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NCR to Put Blockbuster DVD Rental Kiosks in Big Y Stores

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 27, 2009 - 10:24am.
Duluth, Ga. - NCR (NYSE: NCR), a maker of automated kiosks, announced on Thursday that it will install Blockbuster Express (NYSE: BBI) DVD rental kiosks in 57 Big Y grocery stores in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The kiosks can house up to 800 DVDs, which cost $1 per night to rent. NCR said it will invest up to $60 million this year to build out its DVD rental kiosk operations. It expects to deploy more than 2,500 in 2009, making for a total of 10,000 kiosks by mid-2010.