The closings come with a simultaneous push toward a lofty goal of 10,000 Blockbuster Express DVD-rental kiosk locations by mid-2010. Redbox DVD is already at 15,000 kiosks.

Like the tapes and DVDs it rents, Blockbuster Inc. always seems to be living on borrowed time. Since emerging more than a decade ago as the nation’s dominant video rental chain, Blockbuster has ...

The race to provide cutting-edge Internet video services such as Netflix has made it far harder to find a DVD rental these days. Just one Blockbuster remains in the District.

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It's no longer going to be a Blockbuster night. Nov. 6, 2013 — -- The days of going to the video store to pick up a VHS or DVD and some popcorn or candy are a distant memory for many, but ...

The percentage from DVDs was 56% in 2004, the peak of the DVD retail market. In 1981, before chain stores like Blockbuster took off, video tapes were 14% of the overall film market.

Blockbuster Inc. plans to launch an Internet-based DVD rental service nationwide on Wednesday, a move aimed squarely at competitors like Netflix Inc., that have cut into the video giant’s store ...

Blockbuster won't cede the DVD kiosk industry to upstart Redbox just yet. The video-rental giant said Monday that it will test 50 automated kiosks built by NCR, a company known for its ubiquitous ...

Video rental giant Blockbuster Inc. said Monday that it would expand the availability of Blu-ray DVDs to more stores, saying the high-definition discs had proved more popular than the rival HD DVD ...

Blockbuster has launched an online DVD rental service aimed directly at undercutting competition from rival Netflix. Under Blockbuster's plan, announced Wednesday, customers can place their orders ...

Dallas, Texas – Video rental chain Blockbuster announced a DVD promotion offering consumers who buy a 52-week DVD rental card for $199 on Thanksgiving Day a free Philips DVD player. Blockbuster ...

In financial trouble and lead by heavily-criticized CEO Jim Keyes, Blockbuster (BBI) has made a deal with Comcast to offer digital customers discounts on its DVDs-By-Mail program. Making a ...