Speaking at an investor conference Wednesday, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo said his company’s joint venture with Coinstar’s Redbox will seek to leverage the DVD-rental kiosk operator’s 30 million customers and not so much on Verizon FiOS’ nearly 4.4 million customers. Read More »
Has the long-moribund home entertainment sector finally started to turn the corner? Significant growth from subscription streaming and Blu-ray rentals and sales give the industry its second up quarter out of the last three, according to studio-funded research firm the Digital Entertainment Group. Read More »
While its longtime DVD-rental rival, Netflix has signaled its eventual retreat from the disc business, kiosk operator Redbox seems more than happy to take on any physical-media customers Netflix wants to cut loose. Read More »
Yesterday, we suggested that video-rental chain Redbox might have to cave on its demand for 28-day release window with Universal, and wind u… Read More »
The last year has been pretty good to Redbox. The rental kiosk chain is about to embark on a new streaming venture with Verizon, and has bee… Read More »
Investors have filed to settle a lawsuit that claims Coinstar wrongfully juiced its share price by failing to disclose that some studios had… Read More »
Coinstar confirmed its intent to transition Redbox into online streaming next year but is still in negotiations to find the right partner, t… Read More »
Redbox To Announce Streaming Partner Thursday; Is It Wal-Mart or Amazon?
By Andrew Wallenstein
Oct. 28, 2010, 3:38am
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Redbox is set to announce a partner for its entry into the streaming business Thursday on parent company Coinstar’s third-quarter earnings c… Read More »
Viacom’s Paramount Home Entertainment will provide Redbox with its new releases on the same day they go on sale, under a long-term agreement… Read More »
It took a couple of extra months but Fox and Universal have agreed to roughly the same deal with DVD rental kiosk company Redbox as Warner B… Read More »
Redbox Drops Warner Bros. Lawsuit; Accepts Extended DVD Window
By David Kaplan
Feb. 17, 2010, 4:10am
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Redbox has ended its lawsuit against Warner Brothers Home Entertainment and will give in to the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) unit’s demands for a… Read More »
Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) and Redbox have extended their trial rental rev-share agreement by six more months. The two companies fir… Read More »
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By Tameka Kee
Dec. 3, 2009, 5:10am
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Redbox’s latest claim in its lawsuit against Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Home Video is that the two studios are encouraging retailers l… Read More »
Renting Redbox movies is extremely inexpensive — the 99-cent per night rentals are why the company is currently battling three of the big H… Read More »
By Tameka Kee
Nov. 6, 2009, 7:54am
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DVD rental service Redbox’s revenues were up 90 percent in Q3, to $198.1 million, though the LAT notes that the growth is starting to slow.… Read More »
By Tameka Kee
Oct. 2, 2009, 3:38am
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Twentieth Century Fox has filed a motion to dismiss what it calls the “meritless” lawsuit that DVD rental kiosk company Redbox filed against… Read More »
The Hollywood/Redbox saga continues, though Paramount has added an interesting twist. The Viacom-owned movie studio is testing out a new ren… Read More »
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