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		<title><![CDATA[NCR Boosts Blockbuster's DVD Kiosk Plans With DVDPlay Buy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is getting a bigger footprint in the DVD kiosk business. NCR, which operates Blockbuster&#8217;s kiosks as part of a strategic partnership, has purchased big kiosk operator DVDPlay and is converting all of its 1,300 kiosks to the Blockbuster Express brand. The acquisition is NCR&#8217;s second this...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blockbuster Starts New Grocery-Store Kiosks -- And May Save Itself In The Process]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blockbuster is rolling out grocery-store kiosks, a move that could take out upstart Redbox and re-establish its foothold in middle  America. The relatively old-fashioned DVD push is infinitely smarter than pushing into the crowded digital space or continuing its losing mail-order battle against Netflix.    Local movie...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:56:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blockbuster's way down, but poised for a comeback]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By  Tim Conneally ,  Betanews    Yesterday, U.S. movie rental chain Blockbuster Inc. reported a third quarter net loss of $116.8 million, some $96 million worse than last year. Overall sales were $910.5 million, down from the $1.15 billion it made in the same quarter...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:46:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Best Buy Spins Its Wheels in the Digital Movie Download Game]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Best Buy is jumping into the digital movie download game, but getting between entrenched gladiators Netflix and Blockbuster would be a waste of time -- and a waste of resources.    The first problem here is, like Blockbuster, Best Buy is trying to graft a millennial model onto...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:10:04 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blockbuster Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of  Karru Martinson. Karru Martinson - Deutsche Bank  In terms of where we stand today, perhaps you could give us an update on the cash balance, whether it is pro forma for these transactions or the liquidity...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:37:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Same-Store Sales Shrink, While Blockbuster's Losses Grow In Q3]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ [In progress] Blockbuster&#8217;s &#8220;transformation&#8221; plan to close stores and shift to digital and kiosk distribution can&#8217;t come fast enough. The company&#8217;s losses widened in Q3; overall revs were down 21 percent year-over-year&#8212;a slump Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) attributed primarily to a drop in same-store sales. 3Q 20093Q 2008 EPS -$0.11-$0.60...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:06:40 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blockbuster to Rent Movies on SD Cards, but Why?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[     Blockbuster is piloting a new movie-rental program that allows customers to load movies onto SD cards and play them back on mobile phones and TVs equipped with SD readers.       Perhaps conceived as a one-up response to the unexpectedly popular...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:06:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blockbuster Employee Stabs Himself Because He Didn't Want To Go To Work [Blockbuster]]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that Blockbuster kind of sucks, but I had no idea that working there was this bad. Amazingly enough, 29-year old Aaron Siebers stabbed himself then made up some phony story about being attacked by three skinheads in an attempted robbery. However, surveillance footage of the area where...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:31:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Diller: No Blockbuster Acquisitions In The Cards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Don&#8217;t think big thoughts when you look at that $1.8 billion-plus in IAC&#8217;s bank account: Barry Diller is sticking to his guns when it comes to major acquisitions. He told analysts during the Q3 earnings call that he&#8217;s more inclined to repatriate the money through buybacks, not through M&A...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Heads Up: Some Samsung Home Video Gear Getting Amazon VOD and Blockbuster Streaming by Firmware Update [Software]]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Owners of some recent Samsung HDTVs like the 650 or 7000 series and above, will be getting Amazon video on demand via firmware update. Those TVs, and some blu-ray and HTIB setups detailed below will be getting Blockbuster's video service. Yay for the endless upgrade, boo for the infinite format...]]></description>
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