Moviestar.ie
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Moviestar.ie was an DVD-by-mail website
, offering flat rate
subscription to customers in Ireland
.
Customers paid a monthly flat-fee service for the rental of films and TV series on DVD
. Once subscribed, the customers created an ordered list, called a rental queue, of DVDs to rent. The DVDs were delivered individually via the An Post
from a central distribution centre. Customers paid the monthly flat-rate, and could keep the DVDs as long as they liked; however their next choice would not be sent to them until they returned their current choice in a supplied free-post envelope
.
Users were asked to post their reviews and ratings
for each DVD, and this user-generated content
was publicly viewable.
The website won at the 2006 Golden Spider Awards
for the Best Website Launched in 2006.
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
, offering flat rate
Flat rate
A flat fee, also referred to as a flat rate or a linear rate, refers to a pricing structure that charges a single fixed fee for a service, regardless of usage. Rarely, it may refer to a rate that does not vary with usage or time of use...
subscription to customers in Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
.
Customers paid a monthly flat-fee service for the rental of films and TV series on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
. Once subscribed, the customers created an ordered list, called a rental queue, of DVDs to rent. The DVDs were delivered individually via the An Post
An Post
An Post is the State-owned provider of postal services in the Republic of Ireland. An Post provides a universal postal service to all parts of the country as a member of the Universal Postal Union...
from a central distribution centre. Customers paid the monthly flat-rate, and could keep the DVDs as long as they liked; however their next choice would not be sent to them until they returned their current choice in a supplied free-post envelope
Envelope
An envelope is a common packaging item, usually made of thin flat material. It is designed to contain a flat object, such as a letter or card....
.
Users were asked to post their reviews and ratings
Reputation system
A reputation system computes and publishes reputation scores for a set of objects within a community or domain, based on a collection of opinions that other entities hold about the objects...
for each DVD, and this user-generated content
User-generated content
User generated content covers a range of media content available in a range of modern communications technologies. It entered mainstream usage during 2005 having arisen in web publishing and new media content production circles...
was publicly viewable.
The website won at the 2006 Golden Spider Awards
Golden Spider Awards
The Golden Spider Awards, often just called the Golden Spiders, are an annual event honouring Irish individuals and organisations for their outstanding achievements on-line and celebrate the successes of the Internet and digital media in Ireland....
for the Best Website Launched in 2006.