Movie Rentals

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What’s that sound? It could be the future sound of Netflix possibly losing some market share with the official announcement from Verizon and Coinstar’s Redbox that they will be coming together to offer a new rental service that will offer both physical and digital streaming media content to consumers. Subscribers to the service will be able to rent DVDs, Blu-rays, and have access to on-demand streaming and download service from Verizon. The service will launch sometime in Q2 2012, at which...Read Full Story

Verizon and Coinstar, Inc., the company behind Redbox, officially announced  Monday their joint venture to enter the world of online video streaming, with the clear intent to offer competition to Netflix. Verizon holds a 65% ownership share, while Coinstar is reportedly throwing in an initial $14 million to the venture. The word is that the new service will offer streaming video content, as well as access to Redbox's 35,000 kiosks, for a flat monthly fee. Rumors have been swirling for the...Read Full Story

Nearly 2 years have passed since Redbox and many others had to deal with Warner Bros. Studio policy to delay new releases titles being rented for 28 days. Warner had a deal in place with Redbox where they would delay the release of their films for 28 days in exchange for lower acquisition costs and a steady flow of Blu-ray discs, but the rental company decided to draw the line when Warner wanted them to wait 56 days. Warner is clearly making this move to help bolster new release sales that...Read Full Story

Streaming Services Compared wrote back at the end of October that Redbox has initiated a price increase on their DVD rental service, speculating it was in order to raise capital to transition into streaming.  About five weeks later, we wrote about telecommunications giant Verizon being the target of several interesting rumors, including courting Hulu, Netflix and Redbox as possible partners in developing a streaming service. The rumor was Verizon appeared to be interested in a much different...Read Full Story