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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday December 28 2017, @12:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the dollar-movies dept.

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/


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  • (Score: 2) by Snotnose on Thursday December 28 2017, @06:25AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Thursday December 28 2017, @06:25AM (#615011)

    Ahh, finally got your question regarding my stupid comment on it. I live in San Diego, I can order DVDs/books/whatever from any of the 20 some libraries in the county. I can also order stuff from the City libraries, and if I want to keep searching from any library in the state.

    It's kind of awesome. Don't remember what it was, but a couple years back I ordered a book that 1 library in California had 1 copy of. They sent it from San Jose to San Diego for free and gave me 3 weeks to read it.

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