Good news for the three Hollywood studios lined up against Redbox: the $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk company's revenue growth slowed in the third quarter. Good news for the four studios that have signed deals with Redbox: Its revenue was up...
20th Century Fox asked a federal district court in Delaware to dismiss the civil suit brought by Redbox, claiming that the antitrust claims raised by the maker of DVD-rental kiosks don't hold up under scrutiny. Redbox sued Fox on Aug....
Could Walt Disney Co. be changing its stance toward Redbox, whose dollar DVD rentals have roiled Hollywood? Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfield wrote today (registration required) that Disney -- which sells DVDs to Redbox through third-party distributors -- is seeking...
Apparently there's more to fear in Redbox's $1 DVD rentals than meets the eye. The leading DVD kiosk vendor has done deals with half of the Hollywood studios (Lions Gate Entertainment, Sony Corp. and Paramount Pictures), while the other half...
The Redbox legal saga started off complicated and dull, but it's becoming nutty and hilarious. To recap: Redbox rents $1/day DVDs at automated kiosks at 7-Eleven, Walgreens, etc, also selling the used discs for as little as $7, sometimes as soon as 12 days after release, which is far cheaper, far...
Redbox filed suit Tuesday against Warner Home Video, its third such lawsuit against a Hollywood studio over attempts to delay distribution of newly released DVDs to the operator of $1 movie rental kiosks. The suit takes issue with new distribution...
The news that Warner Bros. will attempt to limit new release rentals at fast-growing DVD rental kiosk company Redbox doesn't exactly merit a big headline. What does, however, is that the studio also wants to put the squeeze on Netflix....
Say hello to Redbox, the scariest thing in the film industry, at least for today. If you've never heard of this Netflix-for-supermarkets, it can take a while to put together how a shiny red DVD dispenser can make studio execs quake in their last season loafers, so here's the gist: Redbox rents...
DVD rental company Redbox Automated Retail has sued 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment over its attempts to keep newly released titles from appearing in the $1-a-night vending kiosks for 30 days. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Delaware federal court, alleges...