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Redbox and Verizon Joining Forces for a Streaming Movie Service

Rumors had previously suggested Verizon and Redbox were working on a streaming movie service to go against the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. Those rumors were true. The two companies will offer video content on demand, but to what extent still remains to be seen. https://gizmodo.com/we-dont-need-another-freaking-streaming-service-5866243 According to All Things D’s Peter Kafka, details…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 6

Redbox Puts the Kibosh on WB’s 56-day Waiting Period

While Netflix is happy to kowtow to Warner Brothers Studio’s title-delaying demands, Redbox is having none of it. The curbside video rental chain just let its contract with WB expire over the issue—allowing Redbox to rent its WB catalog ahead of the competition. The trouble started when WB tried to impose an additional four-week delay…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jan 31

We Don’t Need Another Freaking Streaming Service

Verizon and Redbox are reportedly gearing up to poop out a TV and movie streaming service. Great. Because what the world needs now is yet another streaming content provider with a nonsensical pricing scheme. Please don’t no stop ugh. UGH. Here’s the rundown on the Verizon/Redbox hash: TechCrunch reports that the subscription-based service will get…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Dec 8

Renting a Movie from Redbox Will Cost More Than a Dollar

Redbox, the easiest way to rent a movie for a buck a day, is getting a price hike. And it’s a 20% increase! Which makes the price of a Redbox DVD rental a more inconvenient $1.20. Bye, bye dollar days. It’s something to do with debit card fees. Blu-rays ($1.50) and video games ($2) will…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 28

How to Ditch Netflix and Still Watch (Almost) Everything You Want

You’re outraged (OUTRAGED!) that Netflix’s price hike has stolen your cheap movie rentals. In fact, you’re going to delete your subscription. Forever. Now what? Here’s how to replace Netflix in your life, from streaming to shiny plastic discs. https://gizmodo.com/dear-netflix-its-time-to-get-your-shit-together-5820815 Here’s what you get with the new Netflix: Unlimited streaming is $8 a month. Unlimited, one-DVD-at-a-time…

Commerce Adrian Covert Jul 15

Redbox Cooking Up a Netflix Streaming Clone

Not content to be left out of the booming streaming movie game, kiosk king Redbox is heading online, the LA Times reports. An upcoming service will offer monthly discs plus streaming. So, pretty much like Netflix. [Slashgear via LA Times]

Movies Sam Biddle Feb 17

28 Days Later: Blockbuster Now Waits With Netflix

You know Blockbuster’s incredibly smug ad campaign about how they get new releases 28 days before Netflix? NOT ANYMORE! You see, in a cost-cutting move, they just agreed to deals with Warners, Fox and Universal to delay new release offerings. https://gizmodo.com/bankrupt-blockbuster-spending-millions-on-national-ad-c-5694980 Fast Company says movies from the three studios comprise nearly half of new release…

Tech News Adrian Covert Dec 17

Bankrupt Blockbuster Spending Millions on National Ad Campaign Bashing Netflix … Again?

Recently bankrupted Blockbuster is jumping back in the game with a $15 to $20 million TV ad campaign. Reuters reports that Blockbuster is once again trying to raise awareness that it has new releases 28 days before Netflix and Redbox. But wait, wait! Haven’t we heard this before? Of course! Blockbuster’s been boasting of this…

Tech News Austin Carr - Fast Company Nov 20

Public Libraries Are Beating Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster in DVD Rentals

Apparently, your local library is the biggest DVD rental store in the US. According to a survey released by the Online Computer Library Center, US public libraries lend an average 2.1 million movies/day. That’s more than Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster. The libraries’ 2.1 million a day eeks past Netflix, which ships 2 million movies/day, and…

Movies Casey Chan Jul 31

Redbox Begins Blu-ray Rentals

As promised, Redbox has started offering $1.50 Blu-ray rentals in several locations. To see which kiosks in your area are offering a higher definition Hot Tub Time Machine, enter your zip code at the Redbox Blu-ray page here. [SlashGear] https://gizmodo.com/redboxs-blu-ray-rentals-will-be-1-50-5554958

Movies Brian Barrett Jul 30

Redbox Tries to Take on Netflix by Expanding Beyond DVD Rental Kiosks

Redbox, the Coinstar-owned company who puts those nifty DVD rental kiosks everywhere, is apparently plotting how to take down Netflix. Step one: Offer more than 200 or so movies. The company hopes to achieve their goal by using a web service—which appears to be a direct step into Netflix’s territory. It’ll have a long way…

Movies Rosa Golijan Jul 19

Analyst: Blockbuster’s Last Gasp to Occur in 2011

Blockbuster? We knew it was dying, courtesy Redbox, Netflix and the changing ways people consume their entertainment, but when will it finally expire? Probably next year, according to one analyst and the company’s own balance sheet. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/maybe-this-is-why-blockbuster-is-dying-5558257 It’s a balance sheet that’s continually losing money, with the latest blow coming last quarter, when Blockbuster…

Movies Jack Loftus Jul 11

Redbox’s Blu-ray Rentals Will Be $1.50

The president of one-dollar-DVD booth rental chain Redbox says that he wants the Blu-ray rentals to be $1.50 a night, using any thin excuse to charge people slightly more for what’s essentially the same size product. Home Media Magazine says the Blu-rays will start showing up in Redbox booths in “a few months”. [Home Media…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 3

Walmart and Target Afraid of a Little Redbox

Your mom’s probably rented a DVD from Redbox—those hulking vending machines lurking outside of grocery stories, lending out DVDs for a buck a day. Walmart’s not thrilled with them, and now blocking new release purchases in bulk. Part of the reason Redbox is able to offer rentals for cheap of the latest movies is that…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 3

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s tentatively materialistic app roundup: Deals, scrutinized! Barcodes, scanned! Movies, thriftily rented! Magazines, digitized! Pac-Man, terrifyingly adapted to the road! The iPhone’s camera, made less terrible! Turn-by-turn, discounted! Home screens, organized! And more… https://gizmodo.com/mind-your-wallet-5413982 To view the following gallery as a single page, click here https://gizmodo.com/this-weeks-best-iphone-apps-5414060 The Apps This Weeks’ iPhone News on…

Tech News John Herrman Nov 27

Reno Redbox Kiosk Begins Spitting Out $2 Video Game Rentals

The first of the long-rumored Redbox video games kiosks has gone live in Reno. Rentals are $2 per night for an at-the-moment limited selection of 13 Xbox 360 titles. Eventually, the selection will grow to encompass Wii, PlayStation 3 and PS2 games, which will compete directly with the likes of Blockbuster ($9 for five-night rental)…

Tech News Jack Loftus Aug 16

Redbox and Verizon Joining Forces for a Streaming Movie Service

Redbox Puts the Kibosh on WB’s 56-day Waiting Period

We Don’t Need Another Freaking Streaming Service

Renting a Movie from Redbox Will Cost More Than a Dollar

How to Ditch Netflix and Still Watch (Almost) Everything You Want

Redbox Cooking Up a Netflix Streaming Clone

28 Days Later: Blockbuster Now Waits With Netflix

Bankrupt Blockbuster Spending Millions on National Ad Campaign Bashing Netflix … Again?

Public Libraries Are Beating Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster in DVD Rentals

Redbox Begins Blu-ray Rentals

Redbox Tries to Take on Netflix by Expanding Beyond DVD Rental Kiosks

Analyst: Blockbuster’s Last Gasp to Occur in 2011

Redbox’s Blu-ray Rentals Will Be $1.50

Walmart and Target Afraid of a Little Redbox

This Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Reno Redbox Kiosk Begins Spitting Out $2 Video Game Rentals

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