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Redbox reached a new distribution deal with Universal Pictures to make the studio's Blu-ray Disc and DVD titles available for rental at Redbox kiosks the same day as retail sell-through dates.
The deal also makes Universal's movies available digitally through Redbox On Demand, which the company launched last week, via transactional video-on-demand rentals and electronic sell-through.
Under Redbox's previous pact with Universal, the kiosk operator had agreed to a 28-day window after home-video release to rent the studio's movies at its DVD kiosks.
The revised deal starts with January titles, which will include Tom Cruise-starrer "American Made" and comedy "Brad's Status," written and directed by Mike White and starring Ben Stiller, on Jan. 2, 2018.
Source: http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/redbox-universal-same-day-dvd-kiosk-rentals-1202647477/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @02:26AM (2 children)
That explains a lot, thanks. Internet here (great lakes area) is fairly good. Some neighborhoods (but not mine yet) have a choice of Spectrum (Time Warner) Cable internet or Verizon FiOS, so there is at least the appearance of some competition.
Given the difference in the amount of business, I'm surprised that we have a Redbox here at all.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday December 28 2017, @02:46AM (1 child)
Blockbuster [wikipedia.org] and RadioShack [wikipedia.org] didn't burn in a day. In fact, they still have 10 and 425 locations respectively.
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(Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Thursday December 28 2017, @03:16AM
amazing, and news to me! Redbox, however , seems to be everywhere you can by food and/or beer.
Perhaps, that's the difference ;-)