Kiosks Surpass Retail in DVD and Blu-ray Rentals
The NPD Group announced that more DVDs and Blu-ray Discs (BDs) were rented from standalone kiosks than from retail stores in the U.S. in Q3 2010.
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Public Media Work Readies Entertainment Kiosk
Public Media Works announced that it and Signifi Solutions have completed design, development and testing on their latest entertainment kiosk.
NECA Acquires Movie Gallery Assets
National Entertainment Collectibles Inc. (NECA) announced that it has acquired the vast majority of the assets of Movie Gallery Inc., which includes Hollywood Video, Movie Gallery and Game Crazy brands.
Game Consoles Nibbling at OTT Video Market
Knowledge Networks announced that, according to its latest survey, videogame consoles have already taken a bite out of the Over-the-Top (OTT) video market.
Redbox Debuts Location Finder Text Service
Redbox announced its Location Finder service, which allows consumers to text from a mobile device and receive a list of local redbox kiosks.
Redbox Expands Convenience Store Presence
Redbox announced that the company has signed agreements with EZ Mart Stores, Inc., Fastrac Markets, Murphy Express and VPS Convenience Store Group (Worsley Companies). According to the statement, the agreements will expand the redbox footprint to new convenience store locations in the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest.
Redbox Rents One Billionth Movie
Redbox announced that it has rented its one billionth movie and launched its “Thanks a Billion” celebration.
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.
Paramount and redbox Extend Multi-Year License Agreement
Paramount Home Entertainment Inc. (PHE) and Redbox Automated Retail, LLC (redbox) announced that Paramount exercised its option to extend its revenue sharing license agreement, providing redbox access to PHE DVD and Blu-ray titles to rent at its approximately 22,000 kiosk locations on the same day they are released in the sell-through market.
Redbox Celebrates 25K DVD Rental Kiosks
Redbox and Flextronics announced that they have reached production of 25,000 redbox DVD rental kiosks. According to the statement, each fully automated redbox kiosk holds 630 DVDs, representing up to 200 of the newest movie releases and allows consumers to use a touch screen to select their movies, swipe a valid credit or debit card …
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