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Redbox buys up its biggest kiosk competitor

article published on 6 February, 2012

Coinstar, the parent company of Redbox, has agreed to purchase the assets of NCR Corporation for $100 million. NCR is the company behind the Blockbuster Express kiosks, Redbox's main rival in the business. The purchase wil bring Coinstar "DVD kiosks, certain retailer contracts, and DVD inventory from NCR's entertainment line of business." Additionally, the two companies will "enter ... [ read the full article ]

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ivymike
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Hmmmm
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_ 		7. February 2012 @ 00:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
there was very little money to be made for NCR since they licensed the blockbuster name anyways.
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_ 		7. February 2012 @ 09:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I smell antitrust...
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ivymike
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_ 		7. February 2012 @ 09:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My dad used to work for NCR when it was AT&T's computer division. Interesting on how the ball bounces....NCR's unofficial motto was "Never Can Retire".
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_ 		7. February 2012 @ 11:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A cash register company who has/had dealings with Blaockbuster is now dealing with Redbox... But they also make mention of Coinstar. Why? Other than to make a fact that all the devices are in the vending market.

I make mention of this as it used to be a huge source of organized crime back in the 50s & 60s. Not that I'm inferencing that any of these companies have mob ties or are into breaking legs. But KB started it with the 'antitrust' thing...
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Hrdrk20
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"Why mention Coinstar?" because they are the parent company of Redbox, who offered the $100 Mil. If a person in the stockmarket is ever interested in the performance of Redbox, they would look into Coinstar for that information.
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NCR makes/made P.O.S. systems for restaurants. Why mention NCR.......the public simply knows them only as Blockbuster kiosks.

Short lived life for that loser venture. R.I.P. BB


I would however LOVE to buy up a franchise of Redbox and own a half dozen of those things.
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LordRuss
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NCR... National Cash Register...

They make ALL/most of the cash registers that we use to hold & pay out moneys at stores & restaurants. Even the card swipe machines for our credit cards. Much less the POS kiosk machines that the other folks were talking about.

http://www.ncr.com

I thought I had a PDF file, but it was crap...
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DADEO1
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Maybe they could have a little store that had more DVDs that you could rent for a day or......nevermind.
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