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Streaming Not Lucrative as Bulls Think: Netflix Shares Hit Low for Year

22
Nov
By SHARA TIBKEN Netflix Inc. shares fell to their lowest point in over a year, a day after the Internet video company raised concerns about its cash level and said it will post a loss for 2012. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based Internet video company on Monday said it was raising $400 million in cash and warned of a loss in 2012 amid stagnant revenue and increased investment in its international business....
Date: 22 Nov 2011 | 0 Comment | Tags: , | Industry News,News and Press | Posted by: admin | 


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 | 


Canadian DVD kiosk company hopes to better serve customers with new technology

15
Dec
A collaboration between self-service entertainment company iMOZI Canada Inc. and Esprida Corporation, a remote device management company, will help iMozi better serve its customers, according to Soheil Samimi, president of iMOZI. "The relationship with Esprida speaks to our continued commitment to utilize highly scalable technology that is supportive of our growth of DVD Kiosk deployments through...
Date: 15 Dec 2010 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,,,,,,,,,, | iMOZI News,News and Press | Posted by: admin | 


Advanced DVD Kiosks Connect to the Cloud for Media Delivery

15
Dec
Automated DVD kiosk solutions are being combined with cloud based technologies to enhance media delivery capabilities, enabling operators to provide physical and digital media options through kiosks, as well as online and portable media platforms. iMozi Canada and Esprida Corporation have formed a new collaborative partnership to develop enhanced self-service entertainment technology platforms like...
Date: 15 Dec 2010 | 0 Comment | Tags: ,,,,, | News and Press | Posted by: admin |