A Wall Street trader-blogger says NCR Corp., which owns and operates Blockbuster Express rental kiosks, should acquire Coinstar Inc., owner of kiosk market leader Redbox.More>>

'Home Media Magazine' has learned that Blockbuster Express disc rental kiosks are to be installed at about 200 ExtraMile convenience stores on the West Coast.More>>

NCR Corp. April 28 reported that its Blockbuster Express kiosk business unit reported a first-quarter (ended March 31) operating loss of $15 million, up 25% from an operating loss of $12 million during the previous period.More>>

Redbox is still on track to introduce a digital offering this year, but a new study the disc rental giant commissioned shows the staying power of physical media.More>>

With scuttlebutt predicting a $200 million opening July 4th weekend box office for Paramount Pictures’ 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon,' video chains, and cable and satellite TV operators are pulling out the stops to capture incremental home entertainment revenue.More>>

Redbox is testing $1.15-a-night rentals in the Portland, Ore., area, the latest pricing test by the DVD kiosk chain that sees whether consumers are willing to pay more than the $1-a-night they’ve become used to.More>>

Starting June 17 video game rentals will roll out nationwide at more than 21,000 Redbox locations, with games available for all three major gaming platforms: Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.More>>

Redbox has more than 30,000 disc rental kiosks nationwide, more than three times the footprint of rival Blockbuster Express. More>>

Half of the new-release titles appearing in Redbox kiosks during the fourth quarter will be subject to the 28-day delay agreements with Warner, Universal and Fox, but that won’t stop Redbox from enjoying its best three months of 2011, an analyst said June 13.More>>

On June 9 Redbox parent Coinstar announced it would install roughly 1,400 coin-counting kiosks in Safeway stores in the Unitd States and Canada this year, and that could spell good news for Redbox kiosks as well, according to one analyst.More>>