NCRNCR to Put Blockbuster DVD Rental Kiosks in Big Y StoresAuthored 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.
NCR Acquires TNR in Bid to Expand Blockbuster DVD KiosksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on April 22, 2009 - 7:15am.
Dayton, Ohio
- NCR, a maker of automated kiosks that recently signed a DVD kiosk deal with
Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), announced on Wednesday that it has acquired TNR Holdings Corp.,
the second-largest DVD kiosk operator in North America.
Toshiba Invests $20M in Download Kiosk Firm MOD SystemsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on September 25, 2008 - 7:32am.
Tokyo - Japanese electronics firm Toshiba announced that it has made a $20 million investment in MOD Systems, the developer of a digital media delivery system for retailers that lets consumers download digital content for burning to an optical format. Blockbuster to Conduct Test of NCR DVD Rental KiosksAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on August 5, 2008 - 11:17am.
Dallas - Video rental giant Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) announced on Tuesday that it has signed a deal with NCR to deploy 50 Blockbuster-branded DVD rental kiosks in a pilot program slated to begin in the third quarter. |
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