Game|Life (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Konami is testing the rental waters in Japan with its version of hit soccer franchise Winning Eleven for the Wii. Trial copies of Winning Eleven 2008 Playmaker 2008 for the Wii will be available for free rental at branches of...
Nikkei (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Geo To Hike Rental Prices For Non-New DVD ReleasesTOKYO (Nikkei)--To pass higher labor and other costs on to customers, DVD rental chain Geo Co. (2681) will raise rental prices on previously released video software.
Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
Filed under: Media streamers , Hitachi , Panasonic , Sharp , Sony , Toshiba , Fiber , Internet Thanks to the fiber optic connections that connect nearly 12 million of Japan's 48 million households, video rental giant Tsutaya is probably laughing at Netflix's silly set-top box as it launches its Tsutaya TV HD download-on-demand rental service. Based on the acTVila service (a joint venture...
mac.ro (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Tsutaya, Japan's biggest rental chain, today announced it will launch an HD video on demand service, allowing users to download titles from home. The service will be made possible via the acTVila portal, and give customers a 48-hour window to view the content. The acTVila service works directly with dozens of plasma and LCD HDTVs, and Japan will st...
The Apple News (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Tsutaya, Japan's biggest rental chain, today announced it will launch an HD video on demand service, allowing users to download titles from home. The service will be made possible via the acTVila portal, and give customers a 48-hour window to view the content. The acTVila service works directly with dozens of plasma and LCD HDTVs, and Japan will st...
Electronista (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Tsutaya, Japan's biggest rental chain, today announced it will launch an HD video on demand service, allowing users to download titles from home. The service will be made possible via the acTVila portal, and give customers a 48-hour window to view th...
Physorg (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Japan's top film rental chain Tsutaya on Thursday unveiled a download-on-demand broadband service, letting customers rent titles from home without going to the store.
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Film News: Japanese co. to offer movies on Activila site -- Tsutaya, operator of Japan's largest video and CD rental chain, will offer download-to-rent movies and television content on Tsutaya TV, a section of the Activila Internet site, on Friday.
5 Blogs Before Lunch (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
This has got to be one of the hardest most exciting marketing jobs out there. Blockbuster has named Rebeca Johnson CMO to lead the video rental chain's overall branding and marketing efforts. Blockbuster as a brand has a huge challenge...
Engadget HD (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Filed under: Industry , Blu-ray , Players , Samsung While we fortunate Americans have been renting Blu-ray Discs from Blockbuster for a good while now, citizens of Taiwan haven't had the same privilege. Thankfully, all that's getting set to change, as the rental chain has committed to offering up 50 BD titles in each Taiwanese location before the end of this month. A new partnership...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
... store, a Cheesecake Factory restaurant and other high-profile specialty stores, such as clothing chains Urban Outfitters and American Apparel. But Utah's ability to attract retail and restaurant tenants has been greatly diminished in recent months as the national economic downturn has gained momentum. Lenders are much less willing to finance retail expansion as cash-strapped consumers...
Entertainment News - MovieWeb.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
The video rental chain will no longer pursue buying the electronics chain.
Its Electronica (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Movie-rental chain giant Blockbuster announced recently that it was withdrawing its $1 billion bid for consumer electronics chain Circuit City. Blockbuster initially made the proposal on February 17, with due diligence and the announcement being made public last month on April 14. Chief Executive James Keyes blamed “market conditions” for the demise of the proposed deal, once...
Gadgets Blog News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Movie-rental chain giant Blockbuster announced recently that it was withdrawing its $1 billion bid for consumer electronics chain Circuit City. Blockbuster initially made the proposal on February 17, with due diligence and the announcement being made public last month on April 14. Chief Executive James Keyes blamed “market conditions” for the demise of the proposed deal, once...
Best Gadgets World (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Movie-rental chain giant Blockbuster announced recently that it was withdrawing its $1 billion bid for consumer electronics chain Circuit City. Blockbuster initially made the proposal on February 17, with due diligence and the announcement being made public last month on April 14. Chief Executive James Keyes blamed “market conditions” for the demise of the proposed deal, once...
