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Best Sellers-Video (AP via Yahoo! News)
Weekly charts for the nation's most popular videos as they appear in next week's issue of Billboard magazine. Reprinted with permission:
East TN police bust DVD theft spree worth nearly $20k (WBIR-TV Knoxville)
Clinton Police put an end to an alleged shoplifting spree covering several states worth $15,000 to $20,000 in DVDs and Blu-Ray discs.
DVD Rental Kiosks Popping Up at Retailers (Convenience Store News)
For $1 each, customers can swipe their ATM cards and take home the latest new movie releases. Redbox operates more than 15,400 kiosks throughout the United States, and the company plans to introduce roughly 5,000 more by the end of the year.
Netflix looks to future but still going strong with DVD rentals (USA Today)
For 10-year-old Netflix, what's next is Internet delivery. Netflix envelopes and radio ads tout "free" online movie viewing for subscribers. Netflix CEO and co-founder Reed Hastings doesn't think his 58 distribution centers are in immediate danger of becoming obsolete, but he knows that day will come.
At Netflix, thousands of DVDs on move at Memphis distribution center (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
In an unmarked office in a southeast Memphis corporate park, movie posters blanket the walls, a King Kong cutout stands guard and workers in red Netflix T-shirts are getting ready to mail 11,000 DVDs. The clatter and hum of bulk mailing machinery, specially adapted to process disc mailers, is also the sound of profits ringing up for the Silicon Valley, Calif.-based DVD rental subscription ...
"Confessions" and "Code" dominate video charts (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
With no high-profile theatrical features hitting DVD shelves, video consumers are turning to new material.
Circle K to Expand DVD Rental Kiosks in Stores (Convenience Store News)
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- Circle K will expand the presence in its stores of Redbox fully automated DVD rental kiosks from Redbox Automated Retail, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinstar Inc., the company reported.
'Confessions,' 'Code' dominate video charts (The Hollywood Reporter)
"The Code," a direct-to-video thriller from First Look Studios, is the No. 1 rental for the week ending June 28, according to Home Media Magazine's market research department.
Quickflix peddles DVDs with mobile customers (The West Australian)
Quickflix has partnered with Virgin Mobile to market its online DVD rental company as an alternative to the traditional video store. In July all new Virgin Mobile post-paid customers will receive a
Rentrak Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials Announces Top DVD Sales and Rentals for Week Ending June 28, 2009 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Rentrak Retail and Home Video Essentials, business units of Rentrak Corporation , today announced the Top 10 DVD sales and rentals for the prior week based on estimated consumer spending.
