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Television images accelerated the end of the Cold War and social media toppled several Arab regimes. Can a DVD have a similar geopolitical influence Mikhail Gorbachev thinks so.The former Russian premiere was at New York's Paley Center earlier this week, touting the home-video release of “Cold War,” the massive documentary about the epic conflict.

Besides DOT knobby tires, the wisest investment the beginning adventure motorcyclists can make is also the cheapest - the BMW GS Off-Road Riding Skills Instructional DVD.

Netflix stock dropped almost 14 percent Tuesday morning after the company reported its streaming subscriber growth is likely to slow this quarter.Netflix picked up 3 million new online streaming subscribers last quarter, but it expects slow growth next quarter as it tries to expand TV streaming and retain DVD-by-mail subscribers.

In an effort to boost literacy and encourage at-home reading, Springfield City School District will send home videos of favorite childhood books read aloud with kindergartners.The “Read Aloud” features teachers, administrators and tutors in the district reading books like Brown Bear Brown Bear and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” on recording. DVDs of the recordings, along with copies of the books read will be available for kindergartners at all schools to take home to read.

Get digital copies of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs at your local Walmart store. If you want to be able to watch the movies you own on any device, WalMart will make it happen for you. The process explained in my article about WalMart's Disc-to-Digital service is now live. I went to my local WalMart to see how it worked and to pass on some tips you need to complete the process quickly and successfully.

Two of my favorite episodes of the regenerated Doctor Who series are "The Impossible Planet and The Satan Pit."  Starring David Tennant as The Doctor and Billie Piper as Rose Tyler, not only do these two episodes introduce the Ood, they also find the doctor battling something that may or may not be the devil.  That story isn't the first time a discussion of the devil appears within Doctor Who though.  In point of fact, within those two episodes, the doctor mentions the planet Dæmos, home planet of the evil alien race featured in the 1971 Third Doctor tale The Dæmons.

The streaming catalog now features recent seasons of many acclaimed TV shows, including Mad Men and The Office, and exclusive series such as Lilyhammer. Coming attractions include “The Artist,” winner of this year’s Oscar for best picture, and another original series called House of Cards starring Oscar winner Kevin Spacey. Netflix also has struck a deal to revive the critically acclaimed TV series Arrested Development which last aired in 2006.

The NBN will sort this out, but the rollout will take at least a decade. It will be interesting to watch what happens to movie rental stores located in the early patches of the NBN rollout, with the next phase scheduled to reach a third of Australian homes over the next three years.

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ signature creation, the jungle adventurer Tarzan, first appeared in print in 1912. One hundred years and dozens of books, films, and television programs later, the public’s appetite for the character remains strong. The Warner Archive Collection has made the first season of the 1966 NBC series Tarzan available as two four-disc collections. Part One contains the first 15 episodes of the series, while Part Two includes the remaining 16 episodes. As is standard with Warner Archive releases, Tarzan: The First Season is a manufactured-on-demand product, with the episodes burned onto DVD-Rs.

Netflix has been making a few moves to separate its DVD business more from its streaming operation, and today brings news of the latest move in that direction: the company has bought the domain name DVD.com, the company has confirmed to us.