Studios that release titles for purchase on only one digital retailer

[Splinterverse]

I recently noticed that most Arrow Video and Blue Underground titles are only available for purchase on iTunes. Some Blue Underground titles can be streamed for free on Vudu, but not purchased.

I prefer to have all of my digital purchases in one place (Vudu), but if the studio won't release there, I'm willing to make exceptions. Do you guys know of any other studios that only release to one digital retailer? If so, which studios/retailers?

EDIT TO ADD:
This is a running list of what has been documented in this thread so far (please keep replying with more info):

==Studios==
Arrow Video (iTunes only)
Blue Underground (iTunes only for purchase, streaming elsewhere)

==Titles==
(For titles, I use this site as well as justwatch.com to confirm the reports)
18 Again! (Vudu and Amazon only)
Bleed (2002) (Amazon only)
Dream Lover (Vudu and AMC on Demand only)
Here Come the Littles (iTunes only)
History of the World: Part 1 (FandangoNow only)
Masters of the Universe (Microsoft Store or Vudu via D2D)
Night of the Comet (Amazon only)
Scrooge (Amazon only)
Smurfs and the Magic Flute (Amazon only)
Tomb of Ligeia (Vudu only)

[tjritter79]

Originally Posted by Splinterverse

I recently noticed that most Arrow Video and Blue Underground titles are only available for purchase on iTunes. Some Blue Underground titles can be streamed for free on Vudu, but not purchased.

I prefer to have all of my digital purchases in one place (Vudu), but if the studio won't release there, I'm willing to make exceptions. Do you guys know of any other studios that only release to one digital retailer? If so, which studios/retailers?

Apple also offers the Arrow video channel as one of their selections through the AppleTV+ app, perhaps this has led to its "exclusivity" as far as purchases of titles. You can also find many of these same titles by Arrow on Shudder from time to time, as they tend to circulate quite often.

Not only studios, but certain "titles" are seemingly exclusive to distributors. A Vincent Price classic "Tomb Of Ligeia" is ONLY on Vudu, and its a 4:3 print as opposed to the widescreen version I have on BD. Mel Brooks' "History Of The World: Part 1" is ONLY on FandangoNow, and one of my favorite Christmas movies of all-time "Scrooge" with Albert Finney is repackaged as "Mr. Scrooge" and only available on Amazon.

[Splinterverse]

Yeah, I wish there was some way to easily see which titles are only available on one digital retailer. Since I try to get them all on Vudu, I filter iTunes and Amazon sales for Movies Anywhere, but then I miss out on titles that may never come to Vudu. Maybe there's some way this site could help. Like a checkbox that says "Available only from this retailer" or something like that.

[tjritter79]

The best way currently, is using the search bar at the very top of this site. Choosing your home country, then clicking on "Digital" and entering your title in the white bar. You'll get the movie/TV show title page and from there it should include links to the stores that title is available on. Seems archaic, but right now that's the best way.

[Splinterverse]

Originally Posted by tjritter79

The best way currently, is using the search bar at the very top of this site. Choosing your home country, then clicking on "Digital" and entering your title in the white bar. You'll get the movie/TV show title page and from there it should include links to the stores that title is available on. Seems archaic, but right now that's the best way.

Yeah, that works for a single title (or title by title), but I'd like to be able to see a list of titles that are only on iTunes for example. I know that would require some development work though.

Alternatively, a list of a studios that only release on one retailer would be super helpful because then we could search by that studio on the retailer to find its releases.

[GD2J]

The George Burns film 18 Again! is only available on Vudu from what I can see. Shame that it is SD only, which makes it a hard pass for me.

Also the 1994 James Spader guilty pleasure Dream Lover only seems to be available on Vudu as well.

EDIT: Looks, like Amazon has 18 Again!, but still only SD and for $19.99?! Lol, nope!

[1blufan]

Originally Posted by GD2J

The George Burns film 18 Again is only available on Vudu from what I can see. Shame that it is SD only, which makes it a hard pass for me.

Also the 1994 James Spader guilty pleasure Dream Lover only seems to be available on Vudu as well.

Dream Lover is great. It was well received by critics upon release. Plus Madchen Amick

[madmod20061]

I purchased Night of the Comet on Amazon Prime years ago. Seems to be Amazon exclusive. There are 2 versions. One with the old artwork (still available to purchase) and one with the Scream Factory artwork (currently unavailable to purchase).

[gaastra]

Ewok movies was amazon only before they removed them.

Here come the littles is iTunes/ apple tv only.

Masters of the universe live action can only be bought right now with Vudu d2d.

Smurfs and the magic flute is now only amazon.