Redbox users in the Seattle area will get to experience a much crisper picture on some of the titles they grab from the rental kiosks as the company launches a… Read More
Redbox customers who rely on the company’s ubiquitous red kiosks for renting or purchasing movies and TV shows, will now have the option to enjoy that content via a streaming… Read More
A suit filed against Redbox this week by Walt Disney Co. targets the movie rental kiosk company’s practice of reselling digital movie codes included with physical copies of DVDs and… Read More
April Fool’s! Seriously, how could we pass up this silly tradition? Here’s your damn roundup. The most foolish thing about April Fool’s Day this year is that it falls on a Saturday,… Read More
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
Be mindful of what you click on today in search of too-good-to-be-true deals or out-of-this-world technology news. While not everyone is laughing at what happened with Gmail, the biggest holiday of… 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
Redbox President Mark Horak is leaving the shrinking DVD kiosk business after less than two years at the helm, according to an SEC filing. He will be replaced by interim president… 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
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
Cutting ties with cable TV is not a simple or cheap. According to new report released today, in order to get the content consumers are craving, they are having to source it from a… Read More
Visitors to the Amazon home page today are in for a bit of a retro shock. Yes, check the calendar: it’s April Fool’s Day, which means there’s even more misinformation and foolishness on… 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
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’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
Redbox Instant just couldn’t make it in the streaming video world against Netflix, Amazon and others, and that’s why Bellevue-based Outerwall and telecom giant Verizon announced plans to end the… Read More
Redbox Instant just couldn’t compete with Netflix. The streaming video service from Bellevue-based Outerwall and telecom giant Verizon notified customers that the service will shut down on Oct. 7 at… Read More
Outerwall, Inc., the Bellevue-based company that operates the popular Redbox video rental kiosks, said in its earnings press release that the company saw lower-than-expected revenues because of a “weak content… Read More
We saw it happen with Blockbuster — the rise of online video services such as Netflix and Amazon hastened the brick-and-mortar retailer’s decline. Now, is that trend playing a role… 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
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
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