Redbox announced that it has rented its one billionth movie and launched its “Thanks a Billion” celebration.
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Redbox Expands to CVS/pharmacy Locations
Redbox Automated Retail, LLC announced that it will roll out fully automated redbox DVD rental kiosks at CVS/pharmacy locations nationwide, including Puerto Rico and Longs Drug locations in Hawaii. According to the statement, the national rollout, which comes on the heels of a pilot program at select CVS/pharmacy locations, will start this quarter with approximately [...]
Redbox Rolls Out Blu-ray Disc Rentals
Redbox announced that it has started rolling out Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles with availability at approximately 13,300 kiosks nationwide. According to the statement, Redbox will rent Blu-ray Discs at $1.50 per night plus tax and the company expects to have availability across its network of approximately 23,000 kiosk locations by the fall.
Paramount and redbox Extend Multi-Year License Agreement
Paramount Home Entertainment Inc. (PHE) and Redbox Automated Retail, LLC (redbox) announced that Paramount exercised its option to extend its revenue sharing license agreement, providing redbox access to PHE DVD and Blu-ray titles to rent at its approximately 22,000 kiosk locations on the same day they are released in the sell-through market.
Redbox Celebrates 25K DVD Rental Kiosks
Redbox and Flextronics announced that they have reached production of 25,000 redbox DVD rental kiosks. According to the statement, each fully automated redbox kiosk holds 630 DVDs, representing up to 200 of the newest movie releases and allows consumers to use a touch screen to select their movies, swipe a valid credit or debit card [...]
Redbox Expands DVD Rental Kiosks at U.S. Naval Bases
Redbox Automated Retail, LLC and the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM) announced they will expand the availability of redbox DVD rental kiosks at Navy Exchanges located on U.S. Naval installations.
Schnucks to Install Redbox DVD Rental Kiosks
Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, announced an agreement with Schnuck Markets Inc. to install redbox fully automated DVD rental kiosks in the more than 100 Schnucks locations across Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Tennessee and Mississippi.
Universal and Redbox Ink Distribution Agreement
Universal Studios Home Entertainment and redbox announced they have reached a long-term distribution agreement that will make Universal DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles available for rental at redbox locations 28 days after release. The agreement ends the legal dispute between redbox and Universal.
Fox and Redbox Announce Distribution Agreement
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and redbox announced a multi-year distribution agreement that will make DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles from Fox available for rental at redbox locations following a 28-day window from the home entertainment street date for new Blu-ray and DVD film releases. The agreement also ends the legal dispute between redbox [...]
Redbox Expands Kiosk Presence in Kum & Go
Redbox Automated Retail, LLC announced an agreement with Kum & Go, L.C. to expand the presence of its redbox fully automated DVD rental kiosks to more than 281 Kum & Go convenience stores nationwide this year. According to the statement, Redbox kiosks are currently installed at 26 Kum & Go stores in Iowa, Arkansas, Colorado, [...]
Consumers Hungry for Movies in 2010
Market Force Information announced that, even before the blockbuster success of Avatar, consumers were bullish on seeing movies this year. According to a consumer survey conducted by Market Force, when asked in December 2009 if they planned on going to the movie theatre in the first three months of 2010, nearly 70 percent said yes, [...]
One Million Redbox iPhone App Downloads
Redbox announced that this week it surpassed one million iPhone application downloads. According to the statement, this milestone occurred less than four months after the free iPhone app from redbox launched on the iPhone App Store in November 2009. The iPhone app from redbox gives iPhone users the power to find the nearest location, search [...]
Coinstar Reaffirms Guidance
Coinstar, Inc. announced that it is providing guidance for its first quarter of 2010 that includes the impact of the redbox rental revenue sharing agreement with Warner Home Video (Warner), a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Inc. Under the agreement, Warner DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles will be available for rental in redbox [...]
Warner and Redbox Announce Multi-Year Distribution Agreement
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group and redbox announced a new multi-year distribution agreement that will make Warner Bros. new release DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles available to redbox customers after a 28-day window. The agreement also marks the end of the lawsuit that redbox filed against Warner Home Video in August 2009. According to [...]
Redbox Breaks Rental Record
Redbox announced that it rented more than two million DVDs on New Year’s Eve through its network of fully-automated self-service kiosks. According to the statement, this exceeds the company’s previous one day record by more than 170,000 rentals and, in 2009, redbox surpassed 350 million rentals in the United States. For more information visit: www.redbox.com
Coinstar DVD Kiosk Installations Surpass Projections
Coinstar, Inc. announced that it has installed more than 22,210 DVD rental kiosks, exceeding the company’s guidance for installations in 2009. According to the statement, Coinstar’s redbox DVD kiosk brand has averaged 900 installations per month and, earlier this year, Coinstar and redbox announced roll-outs with Kroger, Albertson’s and 7-Eleven stores. Fully automated kiosks are [...]
