Will Nintendo's Wii console be streaming movies and television shows over the internet soon? Curt Marvis, Lionsgate's president of digital media, seems to think so.
"The thing that is clearly a force in digital are the game devices. I think when we see the Wii come into the market with the ability to stream movies, which I think is maybe going to happen as soon as this year, I think that’s going to be a big marketplace for digital distribution," Marvis told Variety in a recent interview.
Though Marvis' words aren't a concrete guarantee of anything Nintendo might do, as Variety gaming journalist Ben Fritz points out, the head of the digital media division at a large media conglomerate like Lionsgate would be one of the first people to get the memo if video streaming was en route to Nintendo's console.
I wonder how angry media groups might get once the Wii is capable of pulling down stuff like Lionsgate's Crank series. I get the feeling that Jason Statham electrocuting himself and engaging in public sex doesn't quite match up with their family-friendly ideal for Nintendo's console.
Image: Lionsgate
Movies and TV coming to the Wii? [Variety]
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