Los Angeles - Walgreens, the nation's largest drug store chain with 6,000 stores, plans to add DVD-burning kiosks to its offering next year, Reuters reported.

The announcement comes shortly after the major studios and hardware makers approved use of the technology, which will let consumers choose titles from a kiosk and return to claim a newly-minted DVD in about 15 minutes.

Walgreens has partnered with Sonic Solutions, whose Qflix software, along with special DVD burners and recordable discs, will power the service.

Among licensees of Sonic's Qflix technology are Polar Frog Digital, a maker of DVD-burning kiosks.

"We're in negotiations for content from all the studios to provide DVD-on-demand at retail. The last hurdle is deciding which content to license without upsetting existing retail partners," Polar Frog CEO Todd Rosenbaum told Reuters.

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