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At Least Netflix Streaming Doesn't Take 6 Weeks To Reach My House
By Laura Northrup on April 12, 2012 9:30 AM
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Like many other Netflix customers last year, Chris was frustrated with the service's price hikes, loss of content, and wacky re-branding efforts. He canceled and took advantage of a free trial offer from competitor Blockbuster. His happiness about switching didn't last long, especially when it took Blockbuster six weeks to get his first DVD to him. Sure, he lives in Alaska, but it's not like they were delivering it on horseback. More »
Dish Network Closing More Blockbuster Locations Than Originally Announced
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 12, 2012 4:00 PM
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For all those of you still loyal to Blockbuster brick-and-mortar stores, we've got some bad news. Dish Network has announced they'll be shuttering more U.S. stores than they'd planned, and the rest of them will be turned partly into Dish customer-service points. More »
Netflix Is Sorry You're Pissed, Glad You Don't Have Many Other Options
By Chris Morran on July 26, 2011 2:15 PM
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Yesterday, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings reiterated what has been the party line since announcing its controversial price hike earlier this month, that the company is unhappy that you're unhappy, but that it's all going to be better in the long-haul. And it looks like, for now, customers are giving the company the benefit of a doubt. More »
What Are Your Non-Netflix Options For Streaming Video & DVDs?
By Chris Morran on July 14, 2011 3:55 PM
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With many Netflix subscribers less than pleased about that company's decision to effectively raise rates by 60% for customers who want streaming videos and DVDs, people are starting to take a look at other options. More »
Someone Is Actually Suing To Keep Using The "Blockbuster" Brand
By Chris Morran on June 1, 2011 12:30 PM
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Last September, when Blockbuster Video filed for bankruptcy protection, NCR, which licenses the video store's name for its Blockbuster Express DVD kiosks did their best to let customers know that the two businesses are related in name only. But now that the chain has been bought by Dish Network, the Blockbuster name is apparently no longer the scarlet "B" it was just a few months ago. More »
Dish Network Wins Blockbuster For $320 Million At Auction, Swears It Was Just Raising Its Hand To Wave To A Friend
By Chris Morran on April 6, 2011 11:45 AM
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Blockbuster Video — or rather the assets of Blockbuster — now have a new owner after Dish Network won what's left of the beleaguered video rental company for around $320 million at auction. More »
Use Up Your Blockbuster Gift Cards Before April 7, 2011
By Laura Northrup on March 30, 2011 2:00 PM
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Do you have any Blockbuster Video gift cards lying around the house? Better find them and use them up soon, assuming that you can find a Blockbuster outlet. Multiple sources inside the company have let us know that those gift cards won't be accepted after April 6, 2011 due to the company's bankruptcy. More »
Blockbuster To Close 182 Stores... Wait, There Are Still Blockbusters?
By Chris Morran on December 20, 2010 3:30 PM
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It's hard to believe that Blockbuster's $20 million TV ad campaign hasn't been able to save the sinking ship. Alas, the once-great video chain will soon say farewell to 182 stores over the coming months. More »
Blockbuster Express Agrees To 28-Day Delay On New Warner Bros. Releases
By Chris Morran on December 16, 2010 1:00 PM
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While bankrupt video chain Blockbuster Video is spending millions on TV ads to trumpet its immediate access to new releases, the folks behind the Blockbuster Express rental kiosks have made a deal with Warner Bros. and other studios to delay renting new titles by 28 days. More »
Movie Studios Blocking Special Features On Rental DVDs
By Chris Morran on December 9, 2010 2:20 PM
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In an apparent effort to give customers a reason to buy DVDs instead of renting them, movie studios have begun disabling certain features of new releases on discs rented out by Blockbuster and Netflix. More »
Blockbuster To Waste $15-20 Million On TV Ads
By Chris Morran on November 18, 2010 1:40 PM
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Bankrupt relic of a bygone time, Blockbuster Video, announced plans yesterday to launch its first national TV ad campaign since 2007 and that they plan on somehow taking aim at Redbox and Netflix. More »
Netflix Agrees To Delay Rentals Of New Sony Releases By 28 Days
By Chris Morran on October 7, 2010 10:32 AM
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Yesterday, Netflix continued to demonstrate its focus on expanding the company's online streaming library — at the risk of losing business on new release DVD rentals — by announcing a deal with Sony that would delay rentals of the studio's new titles by 28 days. In exchange, Netflix receives access to streaming licenses for more Sony titles. More »
Report: Blockbuster To File For Bankruptcy Tomorrow Morning
By Chris Morran on September 22, 2010 5:01 PM
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About a month ago, we wrote about reports that Blockbuster Video would be filing for bankruptcy in mid-September. So it shouldn't come as a huge surprise that Bloomberg News is reporting that the video chain will be making the filing official on Thursday morning. More »
Blockbuster Filing For Bankruptcy In September
By Ben Popken on August 27, 2010 1:00 PM
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Blockbuster told Hollywood studios that it's planning to file for bankruptcy in mid-September. More »
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10 Companies That Were Once Great But Now Kinda Suck
By Chris Morran on August 19, 2010 2:30 PM
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There was a time when many of us got our videos at Blockbuster after shopping for a Sony Discman at Sears, all while talking on our Motorola phone. All of these companies have had their glory days, but now they're on the U.S. News & World Report's list of 10 Companies That Have Lost Their Edge. More »
Blockbuster Chases GameFly, Offers Game Rentals By Mail
By Chris Walters on August 10, 2010 11:30 AM
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Yesterday we noted that Blockbuster was launching a new DVD-by-mail rental service (which Netflix promptly one-upped by announcing a new streaming agreement), and today we're getting tips from people that the beleaguered brick and mortar movie rental company is throwing games into the offer as well. FastCompany notes that GameFly offers around 7,000 game titles compared to Blockbuster's library of 3,000 titles. On the other hand, Blockbuster's rental plans start at $9/mo compared to GameFly's $16/mo (both for one disc at a time). More »
Comcast & Blockbuster Try To Double-Team Netflix With DVDsByMail
By Chris Morran on August 9, 2010 11:15 AM
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With Netflix invading Canada and Redbox thinking about going online, the once-great Blockbuster Video has teamed up with Comcast to launch a joint effort: DVDsByMail.com. More »
More People Getting DVDs From Library Than From Netflix Or Redbox
By Chris Morran on July 29, 2010 1:00 PM
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Why rent the cow when you can borrow the milk for free? That seems to be the mindset of many Americans, as a new study claims that more DVDs are borrowed from libraries each day than are rented via Netflix, Redbox or Blockbuster. More »
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Redbox Wants To Get Into Online DVD Rental & Streaming Biz
By Chris Morran on July 19, 2010 12:15 PM
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While Redbox might be doing bang-up business with their 24,000 DVD rental kiosks around the country, the company knows how quickly you can go from the front of the pack to the rear (just ask Blockbuster). So in an attempt to compete with online rental and streaming service Netflix, Redbox's president says it's hatching a plan to expand its market to online users. More »
Blockbuster Won't Refund My Money Because They Screwed Up Yesterday
By Chris Morran on July 15, 2010 3:35 PM
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Even when it was the biggest bully on the playground, Blockbuster Video was never really known for its amazing customer service. And now that the company's death rattle is growing louder, the idea that "the customer is always right" has apparently become "you're wrong because yeah, whatever." More »
