Facebook’s former head has a terrible idea for bringing you movies when they’re released
Mar10
on March 10, 2016
at 12:43 pm
Sean Parker, co-founder of the infamous file-sharing service Napster and a former president of Facebook, has a startup in the works that’s dedicated to streaming new movies in your living room on release day, reports Variety. Parker’s firm, The Screening Room, will first sell you a $150 set-top box to receive streams and you’ll then have to cough up $50 for each movie you want to watch. Each film will be available to viewers for 48 hours and you’ll also get two tickets to watch the same movie in theaters. None of this seems enticing in any way. $50 is way more than…
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