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Blockbuster partner buys DVD kiosk operation

article published on 22 April, 2009

Blockbuster's hardware partner in the DVD rental kiosk business, NCR, has just purchased the second largest DVD kiosk operation in North America. The largest operator is Redbox. TNR Holdings already has their The New Release and MovieCube kiosks in supermarkets around the US and Canada. Those machines will presumably be replaced with Blockbuster Express branded machines as soon as possible. ... [ read the full article ]

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voltRis
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_ 		22. April 2009 @ 14:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
$374 million loss and they're still going? Better luck next year.

Long live Netflix and local rental stores.
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Morreale
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_ 		22. April 2009 @ 15:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by voltRis:
 Long live Netflix and local rental stores.
Local rental stores like the Block Buster just around the corner from me?
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revengine
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_ 		22. April 2009 @ 15:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Why rent period when I can dl anything I want ?
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Hrdrk20
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_ 		22. April 2009 @ 15:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Why rent period when I can dl anything I want ?
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Because it's faster to use Redbox and DVDShrink than to download. Save the downloading for new releases like X-Men Origins : Wolverine and Monsters Vs. Aliens ;)
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voltRis
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_ 		22. April 2009 @ 16:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Local rental stores like the Block Buster just around the corner from me?
I'm not arguing the semantics of "local" with you, but if you live in BFE and that's the only rental store nearby, sure.
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Morreale
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_ 		22. April 2009 @ 16:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I was just kiddin' lol

But Blockbuster probably is the best rental store closest to me, the other one sucks and another one went out of business.
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revengine
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_ 		23. April 2009 @ 07:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
lol, it takes me less than 30 minutes to dl any movie i want.
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Chroma45
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_ 		24. April 2009 @ 18:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by revengine:
 Why rent period when I can dl anything I want ?
And why make movies if everybody will steal them? Yay no more good movies and the circle is complete.
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