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Redbox Instant launches nationwide starting at $8 per month

Redbox Instant launches nationwide starting at $8 per month
  • Posted March 14, 2013, 5:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Redbox Instant has completed its beta run and is now open to the general public. The service from Verizon combines streaming movies and DVD rentals via Redbox in a convenient bundle starting at just $8 per month ($9 monthly if…

Verizon CEO says Redbox Instant will begin beta testing in January

Verizon CEO says Redbox Instant will begin beta testing in January
  • Posted December 4, 2012, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam informed investors during the UBS Global Media and Communications conference that the company’s service with Redbox, dubbed Redbox Instant, wouldn’t launch commercially until sometime during the first quarter of 2013.

Redbox and Verizon join forces to take on Netflix

Redbox and Verizon join forces to take on Netflix
  • Posted February 6, 2012, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Coinstar’s Redbox and Verizon Wireless have ended months of speculation that suggested the two would join forces to compete with Netflix. The duo put out a press release announcing the joint venture that combines new release DVDs and Blu-ray discs…

Redbox raising DVD rental fees by 20 percent

Redbox raising DVD rental fees by 20 percent
  • Posted October 28, 2011, 12:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Daily DVD rentals from Redbox will soon cost users 20 percent more per day. Starting Monday, the price for a single day DVD rental will be increased to $1.20, up from the even dollar that they have been at for…

Redbox launches $2 per day video game rentals for Xbox 360, Wii, PS3

Redbox launches $2 per day video game rentals for Xbox 360, Wii, PS3
  • Posted June 17, 2011, 1:00 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Gaming
  • As expected, Redbox today started offering video game rentals at more than 21,000 of its vending machine locations in the US. Renting a video game will set you back $2 per day, complementing Redbox's current $1 DVD and $1.50 Blu-ray…

Redbox to offer $2 per day videogame rentals in June

Redbox to offer $2 per day videogame rentals in June
  • Posted April 29, 2011, 11:17 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Gaming, Industry News
  • Redbox, an American company that specializes in the rental of movies via vending machines, has announced it will offer video game rentals at more than 21,000 Redbox locations in the US, starting on June 17, 2011. Top video games will…

Redbox to launch video streaming service in 2011

Redbox to launch video streaming service in 2011
  • Posted October 29, 2010, 6:16 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web
  • As reported in July, Redbox has announced plans to partner with an undetermined company to compete alongside established rivals like Netflix in the video streaming business. Although no deals have been inked just yet, Coinstar CEO Paul Davis said Redbox…

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