According to an article at Home Media Magazine NCR Corporation might be contemplating acquiring some Blockbuster properties.
This comes from a statement made by NCR CEO Bill Nuti who told Bloomberg News the kiosk manufacturer was willing to spend millions to acquire third-party digital and by-mail rental properties.
It is well understood that Blockbuster needs [...]
In a press release today, NCR announced the acquisition of DVDPlay. According to the release, NCR will work with its retailers to convert those kiosks to their Blockbuster Express branded kiosks starting in early 2010.
DVDPlay was the first to market with a DVD rental kiosk back in 1999. Their kiosks were [...]
I have long wondered if Blockbuster will bring Blockbuster Express Kiosks into their stores. I actually created this draft for a story July 3rd of 2009 but didn’t really have any content. But with the rollout this week of the SD downloadable kiosks, Blockbuster Express in a Blockbuster store is exactly what seems [...]
NCR Corp. is pilot testing a new model of its Blockbuster Express-branded movie-rental kiosks that allow patrons to download a movie to a secure digital (SD) memory card.
No details have been given yet about what devices the video can be played back on. Samsung and others have announced or released TV sets that have [...]
Alex Camara, who left Redbox parent company Coinstar and joined NCR in June 2009 as the VP and General Manager of the Entertainment division, knows the DVD kiosk industry well.
He sat down with Danny King over at Video Business for an interview. You can find the full text at Video Business [...]
In an effort to keep up with where Apple has taken the iPhone model and Netflix is delivering streaming movies, Blockbuster has inked a deal with Motorola, Inc. that has Blockbuster integrating its OnDemand application with various models of cellphones and other handheld devices.
It has not been announced when the service will be [...]
Just saw a tweet from KioskMarketplace.com that linked to an interesting article at Bloomberg.com. According to the article at Bloomberg.com today, Blockbuster CEO James Keyes said the movie-rental chain may be more aggressive in closing stores as it deploys as many as 10,000 Blockbuster Express rental kiosks by mid-2010.
Keyes blames the [...]
Fox has joined in Universal’s campaign against the DVD rental kiosks by ordering wholesalers to stop supplying discs to Redbox and Blockbuster Express kiosks during the first 30 days after Fox film and television titles hit the market. The move, which News Corp. president Chase Carey hinted at Wednesday during an earnings conference call, follows [...]
There have been some serious speculations going around Monday that Amazon might be looking to acquire Netflix. Both provide very complimentary services. Amazon has been selling DVDs and Blu-ray’s for years as well as having an on-demand product. Couple that with Netflix’s 10 million current subscribers and combine some services and there [...]
As the kiosks roll across America quickly outpacing the growth and footprint of the Brick and Mortar stores we have to look at how they will continue to compete with those stores. Most of the store also rent video games. That has become a significant portion of their business. The length of [...]