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Rentrak Ups Q2 Home Entertainment Revenue 35% 7 Nov, 2013
Rentrak’s veteran revenue-sharing packaged-media rental business again bucked odds, upping...More>>
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Dish Closing All Its U.S. Blockbuster Stores 6 Nov, 2013
Dish Network Corp. has decided to close all its remaining U.S. Blockbuster stores, including its...More>>
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Death of Blockbuster Was Only a Matter of Time 6 Nov, 2013
With Dish finally making the announcement all of us knew was coming, even though we might not have...More>>
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Ron Castell, Long-Time Blockbuster Executive, Dies at 75 1 Nov, 2013
James Ronald “Ron” Castell, who helped Blockbuster Video grow from a handful of stores to a...More>>
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Well Go Attributes Quality Content to Success 21 Oct, 2013
Well Go USA Inc. since 1994 has acquired and released more than 2,000 titles worldwide, and it...More>>
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AOL Bundles Redbox, iTunes in New Service 1 Oct, 2013
AOL is offering a new subscription service that bundles together offerings from Redbox, Pandora and...More>>
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Video Store Day to be Held Oct. 19 11 Sep, 2013
The Video Buyers Group, a consortium of independent video stores across the nation, will hold its...More>>
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Blockbuster Cedes Sunday to NFL Season Opener 8 Sep, 2013
It was the Sept. 8 opening of the 2013 National Football League season and Blockbuster resigned...More>>
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A Blockbuster Is Hard to Find 3 Sep, 2013
Redbox has skillfully filled in, and taken over, the disc rental market as Blockbuster has pulled...More>>
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Rental Smackdown 3 Sep, 2013
HMM staffers explored the logistics of renting from Blockbuster in relation to Redbox and other...More>>
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Rentrak Ups Q1 Home Entertainment Operating Income 14 Aug, 2013
Rentrak Corp. said its home video revenue-sharing business reported first-quarter (ended June 30)...More>>
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Blockbuster to Shutter Another 100 Stores 6 Aug, 2013
Blockbuster LLC Aug. 6 said it plans to shutter 100 domestic stores during the current third...More>>
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Analyst: Rental Discs to ‘Be Around’ for Years 5 Aug, 2013
It may be a streaming world, but rental discs continue to be a home entertainment mainstay,...More>>
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Digiboo Comes to Houston 1 Aug, 2013
Santa Monica, Calif.-based Digiboo —which offers kiosk-based digital movie rentals and purchases...More>>
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Redbox Rents 3 Billionth Disc 30 Jul, 2013
Redbox rented its 3 billionth disc this month, just 16 months after renting its 2 billionth disc in...More>>
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NPD: Kiosk, Transactional VOD Usage Make Market Gains in 2013 25 Jul, 2013
Rental consumers increasingly chose kiosks and multichannel video distributors over...More>>
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Ingles Markets Slashes Blu-ray Disc Rentals to $1.29 a Day 10 Jul, 2013
Ingles Markets July 9 cut the daily rental rate for Blu-ray Disc new releases 63% to $1.29 — the...More>>
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Analyst Projects Rental Surge Over the Next Two Weeks 8 Jul, 2013
Rental revenue from new releases over the next two weeks should substantially exceed rental revenue...More>>
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Analyst: Redbox Looking Forward to Strong Second Half 1 Jul, 2013
If box office results are any indication, the slate of DVD titles set for the second half of 2013...More>>
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Crowded Summer Theatrical Slate Portends Bumper Second-Half Disc Rental Releases 17 Jun, 2013
With the summer box office in full swing, studios have crammed so many tentpole titles through...More>>
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