Vudu, Meet Wal-Mart
By Harry McCracken | Monday, February 22, 2010 at 11:11 am
The New York Times’ Brad Stone is reporting that a source says that Wal-Mart is buying Vudu, the excellent Internet movie service that started out as a box but which has morphed into a feature built into HDTVs and Blu-Ray players. If so, it’s a smart move on Wal-Mart’s part. But also a potentially worrisome one: As Stone says, the Behemoth of Bentonville has a spotty record when it comes to selling digital content. Here’s hoping that it leaves Vudu pretty much as it is rather than messing with a good thing…
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February 22nd, 2010 at 12:36 pm
To echo what you’re saying, the only thing I want to see happen is Wal-Mart replacing all the Vudu branding with theirs.
February 22nd, 2010 at 6:45 pm
I can totally see Megalomart ruining this.
February 23rd, 2010 at 10:28 am
I’m interested to see what the technology is that they’ve spent so much to purchase.