Video: News Briefs

Visit www.libraryjournal.com for LJ's 2009 collection development calendar, which links to video, audio, print, gaming, and music resources useful to collection development and readers' advisory librarians.

At the Jefferies fifth annual Internet and Media conference in New York this February, Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy said the company would "in the foreseeable future" be offering its online streaming service on a stand-alone basis; this, in response to the growing prevalence of mobile devices. Netflix customers currently pay a fixed monthly subscription fee for access to its DVD-by-mail service.

Through its unique DVD subscription program available to libraries, universities, and individuals, the independent and foreign film distribution company Film Movement sends one film festival favorite—from Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, and others—to its approximately 1000 member libraries monthly. Each DVD contains one feature film and one short film as well as a newsletter and discussion questions. More info at www.filmmovement.com.

Newly available from Media Training Worldwide: TJ Walker's Secret to Speaking Like Obama (75 min. $29.95), in which the media and presentation training expert, whose clients include Microsoft and Bank of America, breaks down 32 of President Obama's speaking traits into lessons one can use to get ahead in business and excel at job interviews and presentations. Preview the first five lessons—"Looking Confident and Comfortable," "Eye Contact," "Hand Gestures," "The Big Picture," and "Connecting with Your Audience"—for free at www.MediaTrainingForPoliticians.com.

Since October 2008, Disney has been bundling DVDs and Blu-rays together with digital copies for a combined list price of approximately $40 (Blu-rays alone typically cost $35; currently a third of Disney's DVDs are sold with either the digital copy or the Blu-ray). Now, Variety reports, Fox, MGM, and Lionsgate will also soon be selling these DVD/Blue-ray/digital combos, beginning with Marley & Me, The Princess Bride, and Terminator 2, respectively.