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Redbox offering workaround Warner and Universal titles in kiosks
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article published on 24 December, 2009
Warner, Universal and Fox, three of the major Hollywood studios, announced in the last quarter that the popular Redbox kiosks would not be allowed to offer new releases of their films for the first 30 days after launch, taking a shot at the growing kiosk market which offers movie rentals for $1-a-night. The three studios account for 40 percent off the entire rental market.
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Hrdrk20
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24. December 2009 @ 19:17 |
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Too bad I'm not the CEO of Redbox, i'd have my minions burning thousands of copies to fill thoes machines. I've seen new titles on launch day but the artwork is "fan-made" and not the official artwork released my the movie companies.
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ydkjman
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24. December 2009 @ 23:35 |
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Whats to stop the owners of the Rebox's, just going into a Walmart or any place on release day and buying 50-100 copies of the DVD's?
Is there some rule against that?
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scum101
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24. December 2009 @ 23:59 |
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actually the studios think they have the right to say what is and isn't done with YOUR property when you have bought it from them..
go on redbox.. get them burns going.
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djgizmo
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25. December 2009 @ 01:25 |
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scum101,
Actually, rental stores (such as BLockbuster/Redbox/Netflix) purchase specific types of dvds / videos from their distributor for RENTAL purposes. When I used to work for a video store a few years back, I saw a couple invoices and it's crazy. Nearly $85 per dvd copy (back then) and if the distributor caught you making copies of said movie, they'd terminate your distribution agreement on the spot.
Bottom line, redbox is up against a wall. Hopefully they'll be able to pull some magic out of the hat.
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25. December 2009 @ 06:32 |
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Originally posted by Hrdrk20:
Too bad I'm not the CEO of Redbox, i'd have my minions burning thousands of copies to fill thoes machines. I've seen new titles on launch day but the artwork is "fan-made" and not the official artwork released my the movie companies.
So, you are saying that you want to wear an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs?
The studios do have the right (legaly speaking at least) to control what you do with your movies. They bought this right for a tiny price paid to a few judges. That warning at the beginning of every DVD isn't from the MPAA...it is from the FBI.
Also, I highly doubt that they are still charging $85 per DVD. I know that netflix does get a few "rental" dvds from time to time, but for the most part, they have the same DVDs that you would get if you bought the movie; they even have the second disk of a bonus pack most of the time. With this in mind, the only reason for them to buy the "rental" versions of movies is if they cost less than the "purchase" version.
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scum101
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25. December 2009 @ 07:26 |
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Quote:
Bottom line, redbox is up against a wall. Hopefully they'll be able to pull some magic out of the hat.
and that magic is called setting up a tracker funded through ads so NOBODY pays squat.. ever!
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Mez
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26. December 2009 @ 01:49 |
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Warner isn't smart enough to see the writting on the wall. Kiosks are the way of the future. With in a year or so the Brick and morter stores will be gone.
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duke8888
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26. December 2009 @ 09:19 |
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In todays market the video stores are no longer paying the $85 per copy but 14.99 price. Redbox tried to buy large amounts from Walmart but the companies sent them a letter to stop selling to redbox thus causing redbox to file another law suit. The studios should be happy their product is getting out there considering the junk the yhave been putting out.
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ydkjman
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26. December 2009 @ 12:20 |
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Originally posted by duke8888:
Redbox tried to buy large amounts from Walmart but the companies sent them a letter to stop selling to redbox thus causing redbox to file another law suit.
duke8888Where did you read that ?
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Sazy
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27. December 2009 @ 03:46 |
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RedBox does buy movies from WalMart. Ive had several RedBox employees wipe me out on opening day for Inglorious Bastards. My manager is coming in next Tuesday for the next batch of releases and is formely telling them they cannot purchase more then 2 copies of any movie in a given week or he will have them "banned" from the store. (Whatever ban means)
But seriously, when a RedBox employee does that it hurts business for retail stores. I had several customers openly say they won't come back to WalMart for a movie because of the incident.
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ydkjman
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27. December 2009 @ 23:57 |
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Originally posted by Sazy:
But seriously, when a RedBox employee does that it hurts business for retail stores.
Is this because now people will just go and rent the movie for just $1.00 ?
Don't you think that the most people are going to rent a movie first(if they have never seen it) to decide if they really want to buy it ?
So wouldn't it hurt other rental places first more than a retail store? I meen the store that they buy it from gets the sale. The same kind of sale as if 50 different people came in and bought 1 each.
Unless your going to say that there won't be enough copies for those customers that really want to purchase them to begin with.
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psp4everz
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5. January 2010 @ 22:02 |
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those redboxes scare me. are they like....Communists or something? o_O
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Mez
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6. January 2010 @ 15:57 |
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Originally posted by Sazy:
RedBox does buy movies from WalMart. Ive had several RedBox employees wipe me out on opening day for Inglorious Bastards. My manager is coming in next Tuesday for the next batch of releases and is formely telling them they cannot purchase more then 2 copies of any movie in a given week or he will have them "banned" from the store. (Whatever ban means)
But seriously, when a RedBox employee does that it hurts business for retail stores. I had several customers openly say they won't come back to WalMart for a movie because of the incident.
More than half the people are morons. I really don't care what a moron thinks. Rentals keep the movie industry a float. I think Red Box buys less of the garbage movies than the brick and morter stores buy. That is why the movie industry doesn't like them.
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