The entertainment industry doesn’t 
always handle disruption well.
When digital storage and distribution hit the music industry, labels ferociously resisted the move, suffering tremendous losses as a result.
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Report: YouTube to add professionally produced content
YouTube, historically, has been the playground of things like 
the Chinese Backstreet Boys and the Numa Numa guy, but Google may be thinking about adding another layer to the popular video destination.
Officials at the search giant, which owns YouTube, are reportedly planning to add up to 20 ‘channels’ of original, professionally produced content, which will fill between 5-10 hours per week.
Roku player hits brick and mortar
Roku has been something of a trailblazer in the 
cord-cutting world, but it has had a relatively small following since it has historically only been sold online. That’s about to change.
Starting today, Best Buy customers are able to purchase the Roku XD in stores. So are shoppers at BJ’s Wholesale club, Fry’s Electronics and Radio Shack.
Netflix streams 6 out of 10 digital films
Want to know why studios are growing leary of 
Netflix? It’s all in the numbers.
A new report from The NPD Group shows that despite the best efforts of some enormous competitors, the online rental service holds a 61 percent market share in the streaming movie field so far this year.
Warner to offer films directly on Facebook
Netflix and Hulu have some new 
competition: Facebook.
Warner Bros. has announced a new program that will let users of the popular social networking stream the studio’s films online. Initially, only “The Dark Knight” will be available, but Warner says it plans to quickly ramp up the program in the coming months.
YouTube taps Par’s Carloss for content
Paramount’s head of digital 
distribution is headed to YouTube.
Alex Carloss, who held that role until last week, has joined the Google division’s content acquisition team, where he will work with Robert Kyncl, who left Netflix for the video streaming services last September.
Nintendo pacts with Netflix for streaming
Nintendo has unveiled a slew of deals, including a streaming vid partnership with Netflix, that show a growing partnership between the company and Hollywood.
During the company’s keynote address at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, execs announced Wednesday that U.S. owners of the forthcoming handheld gaming system will be able to stream Netflix films to the device starting this summer.
Nintendo adds Netflix, Super Mario to 3DS
Nintendo is expanding the multimedia 
functions of the 3DS — and bringing a familiar face to the platform.
The company announced that it is working on a new Super Mario game for its latest handheld system, with the development team behind the successful Super Mario Galaxy titles leading the charge. Also, U.S. owners will be able to stream Netflix films to the device starting this summer.
Nintendo unveils partnerships with Netflix, studios
Hollywood is coming to 
Nintendo.
The game giant announced Wednesday that U.S. owners of its upcoming 3DS console will be able to stream movies to the device via Netflix starting this summer. And users will also be able to watch 3D trailers for upcoming Hollywood features.
Amazon launches movie-streaming service, targets Netflix
Amazon is escalating the battle among 
video streaming services.
The online retailer has flipped the switch on Amazon Instant Video, a ‘free’ streaming service for paying members of its Amazon Prime program. The service is squarely targeted at the growing service Netflix has been building over the past few years, with over 5,000 titles – and a lower monthly cost.
Chris Morris: Journalist 