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DEG: Q3 Home Entertainment Spending Up 5%

05
Nov
31 Oct, 2011 By: Erik Gruenwedel Spurred by a 52% year-over-year increase in households with Blu-ray Disc players, consumer spending on home entertainment increased 5% in the third quarter (ended Sept. 30) — the first quarterly increase of home entertainment spending since the first quarter of 2008, according to the latest data from DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group. Blu-ray-enabled households...
Date: 05 Nov 2011 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,,,,, | Industry News,News and Press | Posted by: admin | 


Consumers Not Too Concerned Over Redbox Price Hike

02
Nov
1 Nov, 2011 By: Chris Tribbey NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — There was something apropos about the dozen or so pennies sitting in plain view atop a Redbox kiosk in front of a 7-Eleven here. Consumers rented and returned for an hour Halloween night, the first day Redbox’s price jumped 20% to $1.20 a day, and the pennies were never touched. Just like those pennies, consumers paid little heed to the 20 more...
Date: 02 Nov 2011 | 0 Comment | Industry News,News and Press | Posted by: admin | 


Coinstar’s 3Q earnings soar, Redbox prices to rise

29
Oct
Redbox's DVD rental kiosks are attracting movie lovers fed up with Netflix's video subscription service. But now Redbox's owner, Coinstar Inc., is risking its own customer backlash by raising its prices, the same move that triggered Netflix's recent loss of 800,000 U.S. subscribers. The plot twist emerged Thursday in Coinstar's latest quarterly report. The company's earnings nearly doubled, largely...
Date: 29 Oct 2011 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,,,,,,,,, | Industry News,News and Press | Posted by: admin | 


iMOZI Whitepaper: Tapping into the Automated DVD Rental Kiosk Market

17
Oct
DVD rental kiosks are growing in popularity, and many business owners are looking to enter this lucrative market. Partnering with an expert can help ensure success for a DVD rental kiosk deployment. A iMOZI can help! With customers clamoring for inexpensive entertainment, revenue is soaring for $1-a-day movie rental kiosks, prompting increased demand for DVD vending machines in supermarkets, restaurants...
Date: 17 Oct 2011 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,,,,,,, | iMOZI News,Industry News,News and Press | Posted by: admin | 


Independent DVD kiosk operators fight for market share

12
Oct
10/12/11 - Cherryh Butler DVD kiosk rentals made up 31 percent of all video rentals last year; and industry experts expect the $20 billion DVD rental industry to keep growing, a prediction that Jennifer Wagner is betting on. The mother of three launched her own DVD kiosk business through DVDNow, a company that provides business owners kiosks, training on how to run a DVD business, the software...
Date: 12 Oct 2011 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,,, | Industry News,News and Press | Posted by: admin | 


Retailers benefit from having ownership of self-service solutions

11
Oct
9/27/11 – Soheil Samimi As the market success of various self-service solutions continues to grow, more and more retailers are looking into the benefits from the direct ownership of kiosk networks. Take the DVD kiosk industry, for example; redbox and NCR’s Blockbuster Express kiosks have already proven its success so various retailers are rolling them out as part of their own store offerings....
Date: 11 Oct 2011 | 0 Comment | iMOZI News,Industry News,News and Press | Posted by: admin | 


DVD kiosks may steal Netflix market share

11
Oct
9/27/11 – Cherryh Butler Netflix’s recent decision to split its streaming and mailing services into separate businesses is alienating customers, according to industry analysts, who predict the move may have created an opportunity for DVD kiosk companies such as Blockbuster and redbox to pick up disgruntled Netflix customers. Only about 15 percent of consumers rent DVDs from both kiosks and by mail,...
Date: 11 Oct 2011 | 0 Comment | iMOZI News,Industry News,News and Press | Posted by: admin | 


iMOZI installs DVD Kiosks in Nash Finch supermarkets

20
Oct
Sunday, 08 June 2008 // // MINNEAPOLIS, MN – iMOZI is proud to announce a partnership with the Nash Finch Company to rollout DVD kiosks in a number of its corporate banners, as well as within its independent retailer affiliate stores. "We are excited to partner with iMOZI to bring a new service to our customers", said Rob Burrel, Director of retail operations. "Offering in-store DVD rentals is yet another...
Date: 20 Oct 2009 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,,, | Industry News | Posted by: admin | 


NCR challenges Redbox for DVD-kiosk throne in the Red Hot DVD Kiosk Market

28
May
By Jessica Shambora, reporterMay 17, 2010: 2:30 PM ET   (Fortune) -- No longer content to just process other companies' transactions, NCR wants to take on some of its own. The nation's largest maker of ATMs embarked on its first retail venture last year by rolling out DVD-rental kiosks across the U.S., a move that's part of a wider strategy to capture a piece of the rapidly transforming entertainment...
Date: 28 May 2009 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,,,,,,,,,,,, | Industry News,News and Press | Posted by: admin |