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Blockbuster MediaPoint Set-Top Box Out Now For $99 [Blockbuster]

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2008-11-24 23:30:00 by Elaine Chow in Gizmodo
...Blockbuster into action. The video rental chain has finally confirmed rumors that it'll launch its own set-top box before the end of the year. For a limited time, their 2Wire-built MediaPoint player will be free and give you an advance rental of 25 first-run movies, TV shows, foreign or classic films from Blockbuster On-Demand for $99....
 
 
 
 
 
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Blockbuster Offers to Purchase Circuit City

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2008-04-14 14:45:41 by Chloe Albanesius in Gearlog
...Blockbuster on Monday announced that it offered to acquire Circuit City Stores for $6 per share in a February 17 letter, but Circuit City is giving Blockbuster the cold shoulder Unfortunately, to date, Circuit City has failed to provide due diligence necessary to allow Blockbuster to make a definitive proposal," Blockbuster said in a...
 
 
 
 
 
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Blockbuster Offers $1 Billion for Circuit City

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2008-04-14 10:57:12 by Terrence Russell in Gadget Lab
Blockbuster isn't content with putting a set-top box in your living room . The brick-and-mortar rental giant wants your nearest Circuit City too. According to the AP , Blockbuster is now publicizing its unsolicited $1 billion bid for the No. 2 electronics retailer It's no coincidence that this is all going public now. Blockbuster quietly sent...
 
 
 
 
 
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Blockbuster wants to buy Circuit City

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2008-04-14 12:56:44 by Shane McGlaun in SlipperyBrick
...Blockbuster is a store of choice. It seems that Blockbuster and Circuit City could see a merger at some time in the near future Blockbuster announced today that it has offered to buy Circuit City for $6.00 per share in cash with the offer subject to due diligence. Blockbuster says that the offer was made in a letter sent to Circuit City...
 
 
 
 
 
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Blockbuster Offers to Buy Circuit City, Have Sad Date Talking about Good Old Times [Buy Out]

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2008-04-14 07:44:10 by Kit Eaton in Gizmodo
Blockbuster has offered $6 minimum per share to buy-out Circuit City, with the intention of creating a $18 billion global retail enterprise. You can almost see the point of mixing media and device retail, but is this actually a good move for two companies facing a not-so-bright future? Read more in the Blockbuster press release after the jump. [...
 
 
 
 
 
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Blockbuster Offers to Buy Circuit City, Have Sad Date Talking About Good Old Times [Buy Out]

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2008-04-14 11:44:10 by posted by Pantha in
Blockbuster has offered $6 minimum per share to buy out Circuit City, with the intention of creating a $18 billion global retail enterprise. You can almost see the point of mixing media and device retail, but is this actually a good move for two companies facing a not-so-bright future? Read more in the Blockbuster press release after the jump. [...
 
 
 
 
 
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Blockbuster Joins the Set-Top Gang

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2008-11-26 04:30:33 by Editor in The Gadgets Weblog
...blockbuster has good news for you. Blockbuster has, much like Netflix, Xbox 360, and a half dozen other people, released a Set-Top video player to the masses. The Blockbuster MediaPoint, supplied by 2Wire, is available now and has the ability to stream video straight to your TV. Not to be confused with the Netflix Roku , the MediaPoint is...
 
 
 
 
 
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Blockbuster's New Set Top Box: On-Demand, Non-Subscription Rentals

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2008-11-26 04:19:13 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
Blockbuster has finally got into the game of online movie delivery direct to the TV with the MediaPoint set top box, made by 2Wire. It's clearly an attempt to claw back some market share from Netflix, which will let you stream movies to your Mac, PC, Xbox 360 or TiVo and, most importantly, the Roku box Rather than just copy Netflix, though,...
 
 
 
 
 
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Blockbuster Announces an On-Demand Movie Service!

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2008-11-25 00:01:16 by geeksugar in geeksugar -- Geek is chic.
...Blockbuster's new Blockbuster OnDemand movie service. For a limited time, customers can pick up the tiny MediaPoint player by 2Wire for free with the purchase of 25 advance rentals for $99. With this player, you'll have access to Blockbuster's digital library, and after your 25 rentals are up, you can rent movies for $1.99 each The actual...