News - Powered by Yahoo NewsIndie movie-rental shops emphasize customer service to fend off Netflix, Redbox
The same market forces that crushed Hollywood Video in the Roosevelt neighborhood could threaten the entire bricks-and-mortar movie-rental business. DVD kiosks like Redbox and mail service Netflix are gaining market share just as video Web site YouTube is getting into the movie-rental business.
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:10:16 GMT - (Seattle Times)
'I Can Do Bad' tops DVD sales list
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself" was the top-selling DVD in the United States last week, Rentrak Corp. announced.
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:44:19 GMT - (UPI)
NCR Brings BLOCKBUSTER Express-Branded DVD-Rental Kiosks Home to Texas
DULUTH, Ga.----NCR Corporation will install its BLOCKBUSTER Express-branded DVD-rental kiosks in Brookshire Grocery stores, a more than 150-location grocery store chain located in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:01:00 GMT - (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
More rental cabins in Norwood?
The Forest Service is proposing to add two cabins to its cabin rental program ? a popular program that allows members of the public to rent out cabins in beautiful and sometimes remote places.
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:56:14 GMT - (Telluride Daily Planet)
Jackson DVD party
The DVD of Michael Jackson 's "This Is It" documentary rolls out with a bang in Royal Oak ? and for a good cause.
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:08:28 GMT - (Royal Oak Daily Tribune)
YouTube to test movie rental service at Sundance
YouTube announced Wednesday that it will begin testing an online movie rental service on Friday to kick off the Sundance Film Festival.
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:02:43 GMT - (AFP via Yahoo! News)
With Necrosis and Megapiranha scheduled for release, 2010 is the year for Tiffany in Cult DVD Horror Films
Tiffany, internationally known for her famous pop songs of the 80's ("I Think We're Alone Now", "Could've Been", and "I Saw Him Standing There") will also be known as the star of two DVD Independent horror films.
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:01:00 GMT - (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
YouTube Movie-Rental Service Set to Offer Sundance Films
The streaming video giant YouTube hopes to turn viral-video watchers into feature-film renters who are willing to pay to stream, starting with five Sundance films
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:40:08 GMT - (Time Magazine)
YouTube to test movie rental service
YOUTUBE announced on Wednesday that it will begin testing an online movie rental service on Friday to kick off the Sundance Film Festival.
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:24:32 GMT - (News Mail)
'Hurt Locker' tops week's rental chart
"I Can Do Bad All by Myself," the latest Tyler Perry comedy from Lionsgate, topped the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart its first week in stores, while the Summit Entertainment actioner "The Hurt Locker" debuted at No. 1 on Home Media Magazine's rental chart for the week ending Jan. 17.
Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:10:30 GMT - (The Hollywood Reporter)