26 Facts About Redbox

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Redbox employed a "return anywhere" policy, different from competitors, which allowed consumers to return their rental to any Redbox kiosk, not just the one from which they originally rented it.

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Redbox responded by filing lawsuits, first, against Universal in October 2008, then against 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros.

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3.

The Walt Disney Company permits third-party distributors to sell to Redbox, but has not entered into a direct relationship with the company.

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4.

Redbox continued to sign additional and new distribution deals with these and other movie studios; by 2017, titles from Fox and Warner became available on Redbox seven days after their initial home-video release.

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5.

In July 2010, Redbox announced that they were beginning to rent Blu-ray movies at 13,000 kiosks nationwide, and Blu-ray Discs were available across the Redbox network by the fall of 2010.

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6.

In 2019 Redbox confirmed video game rentals would be discontinued.

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7.

In February 2012, Redbox announced the purchase of former competitor Blockbuster Express from NCR for $100 million.

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8.

On June 27,2012, Redbox completed the purchase of Blockbuster Express on June 23.

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9.

Redbox sold some Blockbuster Express kiosks in less competitive markets to third party providers in June 2013.

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10.

Redbox rolled out its Rubi coffee kiosk featuring Seattle's Best Coffee in 2012 at up to 500 locations.

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11.

In July 2013, Redbox announced its 3 billionth rental of a disc, counting both movies and games.

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12.

Redbox had approximately 40,000 kiosks in the United States as of January 2017.

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13.

In 2017, Disney sued Redbox, accusing them of violating copyrights by selling codes to download Disney movies such as Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Beauty and the Beast.

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14.

On December 13,2017, Redbox offered a new video streaming service called Redbox On Demand.

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15.

The percentage of consumers renting or purchasing movies from Redbox rose in the fourth quarter of 2017 from the third quarter, according to a TiVo survey.

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16.

Redbox acquired the independent film Benjamin for a 90-day release period via its kiosks and on demand service on April 23,2019, as a Redbox Original.

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17.

In October 2019 Redbox formed its film and TV series production division, Redbox Entertainment, with Marc Danon as senior advisor of content acquisition.

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18.

Redbox announced on December 9,2019, that it would no longer be renting video games but will continue selling used video game copies through the end of the year.

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19.

On May 17,2021, Redbox announced that it reached a definitive agreement to merge with Seaport Global Acquisition, a special-purpose acquisition company.

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20.

Redbox Free Live TV is an ad supported channel based video on demand service.

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21.

Redbox began internally testing a video streaming service, dubbed Redbox Instant, in July 2012.

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22.

In late December 2020, Redbox began offering a yearly subscription service allowing a subscriber to rent 12 or 24 discs in total, depending on their plan of choice.

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23.

Redbox began in 2004, using re-branded kiosks manufactured and operated by Silicon Valley-based DVDPlay, at 140 McDonald's restaurants in Denver and other test markets.

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24.

Redbox was innovative in that its carousel design not only decreased the number of robotic movements necessary to dispense and restock inventory, it dramatically increased the number of discs that could be stored within a kiosk.

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25.

Redbox Entertainment is a content acquisition and production division of Redbox.

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26.

In October 2019, Redbox formed its film and TV series acquisition division, Redbox Entertainment, with Marc Danon as senior advisor of content acquisition.

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