Major Hollywood studios are getting ready to light up the new Epix online streaming movie service this weekend…but consumers who were hoping Epix might give outlets like Netflix or Hulu a run for their money are bound to be disappointed. For now, Epix will only be available to Verizon FiOS customers as an additional $9.99 charge on top of their current FiOS packages…and in an age of Netflix’s and Hulu’s, why would consumers want to go for that?
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Studios Get Into HD Movie Streaming with Epix
Paramount, Lionsgate, and MGM have partnered together to create Epix, a new video streaming service that will offer high-definition streaming versions of Hollywood movies before they’re available on DVD. And although the service will be available for free, it won’t be open to the public in the way that Hulu or YouTube can be accessed by anyone: instead, the film companies are bundling up Epix as a value-add service for cable companies and ISPs as a way to attract and retain customers.
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