Washington Post

New Web venture ClickStar set to rankle Hollywood

October 11, 2006

Kurt Scherf of research firm Parks Associates estimates 660,000 people regularly download films now and that could grow to more than 9 million by 2010. Potential customers, including people who download movies occasionally, but not regularly, could be as high as 50 million by 2010, he added.

From the article "New Web venture ClickStar set to rankle Hollywood," by Bob Tourtellotte.

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