Downloading movies recently have become an alternative to traditional movie watching. Before, you would have to go to a rental store, rely on mailing services, or actual DVD stores. With the increase in movie downloads, the convenience of watching a movie whenever you want and need with just the click of the button has become an emerging market for consumers and business alike.

Movie viewership has always been a staple of entertainment. Movies have replaced plays and novels as the primary form of entertainment to the general viewing public. Movies have been taking our breaths away ever since the first moving picture appeared on the silver screen.

One reason for this growth of this market is the rise of steadily available high speed internet. Before, with slower internet connections, downloading a digital file of a movie would simply take too long. A disk is simply easier to carry around and use. Now a days, with high speed connections and better compression formats, the ability to download movies is readily available for almost anyone who has a high speed connection.

One of the providers that may not even require you to have a high speed internet connection is your cable box. Your satellite or cable provider probably has the capability to allow you download movies with just a press of a remote control. They will send on demand movies straight to your living room and bill you through your standard monthly bill. This is a great way to rent movies, without even leaving the comfort of your couch!

Another popular way of downloading movies is through websites such as Netflix. They offer services that allow you to download movies straight to you computer, instead of waiting for a DVD to come to your mail box. This allows consumers for flexibility in watching the movies and not having to return anything through the mailbox. It also allows customers who are on the road to still rent and enjoy movies without being home.

The other form of websites that allow movie watching are sites like Hulu. Hulu not only has movies but also television shows. They show these free of charge with some commercial breaks. The quality of these videos are great and can also be watched whenever and wherever you are, as long as you have a high speed internet connection. It really broadcasts to the a larger viewing audience, which make the companies that produce these shows happier.

Companies are starting to pick up on the movie download business. Understanding that movie downloads cut down on their costs is a large factor in many movie rental companies starting to develop websites and servers allowing for online viewership. No longer do they need to pay the high rental costs as well as the purchasing of discs. Instead they have one file on one server and allow the pure profit business model take it's course.

So next time you want to watch a movie with some family and friends at home think about downloading your movies. It may be a cheaper and more convenient alternative to going to video store. There are plenty of different options. The growing number of digital copies of movies past and present is only going to get larger. Also companies like Blockbuster and Netflix are realizing that there a large market for movie downloads.