Redbox Canada Closing
Redbox Canada has decided to stop renting movies on February 13th, 2015 and will be turning their boxes off on March 5th, 2015.
“We were excited to bring our service here, but unfortunately, demand just didn’t meet our expectations. We will be focusing our attention on our U.S. business, where demand for physical media remains strong.”
Apparently most Canadian consumers have moved on to online movie renting from companies like iTunes, Cineplex or Cinemanow and I suspect more services like Amazon Instant Video
Google’s Chromecast HDMI Streaming Media Player
Unfortunately I liked picking up Blu-Rays at my local store at $2 a pop. And although discounts can be had on Tuesdays on Cineplex, I suspect I will be paying more for rentals again.
$4.99 appears to be the average price for standard definition rentals but i’m hoping more discounts will come our way, especially on the high definition rentals ; Those can be as expensive as $7.99 on some services.
I seriously doubt I will be renting high definition films at $7.99, especially older releases that I can view on my Hollywood Suite package on cable. And chances are I will simply wait to purchase individual blu-rays when they are discounted at Amazon
Released !
Martha & The Muffins had just re-released the 30th Anniversary version of “Mystery Walk” through Pledgemusic, a crowd sourcing website for musicians.
Martha & The Muffins Campaign
Martha & The Muffins are re-releasing “Mystery Walk” 30 years after its initial release in 1984 and donating 10% of the proceeds to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
This album featured pop hits “Black Station/White Stations (1984)” and “Cooling The Medium”, whose innovative music videos were featured regularly on broadcasters Much Music and Musique Plus through-out the 80’s and 90’s.
You can pre-order digital and physical versions of the album via Pledgemusic, all featuring bonus content.
Canada Post Honours Canadian Country Stars
Canada Post have recently issued stamp collections honouring five of Canada’s top country music stars : Shania Twain, Hank Snow, Tommy Hunter, K.D Lang and Renée Martel.
The Shania Twain Limited Edition Framed Prints went rather quickly so don’t delay on placing your order for the framed prints dedicated to the other artists.