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ClickStar, Inc. is a movie distribution company started by Revelations Entertainment, a movie production company started by actor Morgan Freeman and film producer Lori McCreary. Intel Corporation has joined forces by contributing with an unknown amount of funding in the company. The business model will be distribution of movies on the Internet before general DVD availability. Currently the site is in a preview-beta phase and is not accessable from outside the United States. It is also only usable with a 32bit version of Windows XP or Windows Vista. The term Unknown is used in a number of contexts: To indicate the lack of knowledge, such as the list of unsolved problems, unsolved problems in physics or the unknown unknown To refer to anonymity In mathematics, as a noun, the unknowns of an equation are the quantities (or variables...
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Lori McCreary Lori McCreary is an American motion picture producer and computer scientist. ...
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Revelations Entertainment is an independent movie production company founded by actor Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary in 1997. ...
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Lori McCreary Lori McCreary is an American motion picture producer and computer scientist. ...
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In 2006 Clickstar became the first company in motion picture history to offer a legitimate motion picture download (10 Items or Less) while the movie was still playing in theaters. Along with Steven Soderbergh, who offered the first motion picture to be available on DVD while it was still playing in theaters, ClickStar was highlighted by the American Film Institute in their AFI Awards 2006 "Moments of Significance".[1] 10 Items or Less is an American improv comedy series created by Nancy Hower, John Lehr, and Robert Hickey. ...
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Clickstar currently has deals with several major movie studios including Sony, Universal and Warner Bros. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
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Rentals, Purhcases and Service
Currently in its beta phase the Clickstar service is expected to evolve significantly.
Movies are offered on a per item basis, just like a regular store. Currently there is no monthly fee available. Price changes occur regularly, also just like a regular store.
As of Januray 2007:
Free Content includes:
Trailers, available for viewing for all content.
Small in-house Documentaries. These free documentaries are hosted by either Morgan Freeman, Danny DeVito or Peter Bogdanovich. Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning American actor, film director, and regular film narrator. ...
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Purchased Content includes
Full length Movies and Documentaries for download to either own or rent. Users can download full DVD quality content or lower quality mobile content. HD titles are also starting to become available. The catalogue of available movies is updated regularly. For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as...
Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ...
Community
Unlike other movie services, there is an active Forum for blogs, movie discussion and customer support. However unlike services such as imdb and Netflix, there is currently no facility for customers to leave reviews or rate films. Look up forum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) [1] is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ...
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Limitations of Clickstar while in Beta There are several beta phase limitations which are expected to change.
As of January 2007:
Mac users are unable to use the service.
Downloaded content cannot be redownloaded if the content is lost, for example.
Content can be backed up to DVDs but cannot be converted to DVD.
Currently only Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is supported.
Future Direction Clickstar's partnership with Intel and its corporate website seem to indicate that the ultimate goal is to enable viewers to watch downloaded movies on their TVs without the need for a computer. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC, SEHK: 4335), founded in 1968 as Integrated Electronics Corporation, is an American multinational corporation that is best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors and specialized integrated circuits. ...
It is speculation as to whether this will be via a proprietary set top box or via other devices recently announced by other companies, such as Apple. However, it is clear that Clickstar set out its corporate intention long before rival companies announced their products. This article is about the tree and its fruit. ...
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External links - Official Site
- Intel Press Release
- Washington Post
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