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Dish Network to unveil streaming video service Friday

Dish Network to unveil streaming video service Friday
  • Posted September 21, 2011, 2:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Dish Network has invited media to an event called “A Stream Come True” in San Francisco on Friday where the company is expected to announce pricing and other details for a streaming video service. The new service will use technology…

Blockbuster emails ex-customers, begs them for a second chance

  • Posted August 2, 2011, 3:00 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Industry News
  • Blockbuster is finally trying to lure back the millions of customers it has lost over the years. According to a letter obtained by BGR, the company is asking shoppers to give it another chance.

Dish takes over 500 Blockbuster locations

  • Posted April 19, 2011, 1:21 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Industry News
  • Dish Network, Blockbuster's new parent company, has agreed to take on leases for about 500 Blockbuster stores, according to papers filed with the US Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York. Blockbuster has closed numerous stores in the last year…

Dish buys bankrupt Blockbuster for $228 million in cash

Dish buys bankrupt Blockbuster for $228 million in cash
  • Posted April 6, 2011, 9:57 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Industry News
  • As expected, Blockbuster has been auctioned off. Dish Network Corporation has announced that it was selected as the winning bidder in the bankruptcy court auction for substantially all of the assets of Blockbuster.

Blockbuster being auctioned off today

Blockbuster being auctioned off today
  • Posted April 4, 2011, 1:01 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Industry News
  • Bankrupt movie rental chain Blockbuster is being auctioned off today. Multiple bidders will fight for the rights to the company's next owner as well as the amount of money available to pay off its claims. The auction could preserve Dallas-based…

SK Telecom considers buying Blockbuster

SK Telecom considers buying Blockbuster
  • Posted March 31, 2011, 12:32 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Industry News
  • South Korea's SK Telecom, the country's largest mobile carrier by revenue, is contemplating making a bid for the struggling video chain Blockbuster. The deal would be an attempt to diversify away from its Korea-only network, where it has a tough…

Blockbuster declares bankruptcy, will stay in business

  • Posted September 23, 2010, 12:30 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Industry News
  • Unsurprisingly, the struggling Blockbuster movie rental empire has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, nearly 25 years after it opened its first store. The once-mighty video rental chain won't be, however, closing its 3,000 remaining stores,…

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