An Illinois woman has filed a class action lawsuit alleging that kiosk operator Redbox has reaped more than $100 million in illegal and punitive late fees.
With the major studios immersed in discussions to completely revamp the home entertainment release hierarchy due to slumping packaged media sales, Pali Capital analyst Richard Greenfield said $1-per-day rental kiosks should take a place at the end of the line.
The Sept. 29 release of Monsters vs. Aliens on DVD and Blu-ray Disc could not stop DreamWorks Animation from posting a 48% drop in third-quarter net income to $19.6 million from income of $37.4 million during the previous year’s comparable period.
Paramount Digital Entertainment Oct. 27 launched exclusively on social network site MySpace the first three episodes of a 10-part original supernatural thriller series called “Circle of Ei8ht.”
