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{{Short description|Defunct online DVD rental service}}
{{Infobox website
| name = GreenCine
| logo = [[Image:NouLogo.png|frameless]]
| screenshot =
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| alexa =
| url = {{URL|greencine.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = [[Online DVD rental]] / [[Online community]]
| language = English
| owner =
| author =
| launch_date = 1999
| current_status = Offline
| revenue =
}}
'''GreenCine''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|r|iː|n|s|iː|n}}<ref>[http://www.greencine.com/static/RentalHelp.jsp/#renthelp40 GreenCine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> was an [[online DVD rental]] service similar to [[Netflix]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ross |first=Matthew |title=GreeCine digs deep |journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Daily Variety]] |page=A35}}</ref> Based in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], with its distribution center in the [[Los Angeles]] area ([[Van Nuys, California|Van Nuys]]),<ref>[https://archive.today/20120715014245/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GDlNqBLawkMJ:www.greencine.com/static/RentalHelp.jsp/+Greencine+regional+distribution+center+Van+Nuys&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a Archive.is]</ref> it had a collection of over 30,000 titles,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greencine.com/static/about.jsp |title=GreenCine<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420160414/http://www.greencine.com/static/about.jsp |archive-date=2006-04-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as well as over 9,000 [[video on demand]] titles. It carried a wide range of [[anime]], rare, and independent studio films, as well as adult films on its sister site, BlueCine. It also dedicated 1% of its profits to support independent filmmaking, using the money to both fund and promote independent films that were distributed through the service. It was one of the first video rental services to offer video on demand and fund its own productions, a decade before [[Netflix]] and [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]].
On 2 February 2015, GreenCine's Facebook page carried a message that the business had closed.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/GreenCine Facebook<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
GreenCine also operated the [[GreenCine Daily]] [[blog]], which collected links to interviews, articles, [[podcasts]] and reviews posted online.
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704185458/http://greencine.com/ Greencine website]
* [http://www.bluecine.com/ Bluecine website] (adult films)
[[Category:Video rental services]]
[[Category:Defunct online companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Online retailers of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies based in San Francisco]]
[[Category:Economy of Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 1999]]
[[Category:Internet properties disestablished in 2015]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in California]]
[[Category:2015 disestablishments in California]]
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