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Movie studios are experimenting with video-on-demand releases and other ways to offer films on demand.
At the moment Connect is limited to music, but in future it will probably offer films and games as well, piped directly into PlayStations and other Sony devices.
Costing $229, the system links into the company's plans to offer films to rent over the internet through its iTunes store, also confirmed today.
With less to lose, a few independent studios and producers have reached out to the internet, even going so far as to offer films for on-demand viewing while they are still showing on the big screen.
But when the Justice Department announced recently that it was investigating whether movie studios' efforts to offer films online to consumers at home were anticompetitive, Hollywood moguls barely seemed to look up from their wheat grass shakes.
Hollywood and cable and satellite companies have been reluctant to offer films over video-on-demand before their release on DVD because of the threat that movies will be copied with digital video recorders and other devices.
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Even the drugstores and discount stores that offer film-transfer services generally don't do color correction.
The historic Capitol Theatre and Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center offer film screenings and live music, usually jazz & acoustic, for the community.
The companies, both of which filed for bankruptcy protection, have faced heavy losses from rivals in Vancouver, Canada, and other locations that offer film subsidies.
Many colleges and universities offer film making courses, but you can also get practical experience by working around film sets either in front of or behind the camera.
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