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  2. Video rental shop - Wikipedia

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    A display case of DVDs in a former Blockbuster video rental store. A video rental shop / store is a physical retail business that rents home videos such as movies, prerecorded TV shows, video game discs and other media content. Typically, a rental shop conducts business with customers under conditions and terms agreed upon in a rental agreement ...

  3. Blockbuster (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Blockbuster (retailer) Blockbuster[ 5] (formerly called Blockbuster Video) is an American multimedia brand and former rental store chain. The business was founded by David Cook in 1985 as a single home video rental shop, but later became a public store chain featuring video game rentals, DVD-by-mail, streaming, video on demand, and cinema ...

  4. Hollywood Video - Wikipedia

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    Hollywood Entertainment Corp., [ 1] more commonly known as Hollywood Video, was an American video rental store chain. Founded in 1988, the chain was the largest direct competitor to Blockbuster Video until it was acquired by Movie Gallery in 2005. [ 2] It ceased operations in 2010, when Movie Gallery declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

  5. A Look Back At How The Content Industry Almost Killed ...

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    A Look Back. In 1977, the first video-rental store opened. It was 600 square feet and located on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. George Atkinson, the entrepreneur who decided to launch this ...

  6. If Spotify was an '80s record store, it might've looked ...

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    Spotify Records and the Now TV video rental store were slightly more promotional outlets, nodding to the services offered as perks with some Vodafone contracts. ... 2000 and 3000 series along with ...

  7. Today in history: First 'Blockbuster' store opened - AOL

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    On this day in 1985, the first Blockbuster video store rental opened in Dallas, Texas. Blockbuster was founded by David Cook, who at the time had owned a computer software business. However, it ...

  8. Vidiots (store) - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the 90s and early 2000s, Vidiots distinguished themselves from larger video rental store chains, such as Blockbuster, by featuring obscure and niche titles, including several VHS that were never made into DVDs, and movies which were out of print entirely.

  9. The Netflix story: How technology unlocks business models ...

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    The beginning. On April 14, 1998, from a tiny office in Scotts Valley, California, Eric Meyer, the VP of engineering, pressed a button that pushed Netflix live into the world. The servers crashed ...