NEW YORK — Now playing: movies at . The world’s largest retailer on Tuesday started streaming many movies the same day they come out on DVD, in a second bid for a share of Netflix’s business and just two weeks after Netflix announced price increases.
Wal-Mart bought video-streaming service Vudu 18 months ago and now offers 20,000 titles that can be viewed on almost any device with Internet access, including computers, televisions, and Sony’s PlayStation3 and other Blu-ray players.
Movies are available at to rent for $1 to $5.99 or to purchase for $4.99 and up. Wal-Mart is not offering subscriptions.
Wal-Mart has tested the movie-rental waters before. It previously offered a DVD-by-mail service. But it ceded that program to Netflix in May 2005. The Associated Press
