It was also the former parent company of Rotten Tomatoes from January 2010 to February 17, 2016. It was originally based in San Francisco, California and was founded by Joe Greenstein and Saran Chari on January 20, 2006.
#FLIXSTER VIDEO MOVIE#
The formerly independent site, allows users to view movie trailers as well as learn about new and upcoming movies at the box office.
#FLIXSTER VIDEO TV#
The long-awaited launch of Vudu for Apple TV may provide some additional confidence in the platform, allowing entire libraries of UV-licensed titles to be accessible on the device.Flixster is an American social-networking movie website for discovering new movies, learning about movies, and meeting others with similar tastes in movies, currently owned by parent company Fandango. There’s something brewing, but whatever happens we’re hoping UV doesn’t go anywhere. What will happen to the Flixster brand itself? Will they still sell movie tickets on ? Or, will the domain name redirect to another website or entirely different product like the way now points to the streaming TV portal ?
#FLIXSTER VIDEO 1080P#
The service has been on the cutting edge of video delivery by being one of the first to offer 1080p (Full HD) resolution and later 2160p (4k UHD) video with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. Vudu is owned by Walmart, a $220B company that bought the platform in 2010 and integrated it with sales of DVDs and Blu-rays. “If Vudu falls, then we’re all f_’ed,” said one distraught customer. The reaction of many Flixster and UltraViolet library owners to the announcement has been desperate, and goes further to implicate the entire UV structure. However, from what we hear Flixster in Canada will not be affected by this US shutdown. Rather than providing access to Flixster, the opening screen of the apps will direct users to access their UV libraries through Vudu. The shutdown of the US video service also includes Flixster’s apps for mobile devices and TVs. and had also merged their VOD service M-Go with FandangoNow upon launch), and pointing them towards Vudu.įandango “powers” the Flixster service (as seen in the graphic above), and customers could have easily been only redirected to. What may be more troubling than Flixster shutting down is they are sending customers away from Comcast-owned Fandango (who bought Flixster early in 2016 from Warner Bros. Redeem codes and access your Flixster video collection after that date by signing up or logging into Vudu, another UltraViolet retail service (or access your collection from other UltraViolet services like FandangoNOW.
#FLIXSTER VIDEO CODE#
Instead, the Flixster FAQ page repeatedly points customers to Walmart’s Vudu, even touting the service: “Vudu brings a new and exciting redemption and playback experience for Flixster Video customers,” says an FAQ post.įlixster Video will no longer support code redemption or streaming and downloading of content. The company provides some suggestions on where to go after the shutdown, but they don’t direct customers to FandangoNow like you might expect. The US video service Flixster has announced closing on August 28, 2017. In effect, the company will no longer accept UltraViolet redemption codes, offer downloads, or stream purchased titles to members.įlixster says the ending of their video service is due to circumstances beyond their control, and related to the “unexpected shutdown of a critical vendor.” Could that vendor be associated with Fandango - their parent company, or another UV video content distributor? And might the closing be related to CinemaNow’s unexpected change of service? Flixster won’t say.
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