Then Blockbuster (nyse: BBI - news - people ) launched a DVD mail-rental service this August.
The other gem in Viacom's gold mine is Blockbuster Entertainment (nyse: BBI - news - people ), of which it owns 81%.
Coleman recruited Lynch, who had worked extensively with SAS while at Blockbuster (nyse: BBI - news - people ) before getting his Ph.
Harris points to the move by Blockbuster (nyse: BBI - news - people ) to expand its Blu-Ray offerings last year as one key point.
In recent years he fought for and won a seat on the board of Blockbuster (nyse: BBI - news - people ), after denouncing the management's spending and pay.
He also said he expects Blockbuster (nyse: BBI - news - people ), which Netflix sued last April for patent infringement over Netflix's sales policies, to copy the Netflix live movie service.
Since then, rental services Blockbuster (nyse: BBI - news - people ) and NetFlix and retailer Target (nyse: TGT - news - people ) lined up behind Sony's format.
Only time will tell whether bookstores will go the way of Blockbuster ( BBI), Hollywood Video, et al, which have been forced to shrink or close bricks and mortar stores in the face of new technology and distribution.
On Friday Circuit City Stores (nyse: CC - news - people ) said it opened its books to would-be suitor Blockbuster (nyse: BBI - news - people ) and the rental chain's largest shareholder, billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn .
That's because the iPhone's severe design isn't about aesthetics: it's a solution to the very modern problem of how to combine computing, communications and mobility in a single device, says Mark Rolston, chief creative officer at Frog Design, which has worked on projects from Logitech devices to online services for Blockbuster (nyse: BBI - news - people ).
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