Gigaom reports that Xbox Live announced that the new Redbox Instant by Verizon app is now available to Xbox users allowing them to access the new subscription video service. . Read More

Bloomberg reports that Redbox Instant, the movie-streaming venture owned by Coinstar Inc. (CSTR) and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ), began commercial service on Thursday. The new service, which combines streaming with discs available from kiosks, will compete with Netflix Inc. (NFLX) and Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) for online viewers. . Read More

Shortly after Redbox began offering tickets to live events at its iconic kiosks, details have emerged about its digital subscription service, Redbox Instant by Verizon. Read More

Physical media still rules when it comes to renting movies, accounting for 62 percent of those transactions during the first half of 2012, according to the NPD Group. Read More

Verizon and Coinstar Inc. are taking on Netflix with a joint venture that offers consumers both digital and physical movies and TV shows. . Read More

Redbox, the DVD and game rental company, looked back over 2011 and found that the Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy "Just Go With It" was chosen for home entertainment more than any other movie it offers. Read More

The bottom line of a new report is that Netflix may lose almost a third of its current subscribers. Raising prices on entertainment when customers aren’t confident they can pay more essential bills can be a regrettable necessity, but it needs to be handled carefully. The same goes for dramatic changes in what a subscription includes. Netflix did both of these things abruptly and confusingly, and now Magid Advisors, a unit of research firm Frank N. Magid Associates, has analyzed what it and other factors may cost the company. Read More