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In the early days of PC gaming most people got their gaming fix from games delivered by mail order. As sales increased, retail distribution of games on media such as floppy disks, CDs and eventually ...

For decades, the gatekeepers to success for sports leagues were linear broadcast networks. By utilizing direct-to-consumer (D2C) streaming technology, these leagues have been able to thrive on their ...

You get it: Digital distribution is the future and the future is now. What you probably don’t get is exactly what that means, because… well, no one understands it. Not entirely, not yet. Too many ...

This HEXUS.help guide discusses digital distribution, what it is, how it affects both manufacturers and consumers, and what the future holds for digital media delivery. Digital distribution isn’t a ...

As president of USHE, Craig Kornblau will oversee domestic home entertainment releases for films from Universal and Focus as well as NBCUniversal's TV properties, VOD content and acquisitions. By ...

Digital distribution is changing the industry, but some industry watchers may be overstating the impact it makes on publishers' bottom lines. In an appearance at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology ...

This post has not been edited by the GamesBeat staff. Opinions by GamesBeat community writers do not necessarily reflect those of the staff. There has been a recent trend within gaming that has ...

In the early '80s, a company called Control Video Corporation (CVC) developed a peripheral for the Atari 2600 called the Gameline. The device hooked up to a phone line and let users download games to ...

Over the past couple of days, I've read a couple of great pieces about the digital delivery of written content. Tim O'Reilly mines his own data and experiences to talk about the economics of e-books.