The Interview now available to rent for $5.99 or purchase for $14.99 through YouTube, Google Play, Xbox Video, and SeeTheInterview.com
Starting at 10am Pacific Time this morning … Brad Smith / The Official Microsoft Blog : “The Interview” now available on Xbox Video Richard Procter / ReadWrite : “The Interview” Is Now Showing At A Streaming Site Near You Janko Roettgers / Gigaom : The Interview is heading to YouTube, Google Play and Xbox today Todd Spangler / Variety : Pirates Swarm Over ‘The Interview’ After Sony's Digital Release (Updated) Japan Times latest : Xbox, PlayStation game networks felled by known hacker group MacDailyNews : Apple's iTunes Store sits out Sony's release of ‘The Interview’ Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority : The Interview is now available on Google Play and YouTube Movies Patrick Hipes / Deadline : ‘The Interview’ Online Plan Set: YouTube, Google Play, Xbox & Sony Site Zach Epstein / BGR : How to watch ‘The Interview’ on your iPhone, iPad, Roku or Apple TV Kyle Hanson / Attack of the Fanboy : The Interview Available Now on Xbox Video and Other Streaming Services Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal : ‘The Interview’ Becomes Opportunity for Google's YouTube Movie Service Josh Lowensohn / The Verge : Oops: people are downloading and keeping Sony's rental for The Interview Kevin Fitchard / Gigaom : How to watch The Interview on Apple TV, Roku, iPad and iPhone Fred Wilson / AVC : Merry Christmas Everyone BBC : Hack threat comedy released in US Jason Koebler / Motherboard : Sony Tries Again to Make Twitter Delete Hacked Emails, But Twitter Isn't Budging Frank Gruber / tech.co : 4 Ways To Watch The Interview Online Now Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch : Sony Offers ‘The Interview’ Online For Rent Or Purchase Starting Today At 1 PM ET Neil McAllister / The Register : Sony releases Nork flick The Interview straight to DVD (digital video download) Jerry Grey / Neowin : ‘The Interview’ can now be streamed via YouTube, Google Play, and Xbox Video socalTECH.com : Sony Releases The Interview Online On YouTube, Xbox, Google Play Chance Miller / 9to5Google : Report: Google agrees to stream ‘The Interview’ on YouTube and Play Store (update: confirmed) Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek : Sony Begins Streaming North Korea Comedy “The Interview” Online Rollin Bishop / Laughing Squid : Previously Pulled Comedy Film ‘The Interview’ Now Available to Stream or Buy Online Tom Cheredar / VentureBeat : Sony offers ‘The Interview’ for purchase via YouTube, Google Play, and Xbox Video — but not PlayStation Kellex / Droid Life : Report: The Interview to be Streamed on YouTube and Google Play Tomorrow (Updated: Available Links!) Samit Sarkar / Polygon : The Interview to hit YouTube, Google Play and other streaming services today (update) Bree Brouwer / Tubefilter : It's Official: You Can Rent Or Buy ‘The Interview’ On YouTube, Google Play Ben Fritz and / Wall Street Journal : Sony Releases ‘The Interview’ Online Lisa Eadicicco / Business Insider : MICROSOFT: Here's Why We Decided To Release ‘The Interview’ Evelyn Cheng / CNBC : Sony to release ‘The Interview’ online Wednesday on Google Play, Xbox for $5.99 Pedro Hernandez / eWeek : Sony Releases ‘The Interview’ on Xbox Live, YouTube, Google Play Larry Dignan / ZDNet : Sony's ‘The Interview’ to be key streaming, security, cloud moment Bailey Reutzel / PaymentsSource : Stripe Enables Purchase of ‘The Interview’ Online Kip Kniskern / WinBeta : Kim Jong Un's favorite movie “The Interview” available today on Xbox Video and YouTube Ian Kersey / IntoMobile : You Can Watch ‘The Interview’ on Google Play Movies and YouTube Movies Starting Today Michelle Jones / ValueWalk : Sony To Offer ‘The Interview’ For Rent Or Purchase Online Ben Beaumont-Thomas / Guardian : Sony will release The Interview online Wednesday to US viewers Jessica Goodman / The Huffington Post : ‘The Interview’ Gets VOD Release Via YouTube, Google Play Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter : ‘The Interview’ Goes to YouTube, Google Play, XBox Mercury News : ‘The Interview’ streaming now on YouTube, other sites John Gruber / Daring Fireball : iTunes and ‘The Interview’ — Brooks Barnes and Michael Cieply, reporting for the NYT: Reuters : YouTube, Web channels show Sony's ‘The Interview’ a day before theaters Paul Constant / The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper : Sony Screws Over Independent Cinema by Releasing The Interview for Rental on YouTube Today Kim Zetter / Wired : Experts Are Still Divided on Whether North Korea Is Behind Sony Attack Tweets: @google : Our mission is to make the world's information accessible—yes, even Seth Rogen movies. http://goo.gl/yCdEPO Brian Stelter / @brianstelter : Sony CONFIRMS: “The Interview” will be available for rental through YouTube, Google Play, Microsoft's Xbox Video, etc. TODAY. At 1pm ET. Ben Fritz / @benfritz : Notably, “The Interview” will not be available on VOD/EST from Apple, Amazon, or any cable/satellite co. http://www.wsj.com/... Rolfe Winkler / @rolfewinkler : Big coup for @YouTube to stream The Interview. Very few people even realize that you can buy/rent content there just like iTunes/Amazon Dave Lee / @daveleebbc : Sony has confirmed to me that the release is US only at the moment. Staci D Kramer / @sdkstl : hope http://seetheinterview.com launch goes better than the news: site blank at first, now redirects to Kernel w/no mention of #TheInterview Matthew Panzarino / @panzer : Google plays the ‘freedom of speech’ card in its statement about releasing The Interview on YouTube http://techcrunch.com/... Farhad Manjoo / @fmanjoo : Oh god. I bet someone will live blog The Interview. Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : Missing from The Interview streaming options: Sony's own streaming service Crackle. (I doubt Crackle can handle) @mikeisaac : great opportunity for YouTube/Google Play — now folks know they can actually rent/buy stuff there, despite that being the case for years Steve Kovach / @stevekovach : Apple reportedly didn't have time to put The Interview on iTunes. I don't buy that now. Brandon Kindoll / @dcseifert : ugh i'm gonna pay $6 to see this stupid movie, aren't i @ganzeer : Congrats, Sony, on the most cunning Marketing campaign a film has ever seen: http://www.businessinsider.com/ ... See also Mediagazer