Needham & Co., in case you were wondering, is a subsidiary of the Needham Group, a "nationally recognized investment banking and asset management firm", so when these guys start talking money, it's worth your time to pay attention. Blockbuster Video, who we all know has been having a miserable last couple years, just released fourth quarter ...

Hot on the heels of the news that Redbox knuckled under to the studios' demands for a rental window comes the exciting announcement that Redbox, starting in the second quarter of this year (so sometime between March and May fifteenth, typically) will be offering Blu-ray discs. Now, before you get all excited, there are two important ...

You ever see some of those old World War 2 dramas on the History Channel or whatever where they talk about the last days of the Third Reich?  How there were all these baffling ideas coming out of the German labs, some ludicrous and some amazing?  Well, that's kind of what watching Blockbuster Video these ...

Here's a surprise for you, folks--while clearly, the first name we think of when it comes to DVD kiosk product is clearly Redbox, it's not the only one.  Seems that there are competitors rising up, and they're doing it on the local level. Consider if you will the story of Fareway Grocery stores, a local chain ...

Well, folks...guess the new order of the day in the business world is: If you can't beat 'em, whine to anyone who'll listen about how they destroyed you. From Movie Gallery court documents: "...the cannibalization of rentals by DVD-dispensing kiosks operated by Redbox, which offer low priced rentals and convenience" Oh, how dare they? How DARE they!?  How ...