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DVDs down, but downloads are up for home entertainment

DVDs down, but downloads are up for home entertainment

Total spending on video rentals declined 4.9% to $3 billion as retail chain Movie Gallery closed stores, and consumers flocked to the fast-growing number of $1-a-night DVD rental kiosks like the ones operated by Redbox. Kiosk revenue was up 55%.

This DVD Is Getting Interesting

This DVD Is Getting Interesting

Coinstar and Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) are growing briskly, even as Blockbuster sputters. If Meyer is a distracting outsider, the company should remedy the situation by finding forward-thinking new faces who’ll be more amicable in the boardroom.

Movie rentals: Local store’s closing signals end of entertainment era

Movie rentals: Local store’s closing signals end of entertainment era

Buckling under the competitive pressure from movies-by-mail service Netflix Inc., DVD kiosk company Redbox and delivery of movies and TV shows over the Internet, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February. It was the nation’s second-largest movie rental chain.

Closing credits to roll for Hollywood Video

Closing credits to roll for Hollywood Video

By Jenny Kincaid Boone
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The show soon will end for Hollywood Video, one of few national movie rental chains in this region.
Hollywood Video plans to close its stores nationwide, including three in the Roanoke and New River valleys. Personnel at the chain’s Roanoke area locations are telling customers that stores will close next month, with [...]


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