February 13, 2006

GreenCine Members Don't Get Throttled

Netflix’s "throttling" technique was profiled in several articles over the last few days. For those who haven’t heard, throttling is a strategy that delays shipments and limits the selection of "heavy renters,” giving preference to "infrequent renters," because it's been established that Netflix makes more money from the renters who only watch between 1-5 DVDs a month (the company made $688 million in 2005, by the way).

"In determining priority for shipping and inventory allocation, we give priority to those members who receive the fewest DVDs through our service," Netflix's revised rental policy now reads. To read more about throttling go here:

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11325639/

At GreenCine, we’re far too busy interviewing filmmakers, recommending our favorite movies, pushing the envelope with Video-on-Demand and trying to connect our members with new films to spend time devising ingenious ways to limit their access.

Our members have given us plenty of reasons why they left Netflix to join GreenCine over the years, well here’s one more: at GreenCine there is no 'preferential rental strategy,' just great films, great content and great customer service.

Tell your friends about throttling. Let them know that when they’re ready to expect more from their rental service, we’ll be here...

ps Blockbuster says "throttling, h*** yeah!" too

Posted by dwoo at 2:24 PM

September 14, 2005

GreenCine Launches BlueCine for Adults Only

It's like one of those jokes that went too far -- "Shouldn't there be a 'BlueCine' for adult movies just as GreenCine is for non-adult?" Well, no joke, BlueCine is here -- and our idea is to make it a GreenCine for adult -- it's your place to find and to find out about those eclectic titles...but this time for adult fare. We're scouring on your behalf for alt.p0rn, indie adult titles, erotica and other vids off the beaten path (so to speak). Look for our takes on Fashionistas, Misty Mundae, Eon McKai, Candida Royalle among others. More, much more, soon!

Posted by dwoo at 10:09 AM