The Window Is Closing on DVD Releases

Hollywood studios continue to warm up to selling their movies online.

Disney's (DIS Quote) Buena Vista Home Entertainment has partnered with CinemaNow, an Internet provider of movies, in a deal that will see some pictures released simultaneously with their release on DVD.

Meanwhile, the traditional DVD release window is quickly going the way of the dodo.

Buena Vista will now offer "select new movies" through CinemaNow.com which will "coincide with the timing of its home-entertainment window" the companies said. In other words, when the films are released on DVD, they will also be available through the online service. ...