Media Decoder Blog: Verizon Teaming With Redbox for DVD and Streaming Service
The two companies will combine to try to give customers more access to video on the Web, and possibly position the new venture as an alternative to Netflix.
Media Decoder Blog: Verizon Teaming With Redbox for DVD and Streaming Service
The two companies will combine to try to give customers more access to video on the Web, and possibly position the new venture as an alternative to Netflix.
Verizon Teams With Redbox for a Netflix-Style Video Service
Here's the Netflix-style video service that Verizon wouldn't talk about a couple months ago -- a joint venture with Redbox, which has an uneasy relationship with a lot of big media companies.
What Warner Bros.’ 8-week DVD window really means
A lot has been made of Warner Bros. and its new eight-week window for DVD rental firms. But the new window is unlikely to change much for companies like Netflix, Redbox or Blockbuster. While Netflix users will wait longer, Blockbuster and Redbox users likely won't.
Hollywood Showdown: Blockbuster, Redbox Balk at Warner’s New Window
Warner Bros. wants to keep its DVDs out of the hands of renters for an extra month. Blockbuster and Redbox don't want to play along.
Warner Brothers Will Make Netflix, Redbox, Blockbuster Wait Longer for New Movies
Want to watch a new movie just out on DVD from Warner Brothers? You're going to have to buy it, or wait even longer to get it from Netflix or other disc renters.
What Netflix effect? Redbox will raise rates instead
Redbox was expected to be one of the big beneficiaries of Netflix's most recent price change. But there wasn't any apparent effect in Redbox's numbers, as parent Coinstar reported revenues just slightly above Wall Street consensus. Worse, Redbox announced it is raising rates itself.
What Netflix effect? Redbox will raise rates instead
Redbox was expected to be one of the big beneficiaries of Netflix's most recent price change. But there wasn't any apparent effect in Redbox's numbers, as parent Coinstar reported revenues just slightly above Wall Street consensus. Worse, Redbox announced it is raising rates itself.
Netflix has nothing to fear from Amazon’s big VOD library
Amazon announced today that it has more than 100,000 titles available for rent in its online video-on-demand library. That's a big number, but it's not really a threat to Netflix's subscription streaming service. After all, bigger isn't always better, and people love all-you-can-eat services.
With Redbox deal, Foursquare goes beyond bar hoppers
Beginning next week, Redbox users will be able to get discounts on rentals when they check in at kiosks on Foursquare. For the location-based service, it's one way to grab new users who don't already share where they are, and introduce them to new places. 
Netflix, Redbox are bright spots for Hollywood
Now there's even more evidence that movie viewers are turning to a rental, rather than a purchase, model for their home entertainment needs. Subscription services like Netflix and kiosk rentals from Redbox were bright spots in an otherwise dismal second quarter for the big Hollywood studios.
Netflix subscribers still angry, still unlikely to quit
Netflix subscribers are still unhappy with the company's price change, which increases the cost of unlimited streaming and one DVD out by 60 percent. The good news is that the number who will unsubscribe altogether is likely overstated due to the emotional response to the change.
