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Dominick's, Jewel touting DVD vending; Rental kiosks to feature per-night fee on movies.(News)
Byline: JOHN T. SLANIA Coming soon to a grocer near you: DVD vending machines. Dominick's Finer Foods LLC and rival Jewel Food Stores are racing to install DVD rental kiosks, offering customers new movie releases at low prices. The...
Tags: Dominick's, DVDPlay Inc., Jewel Food Stores, Redbox
Research articles 2007-03-19
Fox Files Motion To Dismiss Redbox's DVD Lawsuit
Twentieth Century Fox has filed a motion to dismiss what it calls the “meritless” lawsuit that DVD rental kiosk company Redbox filed against it in August. Redbox is suing because Fox wants to impose release delays—essentially, giving itself time to sell more DVDs before the kiosk company rents them...
Tags: Lawsuit, Antitrust, DVD, Redbox, Fox, TooRedbox, Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Companies, News Corp., Tameka Kee
External links 2009-10-01
Paramount To Test Rental Rev-Share Deal With Redbox
The Hollywood/Redbox saga continues, though Paramount has added an interesting twist. The Viacom-owned movie studio is testing out a new rental revenue-sharing deal with Redbox, which is different than the wholesale deals the DVD kiosk company currently has with Sony (NYSE: SNE) Pictures and Lionsgate. The LAT reports that...
Tags: Studio, Paramount, Redbox, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Entertainment, Movies, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-25
Redbox Tries For Trifecta, Sues Warner Bros. Too
Maybe Redbox’s lawyers get a bonus when they hit a certain number of lawsuits but this is getting to be a bit much. Yes, like Chris Albrecht at NewTeeVee, we knew this was coming: Redbox couldn’t sue Universal and Fox over their new vending machine windows, then ignore Warner...
Tags: Warner Bros Inc., Redbox, Home Entertainment, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Companies, Time Warner, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-20
Warner Bros. Throws DVD Rental Gauntlet Down At Redbox?And Netflix
The battle between the movie studios and new movie rental services (like Redbox and *Netflix*—but not Blockbuster) is quickly evolving into a full-blown war. Warner Bros. has joined Universal and Fox in trying to keep movies out of Redbox kiosks until about a month after their release date—but it...
Tags: NetFlix Inc., Warner Bros Inc., Mail-order, Movie, Blockbuster Inc., Kiosk, DVD, Redbox, Sales Channel, Sales, Entertainment, Movies, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-08-14
Redbox Adds Fox To Legal Targets
Add Twentieth Century Fox to the list of studios being sued by Redbox for imposing delays on new releases. The DVD vendor sued the studio Tuesday—the same day it announced a 5-year, estimated $158 million deal with Lionsgate.  (Via Video.Business.com) Redbox is waving the consumer flag, saying it wants...
Tags: NYSE Euronext, Studio, Redbox, Sales Strategy, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Home Entertainment, Sales, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Companies, News Corp., Fox, Staci D. Kramer, Sony Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
External links 2009-08-12
Lionsgate Joins The Redbox Party: 5 Years, Estimated $158 Million
Low-cost DVD-rental service Redbox has brokered a new distribution deal with Lionsgate. The deal, which gives Redbox access to Lionsgate's new releases the same day they go up for sale elsewhere, could net the studio an estimated $158 million over five years, according to an SEC filing by Redbox...
Tags: Studio, Lionsgate, Redbox, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Entertainment, Movies, Tameka Kee, News Corp., Sony Corp.
External links 2009-08-11
Universal Studios In a Tussle With DVD Kiosk Firm Redbox
DVD kiosk retailer Redbox, which filed for an IPO in June (and likely won't do it anytime soon with the market conditions) is in a scuffle with Universal Studios, where the NBCU-owned company has threatened to cut off Redbox's supplies of movies from its stable, reports WSJ. Redbox has...
Tags: Lawsuit, Universal Studios, Redbox, DVD, Retail, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Companies, NBC Universal, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Rafat Ali, Blockbuster Inc.
External links 2008-12-11
Netflix Wants Half Off Under Release Delay Scenario
The studios have put the screws to Redbox and Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) in order to get them to take new releases at a later date. Redbox has sued all the big studios—but Netflix is taking a different tack. During the company’s most recent earnings call, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings...
Tags: NetFlix Inc., Reed Hastings, Redbox, Sales Strategy, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Construction, Sales, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-11-06
Redbox In Q3: More Kiosks, More Revenue
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. That could be why the company—which is known for its $1-per-night rentals—has been testing $2 rentals for new releases in some cities (via Video...
