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NEWS ABOUT: Blockbuster

Blockbuster stories: 9 news summaries
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Man Stabs Himself to Get Out of Blockbuster Shift

Winds up in jail after manhunt for imaginary assailant

Nov 4, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Aaron Siebers was willing to go to some pretty radical lengths to avoid his shift at Blockbuster. On Monday the 29-year-old stabbed himself in the leg before going into work, claiming he’d been attacked by three men. He got out of work, but things swiftly got out of hand... More »

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work • police • Blockbuster • stupidity • manhunt

 Best Buy Joining 
 Digital Movie Biz 

Service may come built-in to electronics

Apr 17, 09 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Best Buy plans to join the digital movie market this summer to offset declining DVD sales, Variety reports. The retailer is in talks with film providers such as CinemaNow—also Blockbuster's supplier—and may market TVs or Blu-ray players with built-in access to the movie library. That would put Best... More »

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entertainment • film • DVD • Blockbuster • Netflix • Best Buy • Amazon

(Newser) - Blockbuster kicked off its latest reinvention effort today, announcing a new plan to beam on-demand movies through TiVo DVRs. One senior VP called the deal “step one in getting to the places that consumers care about.” Blockbuster will also sell TiVo DVRs in its stores, as part of... More »

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movie on demand • Blockbuster • DVR • TiVo • consumer electronics • movies

OPINION

 Time to Give Netflix 
 Its Dot-Com Due 

Disciplined growth has helped it through many setbacks

Jan 28, 09 4:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Despite plenty of naysayers, Netflix boasts success like few other dot-coms, Chris O’Brien writes in the San Jose Mercury News. The movie-rental service reported record earnings despite the recession, “a neat trick that eBay and Yahoo could only dream of emulating.” Netflix’s innovative distribution system, inventory... More »

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Silicon Valley • Apple • Blockbuster • online videos • video • innovation • Netflix • Xbox • TiVo • movie rentals • movies

 Blockbuster Makes
 $1.35B Bid for Circuit City 

Movie-rental chain takes its $6-$8 per share bid public

Apr 14, 08 7:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Movie-rental chain Blockbuster went public today with an offer to buy struggling consumer electronics retailer Circuit City for between $6 and $8 a share, reports the Wall Street Journal. Blockbuster made the offer—worth up to $1.35 billion—in February, but said Circuit City hasn’t opened its books.... More »

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retail • Blockbuster • acquisition • consumer electronics • Circuit City

Jackass 2.5 to Have Web-Only Debut

'First Internet movie', studio heads say

Dec 13, 07 1:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Paramount is moving into uncharted territory by premiering Jackass 2.5 online, the New York Times reports. The December 19 premier on Blockbuster's Movielink service will be the first time a studio-backed feature film has made its debut on the Web. Executives hope that a successful experiment will pave the... More »

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Internet • Viacom • Blockbuster • film studio • Jackass • movies • Steve-O

Netflix in Heated Race for Online Movies

Company offers 5% of flicks online, and stays relevant by picking up indie fare

Oct 27, 07 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - They beat Blockbuster, but can Netflix outpace rivals in the race to show downloaded movies on TV? "It's like a three-act play, and we're in the opening minutes of the second act," said Netflix exec Steve Swasey. Act two is where startups like Vudu take on giants like... More »

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Apple • DVD • Blockbuster • Netflix • Vudu • Steve Swasey • John Waters • movies

Netflix Finds Itself in House of Business Horrors

Despite profit growth, flurry of grim news troubles Wall Street

Jul 24, 07 4:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Netflix faced a second wave of bad news today as its stock price plummeted and its website remained inaccessible to visitors. The company announced price cuts Sunday and yesterday absorbed a triple blow: lowered sales expectations, a subscriber decline, and a Wall Street downgrade. The website crash then left the... More »

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Hollywood • DVD • Blockbuster • corporate earnings • Netflix • subscribers

Blockbuster Bets on Blu-Ray

It's Betamax all over again as rental giant abandons rival HD DVD format

Jun 18, 07 6:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Movie rental giant Blockbuster picked sides today in the hotly contested battle over high-definition DVDs. Starting in July, Blockbuster will buy all of its new high-def DVDs in Sony's Blu-ray format, a damaging blow to rival Toshiba's HD DVD, which the rental company had stocked jointly until now. More »

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Hollywood • DVD • rentals • Sony • HD DVD • Playstation 3 • Blockbuster • Blu ray • movies

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