8 posts and columns on DVD rental

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No Longer Tiny, Netflix Gets Respect—and Creates Fear

in News on December 6, 2010 at 12:00 am PT

After years as a bit player in entertainment, Netflix Inc. is being eyed for a new role by Hollywood: industry hulk.

Netflix Adds (Some of) Relativity’s Movies to Its Streaming Catalog

in Media on July 5, 2010 at 8:33 pm PT

Netflix is set to announce a new deal with Hollywood production shop Relativity Media that will give it streaming rights to some of the movies Relativity works on. Not an earth-shaking deal, but a sign of things to come.

Netflix Adds (Some of) Relativity's Movies to Its Streaming Catalog

in Media on July 5, 2010 at 8:33 pm PT

Netflix is set to announce a new deal with Hollywood production shop Relativity Media that will give it streaming rights to some of the movies Relativity works on. Not an earth-shaking deal, but a sign of things to come.

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Coinstar: Piper Bullish on Redbox; Launches With Overweight Rating

in News on October 6, 2009 at 6:02 pm PT

Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Olson today launched coverage of Coinstar with an Overweight rating and $38 price target. The parent of the Redbox video kiosk chain closed yesterday at $31.96. Olson sees several trends working in the company’s favor.

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DVD Kiosk War Heats Up; Redbox Sues 20th Century Fox

in News on August 12, 2009 at 1:41 pm PT

The battle for control of the DVD rental business continues to heat up. Redbox, the Coinstar unit which operates more than 15,000 DVD rental kiosks around the country, today announced that it has filed suit against 20th Century Fox over new proposed distribution terms which would prevent Redbox from renting the studio’s DVDs to consumers until at least 30 days after they are released to the public.

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CES: Netflix on the Hunt

in News on January 9, 2009 at 11:01 am PT

Reed Hastings is prowling CES for deals. Already, in the past year, the CEO of DVD rental service Netflix Inc. has cut at least a half-dozen partnerships with consumer electronics makers to make a Netflix service that streams movies and television shows over the Internet watchable on television sets via game consoles, digital video recorders and other gadgets.

Smart Money, Mad Money, Mo' Money Added to Netflix CEO Rental Queue

in News on July 25, 2008 at 6:51 am PT

The slowing economy has been kinder to Netflix than most. On Friday the online DVD rental pioneer posted its sixth consecutive quarter of profit, handily beating estimates. Analysts, on average, had expected Netflix to post a second-quarter profit of 40 cents a share. Instead, the company reported a profit of 42 cents a share.

Smart Money, Mad Money, Mo’ Money Added to Netflix CEO Rental Queue

in News on July 25, 2008 at 6:51 am PT

The slowing economy has been kinder to Netflix than most. On Friday the online DVD rental pioneer posted its sixth consecutive quarter of profit, handily beating estimates. Analysts, on average, had expected Netflix to post a second-quarter profit of 40 cents a share. Instead, the company reported a profit of 42 cents a share.