Last year, a startup called Screening Room divided Hollywood when it similarly proposed charging $50 for 48-hour movie rentals that would be released the same day the titles hit theaters through a $150 set-top box. It was backed by Napster cofounder Sean Parker. But the effort appears to have lost steam.

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