You know Blockbuster’s incredibly smug ad campaign about how they get new releases 28 days before Netflix? NOT ANYMORE! You see, in a cost-cutting move, they just agreed to deals with Warners, Fox and Universal to delay new release offerings. More »
Apparently, local libraries are the biggest DVD rental stores in the US. According to a survey released by the Online Computer Library Centre, US public libraries lend an average of 2.1 million movies per day. That’s more than Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster. More »
Redbox, the Coinstar-owned company who puts those nifty DVD rental kiosks everywhere in the US, is apparently plotting how to take down Netflix. Step one: offer more than 200 or so movies. More »
Blockbuster? We knew it was dying, courtesy Redbox, Netflix and the changing ways people consume their entertainment, but when will it finally expire? Probably next year, according to one analyst and the company’s own balance sheet. More »
Your mum’s probably rented a DVD from Redbox – those hulking vending machines lurking outside of supermarkets, lending out DVDs for a buck a day. Walmart’s not thrilled with them, and now blocking new release purchases in bulk. More »
The first of the long-rumoured Redbox video games kiosks has gone live in Reno. Rentals are $US2 per night for an at-the-moment limited selection of 13 Xbox 360 titles. More »
