Why does Fox want to delay all new DVD and Blu-ray new releases from Redbox?
The movie studio behind “Ice Age 3” and “Wolverine” reportedly doesn’t want you renting its new-release DVDs and Blu-rays from Redbox’s wildly popular buck-a-night kiosks until a month after they’ve arrived in stores. Redbox’s reply: Nuts. According to the Wall Street Journal, Twentieth-Century Fox initially asked Redbox if it would hold back its new DVD and Blu-ray titles for 30 days—or, as an alternative, agree to “better economic terms,” such as a bigger piece of Redbox’s action. After Redbox—which has a network of 14,000-odd $1-a-night rental kiosks around the country—refused to comply, Fox apparently turned to its DVD and Blu-ray distributors and told them to keep its new titles from Redbox, the Journal reports. Redbox sent out a defiant press release Friday morning, promising to “continue to carry all major new releases, including 20th Century Fox titles.” Fox isn’t the first movie studio that’s reportedly tried to delay the arrival of its latest movies from Redbox kiosks. Univer
The movie studio behind “Ice Age 3” and “Wolverine” reportedly doesn’t want you renting its new-release DVDs and Blu-rays from Redbox’s wildly popular buck-a-night kiosks until a month after they’ve arrived in stores. According to the Wall Street Journal, Twentieth-Century Fox initially asked Redbox if it would hold back its new DVD and Blu-ray titles for 30 days—or, as an alternative, agree to “better economic terms,” such as a bigger piece of Redbox’s action. After Redbox—which has a network of 14,000-odd $1-a-night rental kiosks around the country—refused to comply, Fox apparently turned to its DVD and Blu-ray distributors and told them to keep its new titles from Redbox, the Journal reports. Redbox sent out a defiant press release Friday morning, promising to “continue to carry all major new releases, including 20th Century Fox titles.” Fox isn’t the first movie studio that’s reportedly tried to delay the arrival of its latest movies from Redbox kiosks. Universal wanted to pull ess
Twentieth-Century Fox initially asked Redbox if it would hold back its new DVD and Blu-ray titles for 30 days—or, as an alternative, agree to “better economic terms,” such as a bigger piece of Redbox’s action. After Redbox—which has a network of 14,000-odd $1-a-night rental kiosks around the country—refused to comply, Fox apparently turned to its DVD and Blu-ray distributors and told them to keep its new titles from Redbox, the Journal reports. Redbox sent out a defiant press release Friday morning, promising to “continue to carry all major new releases, including 20th Century Fox titles.” Fox isn’t the first movie studio that’s reportedly tried to delay the arrival of its latest movies from Redbox kiosks. Universal wanted to pull essentially the same stunt last year (except Universal want a 45-day delay rather than just 30 days), and Redbox responded with a lawsuit that’s still winding its way thought the courts.
