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Why go pay five dollars for digital movies when you can go to your local Redbox kiosk? As someone who grew up loving renting movies, it still saddens me today that rental stores have pretty much died out across America. I get digital rentals are far ...
Whether it was because you didn't feel like dishing out the $9.50 that's required at theaters these days or because you ran out of time, what better time than the holiday season to catch up on some movies you may have missed? Redbox has over 30 new ...
Deputies say they arrested a man who Tasered two women looking for a movie at a Redbox then ran off with one of their purses. Freddie Lee Thomas, 48, was arrested early Saturday on charges of armed robbery and battery, according to a Lee County ...
Redbox parent Outerwall (NASDAQ:OUTR) late Thursday beat Wall Street's profit target, but missed on sales. Shares of the automated retail kiosk operator fell Friday as DVD rental volume continued to decline. In the September quarter, Outerwall earned ...
Doha was one of Uber's first cities outside of the USA. Local start-ups focussing on the services like last-mile delivery and some are replicating models that have worked overseas. David commented: “If the energy and motivation that was apparent in the ...
The movie rental company bets on hyper-targeted email campaigns to stay relevant in a crowded space. By Judith Aquino | Published 09/30/2015 in 1to1 Media. Print Comment Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. In 2002, the year Redbox launched its firsts ...
Mike DeLazzer, one of the founding team members behind Redbox — the movie and video game disc-dispensing machines — spoke recently to a group of students at Iowa State University. Before his speech, DeLazzer sat down with the Register to take a ...
Outerwall (NASDAQ:OUTR) stock dropped through the floor on Friday, a day after the Redbox parent reported declining DVD rentals from its kiosks. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company beat Wall Street estimates on earnings but missed on revenue.
Outerwall (NASDAQ:OUTR) is holding near highs ahead of its Q2 earnings report on Thursday after the close. The entertainment, recycling and coin conversion kiosk operator is expected to report earnings per share of $1.68, up 18% from the year-ago ...
Redbox, which provides video game rentals via automated retail kiosks in North America, has announced it plans to dramatically expand its selection of games for the Xbox One and Playstation 4. The company hopes to make the games available in all its ...
With E3, the vidgame industry's annual confab, beginning next week, Redbox is embracing the latest generation of consoles. The company plans to dramatically expand its selection of games for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in kiosks nationwide, with a ...
Redbox parent Outerwall (NASDAQ:OUTR) got a big boost in the first quarter from cost controls and higher movie rental prices at its kiosks. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company smashed Wall Street's expectations late Thursday with its March-quarter results.
But when Netflix and Redbox showed up (at the tail end of the dying video store era) they shattered the convenience and cost of the renting from a chain or buying a movie, which cut into the studios bottom line, because Netflix isn't in Any City, USA ...
Redbox, which rents DVDs through vending machines dotted across the U.S., has extended its deal with Warner Bros. by two years, through March 31, 2017, maintaining a 28-day window on the studio's Blu-ray Disc and DVD titles. Deal comes after Redbox ...
Here's what will be available at your local Redbox and streaming on Netflix in the coming month. By David Gurliacci (Patch Staff) - March 28, 2015 8:34 am ET. What's Coming in April to Redbox in Greenwich, and to Netflix. Interstellar, the Imitation ...
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In its 4Q and year-end conference call yesterday, Outerwall Inc. announced that it will be shuttering its Redbox kiosk business in Canada. "The remaining value of the content library and capitalized install costs will be amortized over an expected ...
RedBox, which rents DVDs via red kiosks in various third-party stores across Canada, has announced it is closing up shop in Canada. In a statement on its website, the company, which set up shop in Canada in 2012 and now has 1,400 kiosks across the ...
David Wiebe, Customer Service representative at the Chilliwack call centre, said in the U.S., Redbox movies were rented every three minutes. In Canada those numbers didn't even come close. "We try to keep our prices the same as the States at $1.50 per ...
DVD and Blu-ray rental company Redbox is shutting down its Canadian operations and pulling its rental kiosks out of Canada. Chicago-based Redbox announced Thursday that it made the decision after failing to generate sufficient business at its 1,400 ...
Shares of Redbox parent Outerwall (NASDAQ:OUTR) tumbled Tuesday after the company announced that Scott Di Valerio has stepped down as CEO and resigned from the board, a major red flag coming just two weeks before Outerwall is due to report Q4 ...
Redbox partnered with AirAsia to launch the newest low-cost courier in town, offering the best value-for-money express courier and parcel delivery service. Wholly developed by AirAsia, Redbox saves customers up to 50 per cent on costs over existing ...
A month of Redbox movie watching, however, is still cheaper than the price-oriented alternative. Photo: Reuters. More On: dvds · Why 'Singin' in the Rain' isn't the greatest MGM musical · Claudette Colbert chases millionaires in screwball masterpiece ...
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Looking to get more green from its existing customers, Redbox is hiking the price for renting movies from its kiosks starting Dec. 2. Redbox parent Outerwall (NASDAQ:OUTR) on Monday announced new daily rental prices for DVDs, Blu-ray Discs and video ...
Redbox next week will raise the daily rental prices of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs, followed by a 50% jump in videogame rental fees in January — moves that parent company Outerwall expects to have an “adverse impact” on rental volumes. As of Dec. 2, 2014 ...
