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Blockbuster Dumps Movielink Tech After A Few Months; Goes With Cinemanow Instead

Jan 15, 2009 5:05 AM

Blockbuster’s so-called plans have been changing in real time these days, it seems, as the world changes in real time as well: We pointed out yesterday Blockbuster’s continuing vaporware plans for online and mobile video. What was lost in the shuffle was the fact that the rental chain has dropped…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, blockbuster, cinemanow, movielink

Blockbuster’s Digital Kiosks and Movielink Plans; August Launch

Jul 24, 2008 8:34 PM

Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), which recently abandoned its foolish quest to buy Circuit City, is now on to the next thing, which it has been talking about for the last year: its digital re-invention. The company has a strong presence at Comic-Con going on this week in San Diego, and is…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Companies, Netflix, blockbuster, movielink

Blockbuster Working on Direct-To-TV Streaming Device; Similar To Netflix

Apr 10, 2008 1:04 AM

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 streaming films directly to TV sets, similar to what Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) announced at CES this year with LG Electronics (SEO: 066570). The announcement is expected…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Companies, Netflix, blockbuster, movielink

Earnings
Total Money Invested By Studios In Movielink: $148 Million; Revenues Stagnant

Oct 25, 2007 11:56 AM

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 you are from one of the five studios—MGM, Paramount, Sony (NYSE: SNE), Universal and WB—that invested a total of about $148 million in five years,…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Money, Earnings, Companies, Sony, blockbuster, mgm, movielink, paramount, universal, wb

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