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The Continuing Saga of the "Kiosk Wars"

September 2, 2009

Analysis of:Paramount signs trial deal with Redbox | www.videobusiness.com

The inability of the studios to participate in the kiosk rental revenue stream, coupled with suspected cannibalization of the sales of their new product due to the reselling of used rental inventory, is what is essentially driving these “kiosk wars”. It is significant that Warner is attempting to impose revenue sharing on Netflix in its new policy, as well as that Paramount is testing the concept at kiosk pricing in its agreement with Coinstar / Redbox.

Fox Will Delay Release of its DVD Titles for 30 Days to Redbox, like Universal

August 6, 2009

Analysis of:Studios Rethink Redbox | online.wsj.com

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will soon impose a 30-day delay, or "window", on Redbox, Blockbuster Express / NCR, DVDPlay, and E-Play, from receiving their new release DVD titles for rental to consumers, similar to Universal Studios’ attempts. Distributors will be instructed to not release new titles to any kiosk operator until 30 days after their standard industry "street date". Other studios will instead partner with kiosk operators in ways similar to the Sony agreement with Redbox.

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