Outerwall, the Bellevue-based operator of Redbox movie rental kiosks and Coinstar coin counting machines, said this week its deal to be acquired by Apollo Global Management has closed. As part of the… Read More
Outerwall, the Bellevue-based operator of Redbox movie rental kiosks and Coinstar coin counting machines, today announced that it has entered into a deal to be acquired by Apollo Global Management… Read More
Redbox is testing a new streaming service with a small group of customers called Redbox Digital, Variety reported on Thursday. The move comes about four months after a report first surfaced… Read More
Redbox is reportedly getting back into the video streaming game with a new service called Redbox Digital. The move, reported in Variety, comes two years after Redbox shut down its last streaming… Read More
Outerwall, the Bellevue, Wash.-based parent company of Coinstar, Redbox and other automated kiosks, says it “has initiated a process to explore strategic and financial alternatives to maximize shareholder value” — raising the possibility,… Read More
Redbox may be dying, but it’s not dead yet. And that creates opportunity. That’s the key message from several stock market analysts who watched the company behind those famous DVD kiosks seemingly begin… Read More
Outerwall, the Bellevue-based parent company of kiosk businesses including DVD rental service Redbox and change counter Coinstar, has acquired Boston-based gadget trade-in site Gazelle for $18 million. TechCrunch reported on the deal, which… Read More
EcoATM, a maker of in-store kiosks where shoppers recycle used phones, tablets and other electronics, is a failure, according to an analyst who tracks the company. Outerwall, the parent company of… Read More
Outerwall, the company known for operating Coinstar and Redbox kiosks, announced on Friday it has named former Clearwire chief Erik Prusch as the company’s new CEO. He’ll be the latest… Read More
As part of its fourth quarter earnings report today, Outerwall said it is shutting down its Redbox DVD rental kiosks in Canada. Outerwall, the Bellevue-based parent company of businesses including Coinstar… Read More
Management changes continue at Outerwall, operator of the Coinstar coin counting and Redbox movie and game rental kiosks. Today, the Bellevue company announced that J. Scott Di Valerio — who took… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Outerwall Inc., the parent company of businesses including Coinstar and Redbox, is here at CES for the first time this week, showing off some of its newest kiosk ventures.… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Outerwall Inc., the parent company of businesses including Coinstar and Redbox, has quietly been piloting a new line of kiosks called SAMPLEit, dispensing beauty and cosmetics product samples… Read More
It was a busy year for publicly-traded tech companies in the Seattle region, with plenty of winners and losers. The region’s two heavyweight tech titans produced opposite results on Wall… Read More
It’s going to get a little more expensive to rent DVDs, games and Blu-ray discs from your neighborhood Redbox kiosk. Outerwall, the parent company of Redbox, announced today that DVD… Read More
Bad movies. That’s in essence what caused weak revenues at Redbox during the third quarter, with the movie rental service’s parent company Outerwall disclosing financial results today. Redbox, the biggest… Read More
Bellevue-based Outerwall today posted its first quarter earnings and saw revenues increase by 4.7 percent to $600 million. Outerwall, the parent company to the Redbox, Coinstar, and ecoATM device recycling kiosks, also reported profits… Read More
If you’re like most Americans, you’ve got a healthy supply of gift cards piled up in your purse, wallet or kitchen cabinet. In fact, some reports indicate that as many… Read More
A former Warner Bros. Home Entertainment executive, Mark Horak, has been named president of Redbox this afternoon as the video service expands beyond its DVD rental kiosks into the world… Read More
Redbox president Anne Saunders has left the job after a little more than a year in the role — one piece of a broader shakeup announced this morning at Coinstar… Read More
Shares of Outerwall, the Bellevue company best known for its Coinstar coin counting machines and Redbox movie rental kiosks, jumped more than 17 percent after the New York investment firm… Read More
Redbox parent Outerwall, the Bellevue-based company formerly known as Coinstar, announced today that Redbox now has 50 percent of the physical rental market for movies. Outerwall also posted its second quarter… Read More
Outerwall, the Bellevue-based company formerly known as Coinstar, is buying ecoATM, a San Diego company that makes automated kiosks for buying used phones and other electronics, for $350 million in cash.… Read More