LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The disc maverick is at it again.
Universal Studios was the only major player to refuse to embrace Blu-Ray Disc until HD DVD had quit the high-definition format war. Now the studio is battling a new adversary: Redbox, a kiosk retailer with $1 DVD rentals.
Co-founded by McDonald’s — which recently sold out to Coinstar — Redbox rents DVDs at kiosks situated in 14,000 fast-food outlets and other retail locations nationwide. Its dollar-rentals program has proven popular with recession-wracked consumers.
But Universal …

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What is the future of the video rental business? It’s not an area that I cover very often as a journalist, but renting videos is something I do frequently as a consumer. So I decided it was time I looked at how all of the rental options might be affecting optical disc manufacturers, if at all. Is the amount of discs being rented changing, or is the same number of discs being rented the same, but is that number being divided up amongst more outlets than in the past?
I started …

MINNEAPOLIS — iMOZI has announced a partnership with the Nash Finch Company to rollout DVD kiosks in a number of its corporate banners, as well as within its independent retailer affiliate stores.
iMOZI’s kiosks provide automated and digital self-service solutions. The DVD vending kiosks are located at the front of each store and each kiosk holds up to 750 DVDs, with about 200 different titles.
“This concept truly delivers a value-add to the shopping experience, while helping the retailer to drive repeat visits and customer loyalty,” said Soheil Samimi, president of iMOZI. …