Redbox, known for giving Blockbuster and Netflix a run for its money with slow-tech physical DVD-rental kiosks, could soon change its game ... to games. Redbox is currently embroiled in lawsuits and counter-lawsuits with Warner, Fox, ...READ»
We recently wrote about how Redbox, the cheap and easy video-vending-machine company that's undercutting Blockbuster with its dollar DVDs and rapidly expanding kiosks (21,000, up from 12,000 last year) and creeping up on Netflix ...READ»
We're entering the age of the kiosk: By 2013, self- service
transactions could top $1.5 trillion. DIY machines are fueling profit
growth at companies such as Coinstar, which bought DVD-rental leader
Redbox and its 15,000 locations ...READ»
Blockbuster is piloting a new movie-rental program that allows customers to load movies onto SD cards and play them back on mobile phones and TVs equipped with SD readers. The rentals cost $1.99.
Perhaps conceived as a one-up ...READ»
Last night, news leaked that YouTube was in talks with major movie studios like Lions Gate, Sony, MGM, and Time Warner to begin renting movies as soon as they were available on DVD. The full-length films would be available for rent ...READ»
Redbox scored at least a partial victory in its battle with
a triumvirate of Hollywood studios yesterday as a federal court ruled the
company can proceed with an antitrust lawsuit filed last October
against GE's Universal Studios. ...READ»
The battle lines are being drawn in the Redbox wars. Warner Bros. joined Universal and Fox in their refusal to immediately offer newly released DVDs via Redbox's $1-per-flick rental kiosks. Warner Bros. said starting in October all ...READ»
Hollywood studios are rapidly choosing up sides over Redbox's deceptively simple, but very disruptive DVD-rental kiosks. Today's players? Lions Gate gets it. And Fox doesn't.READ»
The red-hot DVD kiosk company Redbox gets a big win in its battle with the movie studios: Three majors are playing ball in a desperate grab for an immediate revenue hit.READ»
