EntertainmentXpress Inks Deal With 3D Mediacast

Public Media Works, Inc. announced that it has entered into a five-year collaboration agreement with 3D Mediacast, Inc. for its 3D LCD advertising screens to be built into EntertainmentXpress DVD kiosks at no cost to the company. According to the statement, 3DMC will also provide additional “no glasses needed” 3D screens to be placed in …

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Redbox Expands to CVS/pharmacy Locations

Redbox Automated Retail, LLC announced that it will roll out fully automated redbox DVD rental kiosks at CVS/pharmacy locations nationwide, including Puerto Rico and Longs Drug locations in Hawaii. According to the statement, the national rollout, which comes on the heels of a pilot program at select CVS/pharmacy locations, will start this quarter with approximately …

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Redbox Rolls Out Blu-ray Disc Rentals

Redbox announced that it has started rolling out Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles with availability at approximately 13,300 kiosks nationwide. According to the statement, Redbox will rent Blu-ray Discs at $1.50 per night plus tax and the company expects to have availability across its network of approximately 23,000 kiosk locations by the fall.

Public Media Works Seeks to Acquire Videomatic Canada

Public Media Works, Inc. announced that it has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Mediamatic Ventures, Inc. (dba Videomatic Canada), based in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada. According to the statement, Videomatic Canada has the second largest Canadian network of kiosks that rent and sell DVD movies and video games. The companies anticipate the definitive agreement …

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BLOCKBUSTER Express Heads for Texas

NCR Corporation announced the first major introduction of BLOCKBUSTER Express-branded DVD-rental kiosks in Texas through the replacement of kiosks at 105 Tom Thumb and Randalls stores in Dallas, Houston and Austin. According to the statement, BLOCKBUSTER Express kiosks have already been deployed in some area locations. Tom Thumb and Randalls stores will receive their BLOCKBUSTER …

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