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2. 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 ...

3. The Last Blockbuster - Wikipedia

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   The documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of Blockbuster Video, a video rental business that was popular during the 1990s.The documentary explores how Blockbuster put independent video rental stores out of business by striking revenue-share deals with film studios (allowing Blockbuster to negotiate lower prices in exchange for a cut of the rental fees), and how Blockbuster itself ...

4. West Coast Video - Wikipedia

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   West Coast Video. West Coast Video was a chain of video rental stores founded in 1983. The company became defunct in 2009, but some existing stores continued to use the West Coast Video banner and run independently. As of 2019, there are currently no West Coast Video stores open in North America.

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

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   And by 1992, Blockbuster was the undisputed video-rental leader with over 2,800 stores worldwide. In 1994 Viacom bought Blockbuster for $8.4 billion , and in 1999 Viacom took it public .

6. 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.

7. Blockbuster to close stores, end US retail and mail DVD ...

   www.engadget.com/2013-11-09-blockbuster-to-close...

   Blockbuster LLC will conclude its US retail and mail DVD efforts "by early-January 2014," a press release from parent company Dish Network Corporation announced this week. Folding Blockbuster's ...

8. Blockbuster to shutter remaining US retail stores, accept the ...

   www.engadget.com/2013-11-06-blockbuster-to-end...

   It wasn't hard to see the writing on the wall for Blockbuster's rapidly declining disc-based movie services, and it's now clear that the end is at hand. The Dish-owned company says it will close ...

9. Warner / Blockbuster deal keeps movies out of kiosks for a month

   www.engadget.com/2010-03-23-warner-blockbuster...

   Just in case Warner's ideal demarcation between release windows wasn't clear enough, it's struck a new deal with Blockbuster splitting rental dates for movies. Just like Redbox and Netflix, Warner ...