Or look at what is happening with Redbox, the company with those dollar-a-night DVD rental kiosks.
The guy did hand you Redbox on a silver platter five years ago .
And, there is some competition from physical DVD rental providers such as Blockbuster and RedBox.
So Universal, Fox and Warner Bros. have stopped distributing their new movies to Redbox.
The agreement also extends redbox's access to Blu-ray titles, which it is testing in select markets.
ENGADGET: Redbox deal with Fox puts a 4 week hold on new releases, starting with Avatar
Redbox also agrees to destroy DVDs and Blu-ray discs following their lifespan in the rental kiosks.
ENGADGET: Redbox deal with Fox puts a 4 week hold on new releases, starting with Avatar
By contrast, Redbox currently maintains about 200 titles in each of its 24, 000 DVD dispensers.
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Coinstar, parent of the Redbox video rental chain, this afternoon posted better-than-expected Q1 results.
If Disney started holding its movies back, says Greenfield, Redbox could start to see real declines.
Interested newcomers to the Redbox Instant beta can request entry into the beta by visiting www.
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Xbox 360 is the exclusive gaming and entertainment console launch partner for Redbox Instant by Verizon.
ENGADGET: Redbox Instant coming to Xbox 360 as console launch exclusive in the 'very near future'
Zynga and Redbox both have analytics in their DNA i.e their analytics maturity is pretty high.
's Redbox have expanded into streaming video to Internet-connected devices to compete with Netflix.
And what does this have to do with Redbox, the ubiquitous DVD kiosks owned by Coinstar?
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Amazon and Verizon (in partnership with Redbox) are also offering their streaming services for low prices.
Studios like Fox, Universal and Warner Bros. make Redbox users wait 28 days to rent their films.
Redbox had 33, 300 kiosks as of June 30, according to a July 28 regulatory filing by Coinstar.
The first windowed release covered under the new agreement is AVATAR, which Fox will directly supply to redbox.
ENGADGET: Redbox deal with Fox puts a 4 week hold on new releases, starting with Avatar
An analyst from Piper Jaffray notes that Redbox is benefiting from price rises, which is not unexpected.
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Finally, new content options arrived from Netflix and Redbox, and we were smitten by Dish Explorer's second-screen solution.
Under the agreement redbox will receive improved economic terms and may offer Fox product four weeks after street date.
ENGADGET: Redbox deal with Fox puts a 4 week hold on new releases, starting with Avatar
The company addressed this in part with an increase in Redbox rental prices.
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Redbox Instant, the video-streaming service from Verizon, is launching to the public today.
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Apart from this, it competes with other specialized movie rental companies like Redbox.
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Movie lovers can now reserve up to five movies at a time for pickup at their local redbox kiosks.
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Subscribers will get unlimited streaming, plus four one-night credit per month for new DVD release rentals from Redbox kiosks.
Coinstar (NASDAQ: CSTR), which owns the Redbox rental kiosks, dropped more than four percent shortly after the announcement.
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Redbox has enhanced the app to provide additional content and faster connection speeds.
ENGADGET: Redbox now has an app for Android, updated app for iPhone
And in the meantime, the last vestiges of competition to Redbox are dying.
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Greenfield estimates that Redbox has to buy at least 22 million DVDs annually at retail to keep its boxes stocked.
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