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Events
- Visit us at the FMI Show 2008 in Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, May 5th - 7th.
- Visit us at The NRF BIG SHOW 2008 in the New York City Jacob Javits Convention Center, January 14th and 15th.
- Visit us at The NRF BIG SHOW 2007 in the New York City Jacob Javits Convention Center, January 15th and 16th.
- Visit us at the NAMA Spring Expo 2006, March 23-24th, Las Vegas Convention Center.
News
- Coinstar, redbox take aim at c-stores
- The Rebirth of the Small Video Rental Shop
- Movie Gallery Shutter Stores
- redbox Makes Waves
- More Disruption in DVD Rental? A blog discussion
- Netflix delays movie downloads
- Like Coke machine for DVDs
- Wired News: Order Your Big Mac and DVD to Go
- McDonald's tests DVD-rental kiosks in 6 U.S. markets
- Kiosks gain new respect as a key tool of multi-channel strategies
Industry Facts
- Facts about the Home Video Market
- Blockbuster forecasts 2 million subscribers to Blockbuster Online by Q1/06. Blockbuster intends to invest $120 million in their online business.
- Netflix had 3.2 million subscribers by end of June '05.
- Video rental is a $8 billion industry, on 3.2 billion transactions. DVD sales totalled 1.1 billion transactions. VOD and PPV totalled fewer than 350 million purchases.
- McDonald's new machines hold 550 titles and are made by Solectron. They aim to have 1,200 machines by year-end 2005.
- McDonald's reported that they estimate each Redbox machine yields $2,000 to $4,000 per square foot per year and each unit is profitable 3 months of launch. McDonald's charges $1 a day per title and offers top 40 DVD titles. McDonald's has 30,000 stores.