GreenCine: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
m Reverted 1 edit by 207.248.52.50 (talk) identified as vandalism to last revision by Deflective. (TW)
 
(27 intermediate revisions by 19 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{Short description|Defunct online DVD rental service}}
[[Image:NouLogo.png|thumb|GreenCine logo]]
{{Infobox website
| name = GreenCine
| logo = [[Image:NouLogo.png|frameless]]
| screenshot =
| caption =
| 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|icon|ˈ|ɡ|r|iː|n|s|iː|n}})<ref>[http://www.greencine.com/static/RentalHelp.jsp/#renthelp40 GreenCine | Rental Help<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> iswas 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://googlewebcache.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 hashad a collection of over 30,000 titles ,<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.greencine.com/static/about.jsp GreenCine | About Ustitle=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 carriescarried 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''' ({{IPAc-en|icon|ˈ|ɡ|r|iː|n|s|iː|n}})<ref>[http://www.greencine.com/static/RentalHelp.jsp/#renthelp40 GreenCine | Rental Help<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> is an [[online DVD rental]] service similar to [[Netflix]]. Based in [[San Francisco]], [[California]], with its distribution center in the [[Los Angeles]] area ([[Van Nuys, California|Van Nuys]]),<ref>http://google.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</ref> it has a collection of over 30,000 titles <ref>[http://www.greencine.com/static/about.jsp GreenCine | About Us<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> as well as over 9,000 [[video on demand]] titles. It carries a wide range of [[anime]], rare, and independent studio films, as well as adult films on its sister site, '''''BlueCine'''''.
 
GreenCine also operatesoperated the [[GreenCine Daily]] [[blog]], which collectscollected links to interviews, articles, [[podcasts]] and reviews posted online.
 
==References==
{{reflist}}
* Ross, Matthew. "GreeCine digs deep", [[Daily Variety]]. pg. A35.
 
==External links==
* [httphttps://wwwweb.archive.org/web/20080704185458/http://greencine.com/ Greencine website]
* [http://www.bluecine.com/ Bluecine website] (adult films)
 
[[Category:Video rental services]]
[[Category:OnlineDefunct retailonline companies of the United States]]
[[Category:CompaniesOnline basedretailers inof Santhe Francisco,United CaliforniaStates]]
[[Category:EconomyCompanies ofbased Losin Angeles,San CaliforniaFrancisco]]
[[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]]