Blockbuster’s Digital Kiosks and Movielink Plans; August Launch
Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), which recently abandoned its foolish quest to buy Circuit City, is now on to the next thing, which it has been talk… Read more »
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Industry Moves: Blockbuster Hires Former WaBro Exec As New Digital Content VP
By Rafat Ali
Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), which is still trying to figure out this digital media thing, has hired a new VP of studio relation and digital med… Read more »
Blockbuster Abandons Its Circuit City Quest
By Rafat Ali
In this year of non-deals and terminated deals, this is not a surprise, considering how foolish the bid was in the first place: Blockbuster… Read more »
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Circuit City May Announce Deal Soon; Not Necessarily Blockbuster Though
By Joseph Weisenthal
There hasn’t been much movement on the potential deal between Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) and Circuit City since the electronics retailer agreed… Read more »
Earnings: Blockbuster Swings To Profit In Q1 As Revenues Drop 5.4 Percent
By David Kaplan
While movie renter Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) saw Q1 profits of $45.4 million ($0.20 per diluted share) compared to last year’s $49 million net… Read more »
Circuit City Opens Door To Blockbuster; Icahn May Buy Chain Himself
By Joseph Weisenthal
The awkward pairing of Circuit City and Blockbuster is past the spitball phase and into the handholding phase. The struggling electronics gi… Read more »
Blockbuster In Talks To Take stake in New Premium CableCo; Wants Digital Rights: Report
By Rafat Ali
So Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is desperate for a deal, any deal, any which way: after its strange proposal to buy CircuitCity (which will have… Read more »
Circuit City Shareholder Launches Proxy Fight; Slams Blockbuster Rejection
By Joseph Weisenthal
Circuit City has another mess to deal with. In addition to fending off Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), it now has a proxy fight on its hand. Wattle… Read more »
Netflix Takes A Drubbing; Stock Down Over 23 Percent After Earnings
By Joseph Weisenthal
Ouch: Yesterday’s after-hours action was rough for Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), but today’s trading is even worse. With the trading day almost over… Read more »
Blockbuster-Circuit City: Analysts Skeptical; Netflix Could Be Winner
By Joseph Weisenthal
A day after Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) announced its bid for Circuit City, analysts and the investors are still scratching their heads. After l… Read more »
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Circuit City: Haven’t We Seen This Before?
By Joseph Weisenthal
Throughout its conference call explaining the deal, Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) CEO Jim Keyes touted the opportunity for Circuit City to sell me… Read more »
Blockbuster Seeks To Acquire Circuit City; At Least 54 Percent Premium
By Joseph Weisenthal
Depending on how you look at it, they’re either doubling down on brick and mortar or waving the white flag on their core business… Video r… Read more »
Blockbuster Working on Direct-To-TV Streaming Device; Similar To Netflix
By Rafat Ali
Video retailer Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), in the middle of a big reorg of its offline rental business, is working on a set-top device for stre… Read more »
Blockbuster Raises Total Access Prices; Curbs Money-Losing Program
By Joseph Weisenthal
Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is boosting prices at its Total Access service, which lets customers rent DVDs over the internet and in stores. Duri… Read more »
Jackass Franchise To Debut Online Through Blockbuster’s Movielink; $2 Million For Rights Plus Ad Rev
By Rafat Ali
Viacom (NYSE: VIA) owned Paramount Studios and co-producer MTV New Media are debuting the latest version of its Jackass franchise online, wh… Read more »
How Blockbuster Blew Up: The Transcript
By Rafat Ali
We and others reported on Blockbuster’s (NYSE: BBI) rather disastrous Q3 earnings last week, and the complete implosion on its online DVD re… Read more »
Earnings: Blockbuster Q3 Net Loss Widens 41.7 Percent; Revs Fall 5.7 Percent
By David Kaplan
Pinning its poor Q3 performance primarily on costs related to closure and sell off of over 500 retail stores, video rental service Blockbust… Read more »
Total Money Invested By Studios In Movielink: $148 Million; Revenues Stagnant
By Rafat Ali
Not that a lot of people are interested in Movielink’s fate anymore, after it got sold to Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) earlier this year, but if… Read more »
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