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Blockbuster trying to stay relevant, will begin renting movies on SD cards

by Robert Nelson on Nov 11, 2009 at 08:32 AM

Blockbuster has decided to begin testing a new pilot program that will allow in-store visitors to rent a movie on an SD card. The plan is simple, those entering a Blockbuster store will be able to bring in an SD card and rent a movie by way of a self-service… Continue Reading »

Vudu unveils “99 for 99” channel along with 99-cent movie renewals

by Robert Nelson on Aug 13, 2008 at 08:06 PM

Vudu seems to have picked a strange time to launch a “summer blockbuster special” however there seems to be no mention of an end-date either so we can only hope it remains available. Their latest offering seems to be a step in the right direction and includes 99-cent movie renewals… Continue Reading »

Blockbuster begins movie download, rental service

by Robert Nelson on Aug 6, 2008 at 12:28 PM

Blockbuster has taken the step and begin offering, still as a beta only service movie downloads and movie rentals. This new service marks the integration of the Movielink service which they purchased just about one year ago. Currently Blockbuster is offering around 5,000 movie and TV shows which can be… Continue Reading »

Vudu offers up wireless kit for $79

by Robert Nelson on Jun 5, 2008 at 07:26 AM

Vudu has just released a wireless accessory kit for their set-top box. The new kit will allow current Vudu box owners to easily add a wireless connection for $79. While it would have been nice to see the new Vudu boxes begin to offer wireless connectivity built-in, they are also… Continue Reading »

Blockbuster prepping 30 second in-store movie download kiosk

by Arnold Zafra on May 30, 2008 at 03:26 PM

Blockbuster is about to launch a pilot test of its in-store kiosks for downloading movies into portable media devices. Sounds cool? Even cooler is the fact that downloading one movie would only take a customer two minutes. And we’re not talking here of short half an hour movies but movies… Continue Reading »

Vudu goes to version 1.5, now offering rental extensions

by Robert Nelson on May 29, 2008 at 07:22 PM

Vudu has just given their set-top-box a nice update, now at software version 1.5 it brings one update that some will consider very important. The new feature is movie rental extensions. Now, with the new software if, or for some, when you fail to finish watching your rented movie in… Continue Reading »

TiVo prepping 24-hour Disney movie rental service

by Arnold Zafra on May 29, 2008 at 12:26 PM

The direct-to-TV movie/video rental market is heating up with each of the major industry players coming up with their own proprietary movie rental services for the movie-watching public. The latest news that we have is coming courtesy of TiVo which has just sealed an agreement with Disney-ABC and CinemaNow to… Continue Reading »

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