Redbox DVDs
| 12:45PM 2/01/2011
Rent two movies from Redbox at one time and get an email with a coupon for a free Redbox movie rental within 72 hours. The deal ends Feb. 14, 2011. Up to one free rental per customer per day. Provide an email address at checkout to get the freebie movie rental code. It's unclear how long you have...
| 10:08AM 1/20/2011
Here are two free movie rental coupons, one for Redbox and another for Blockbuster Express. At Redbox, get a free, one-night movie rental using Redbox coupon code MEJER92 today, Jan. 20, 2011. Or head on over to Blockbuster Express for a free one-night movie rental using coupon code MRC37H, good...
| 4:34PM 10/28/2010
Coinstar, the parent of Redbox self-service DVD-rental machines, said second-quarter profit fell less than analysts expected and that forecast 2011 sales would exceed analysts' estimates.
| 10:02AM 10/13/2010
Get a free one-night DVD rental using Redbox coupon code CHANCEMONOP. Unclear if the coupon code is case sensitive. If you keep the disc longer than one night, you'll pay $1 per night plus tax. Browse titles and reserve the movie you want to watch online, then go to your nearest grocery store or...
| 2:38PM 9/23/2010
It's easy to blame Blockbuster's collapse, which culminated Thursday in a voluntary Chapter 11 filing, on the rise of streaming Internet video and kiosk rental options. But Netflix faced the same threats and it's thriving. So what did Netflix do smarter than its bankrupt rival?
| 5:00PM 9/16/2010
It's easy to kick someone when they're down, but Blockbuster makes it too easy. Like Mark Twain, the company's demise has been reported for years. The movie rental company will probably never come close to Netflix in mailing movies to customers, and indeed, is already preparing for bankruptcy. But...
| 1:00PM 2/26/2010
Hollywood Video is having a fire sale of used videos at the 805 stores it plans to close after its parent company, Movie Gallery, filed for bankruptcy a few weeks ago.
This is great news for consumers looking for deals on big name DVDs at more than half off, but not good news for Blockbuster Inc.,...
| 2:00PM 2/17/2010
Once again, the consumer loses in the DVD rental business.
A month after Netflix agreed to wait 28 days before mailing new Warner Bros. movies to its customers, Redbox agreed to the same waiting period -- 28 days after the movie goes on sale -- before renting them for $1 a night.
That might be...
| 2:30PM 12/21/2009
When I was a kid, the first Blockbuster video opened near my school in Fort Lauderdale. And I don't mean the first Blockbuster in my neighborhood. I really mean the very first Blockbuster, ever.
The place was a revelation. Just a few years before, only the richest Americans could afford machines...