Another Redbox price increase is schedule for December 2. DVD rentals, currently priced at $1.20, will rise to $1.50, and Blu-Rays, currently $1.50, will be $2 – a 33 percent hike. Redbox started in 2002 as an experiment at McDonalds. Today, the DVD ...
Outerwall squeezed more profit from its Redbox DVD-rental kiosk business in the third quarter, cheering investors who have been down on the stock lately. Outerwall (NASDAQ:OUTR) stock was up more than 11% in afternoon trading on the stock market ...
DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks are only $1.20, but getting one for free is even better. The company has announced a new rewards program that offers a free movie rental after a certain amount of points. The Play Pass will give people 10 points for each ...
Lionsgate has renewed a multi-year deal with Redbox that will keep supplying the kiosk giant with DVDs of its movies, the companies announced Tuesday. The pact will likely elicit a sigh of relief from investors in Redbox parent company Outerwall ...
A federal appellate court ruled Thursday that self-service movie kiosk company Redbox did not violate the Video Privacy Protection Act by giving an outside customer-service vendor access to its customer database. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ - Analyst Report) and Outerwall Inc. (OUTR - Snapshot Report) have decided to officially shutdown its video streaming business venture, Redbox Instant, effective Oct 7. While Outerwall's Redbox Instant offered movies to ...
Outerwall (NASDAQ:OUTR), the operator of Redbox DVD rental kiosks, and Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) announced Saturday that they are pulling the plug on Redbox Instant, a joint venture that combined Redbox DVD rentals and Verizon streaming ...
The streaming service of the popular video kiosk Redbox is shutting down on Tuesday, the company said, a disappointing end for a service backers hoped would compete with Netflix. In a online message to Redbox Instant customers, the company said it will ...
Redbox's bid into the world of online streaming, Redbox Instant, will end its services effective Tuesday, Oct. 7. While Redbox's physical kiosks will remain, the subscription streaming service will no longer be operational, Redbox announced.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Verizon Communications (VZ) and Outerwall's (OUTR) joint venture movie streaming service, Redbox Instant, is officially closing as of tomorrow, as Netflix (NFLX) strengthens its stranglehold over the streaming content business.
“Thank you for being a part of Redbox Instant by Verizon. Please be aware that the service will be shut down on Tuesday, October 7, 2014, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time. Information on applicable refunds will be emailed to current customers and posted here ...
Verizon will shut down its Netflix competitor Redbox Instant on Tuesday, a mere year and a half after the firm first launched the video-streaming service in the USA. It's set to shut down permanently in a little over 48 hours from now, Verizon told ...
I gave it a good shot, but it was just not worth it. High prices with a fraction of choices. Poor Customer Service to boot. I tried to give a few suggestions to the powers that be. I told them if they didn't make some changes and fast that the ...
Redbox Instant, the movie-streaming venture between Outerwall Inc. (OUTR) and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), will cease operations on Oct. 7, according to a notice to customers on its website. “The service is shutting down because it was not as ...
Redbox Instant, a streaming video service operated by Verizon Communications and Outerwall's Redbox, will shut down next week because the venture has not been as successful as hoped, the two companies announced Saturday.The service, which ...
Unable to make headway in competing with Netflix, Verizon Communications and Outerwall's Redbox unit said Saturday they will shut down their streaming-media joint venture. Outerwall (then called Coinstar) and Verizon formed Redbox Instant by Verizon in ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Redbox Instant, a streaming video service operated by Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) and Outerwall Inc's (OUTR.O) Redbox, will shut down next week because the venture has not been as successful as hoped, the two ...
Redbox Instant by Verizon, the Netflix-like subscription multiscreen video service, is shutting down on Tuesday, Oct. 7, the joint venture confirmed in this Web posting. GigaOm first reported about the coming shut-down on Saturday, noting that ...
Netflix has bested another one. The streaming service from Redbox and Verizon, Redbox Instant, is officially throwing in the towel. Those who subscribe to the $6-per-month service received an email today informing them of the pending shutdown. Redbox ...
The Redbox Instant joint venture between Outerwall (NASDAQ:OUTR), the operator of Redbox DVD rental kiosks, and Verizon Communications is rumored to be coming to an end. The subscription service, which combined Redbox DVD rentals and Verizon ...
TORONTO — A lot of giant red boxes have been popping up lately in grocery stores, gas stations and convenience stores across Canada. They've arrived at Tim Hortons and Shoppers Drug Mart, too. They're the new face of DVD rentals, a business that ...
The movie-rental company released the promo code for the freebie on its Instagram account, which has caused a lot of complaints on its Facebook page. Seems a lot of folks are tired of having to hunt for freebies on the various social media channels.
From what I have read online, Redbox is well aware of this problem and when a patron receives a sheet of paper instead of a movie or game disc, their 'happy' Customer Service drones responds with an offer of two or three FREE movies or games for ...
With DVD rentals slowing, Redbox kiosk operator Outerwall (NASDAQ:OUTR) plans to squeeze more profit from the business by removing underperforming machines and potentially raising prices. Outerwall late Thursday said Redbox sales fell 7% year over ...