Tags: Revenue, Warner Bros Inc., Kiosk, Redbox, TooLionsgate, Operational Accounting, Pricing, Corporate Communications, Finance, Marketing, Entertainment, Movies, DVD, Money, Earnings, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-11-06

Additional Resources

Redbox Sues Fox over Day-and-Date DVDs
WILMINGTON, Del/LOS ANGELES, Aug 12 (Reuters) - A brewing battle between Redbox and some members of Hollywood intensified on Wednesday as the DVD kiosk leader sued Twentieth Century Fox for trying to bar it from renting films on the day of release. Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News Corp,...
Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., DVD, studio, 20th Century Fox
News items 2009-08-12
Judge Rules For Universal But Lets Redbox Antitrust Claim Stand
DVD rental biz Redbox took a big hit in its efforts to sue several Universal Studios units over a policy withholding new releases from vending machines for 45 days. After a months-long delay, U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler dismissed two counts in the suit late Monday, in a 13-page...
Tags: Universal Studios, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Entertainment, Movies, Legal, Companies, NBC Universal, News Corp., Fox, Vivendi, Universal Music Group, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-08-18
Paramount, Redbox Enter DVD Rental Deal
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Paramount Home Entertainment and Coinstar Inc's Redbox said on Tuesday they have entered into an agreement that will provide the DVD rental kiosk service with access to Paramount Pictures releases on a trial basis through the end of the year. Following the four-month trial...
Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., DVD, Coinstar Inc.
News items 2009-08-25
Redbox Sues Warner Bros. Over DVD Releases
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Coinstar Inc's Redbox said on Wednesday that it sued Warner Home Video over new distribution terms that the Time Warner Inc unit imposed on the automatic DVD rental kiosk service. Redbox said it filed the lawsuit in Delaware federal court on Tuesday to dispute...
Tags: Thomson Reuters Corp., DVD, Time Warner Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., Coinstar Inc.
News items 2009-08-19
McDonald's tests sell-through DVDs: redbox kiosks get exclusive baseball title.(RETAIL)(Redbox Automated Retail)(Brief Article)
McDonald's Redbox DVD machines are getting super-sized. After successful tests, McDonald's is officially kicking off DVD sales through its Redbox kiosks with Nov. 29 release Millions of Cardinals Memories: Busch Stadium 1966-2005. The fast food cha McDonald's Redbox DVD machines are getting super-sized. After...
Tags: DVD, kiosk, McDonald, McDonald's Corp.
Research articles 2005-11-28
Coinstar and McDonald's Ventures to Deliver Market-Leading DVD Rental Kiosks; Coinstar To Enter High Growth DVD Market With $20 Million Redbox Investment
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Coinstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSTR) today announced an agreement with McDonald's Ventures, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), to invest in Redbox Automated Retail, LLC. Coinstar will invest $20 million in cash and will own a 47.3 percent share in Redbox. Redbox is the leading renter of...
Tags: DVD, LLC, McDonald's Corp.
Research articles 2005-11-17
Redbox adds supermarkets.(Brief article)
By Susanne Ault Redbox DVD rental machines are pushing into five new grocery chains: Albertson's, Chevy Chase, Hannaford Supermarkets, Martin's and Strack N Van Til. The entire 400-outlet Albertson's chain will house Redbox machines by first-quarter 2007. Currently, Redbox is in...
Tags: Albertson's Inc.
Research articles 2006-11-27
DVD Kiosk War Heats Up; Redbox Sues 20th Century Fox [Voices]
The battle for control of the DVD rental business continues to heat up. Redbox, the Coinstar CSTR unit which operates more than 15,000 DVD rental kiosks around the country, today announced that it has filed suit against 20th Century Fox over new proposed distribution terms which would prevent Redbox from...
Tags: DVD, Kiosk, 20th Century Fox
News items 2009-08-12
Redbox Names Solectron Worldwide Manufacturer of DVD Kiosks; Selection Positions Redbox for Rapid 2005 Expansion
OAK BROOK, Ill. -- Redbox, the nation's leader in providing automated DVD rental services, today announced an agreement choosing Solectron Corporation (NYSE:SLR), a leading provider of electronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain services, as the exclusive worldwide manufacturer of Redbox's fully automated DVD rental kiosks. The newly designed system manufactured...
Tags: DVD, Solectron Corp.
Research articles 2005-04-27
Solectron Earns Redbox's Vendor Excellence Award
MILPITAS, Calif. -- Solectron Corporation (NYSE:SLR), a leading provider of integrated electronic supply chain services including design, manufacturing and aftermarket services, today received the 2007 Vendor Excellence Award from Redbox Automated Retail, LLC. The award honors companies that have delivered superior quality and value to the Redbox manufacturing and supply...
Tags: Solectron Corp.
Research articles 2007-05-24
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