official Facebook page for the movie and you get the film for 48 hours while still maintaining all the functions of the site like commenting and updating your status. 

    "Facebook has become a daily destination for hundreds of millions of people," said Thomas Gewecke of Warner Bros. Digital Distribution. "Making our films available through Facebook is a natural extension of our digital distribution efforts. It gives consumers a simple, convenient way to access and enjoy our films through the world's largest social network."

    While a nice idea, I seriously doubt this will take over Netflix or other forms of renting movies. Seems like a bit of a hassle. I like to keep my social networking and movie viewing separated.

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