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   Netflix Price Increases Take Effect Thursday

   8:43 am 9/1/2011

   • by Patrick Kevin Day

   Customers who use streaming video and get DVDs by mail may see 60 percent price hikes.Read more

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   Analysts See Latest Clues for Dish Network Online Video, Broadband Services

   1:45 pm 8/23/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   "There is clearly an over-the-top service on the horizon" that would use Blockbuster content and compete with Netflix, says Wells Fargo's Marci Ryvicker after a Monday filing with the FCC.Read more

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3. Dish-Owned Blockbuster Will Keep More Than 1,500 Stores Open

   3:14 pm 7/21/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The video rental company in recent months worked to reach agreements with landlords that make financial sense for the company. Read more

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4. Redbox President Mitch Lowe to Depart

   1:27 pm 7/21/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   The DVD rental kiosk operator said it has launched an external search for a successor as parent company Coinstar pre-announced quarterly results that came in below expectations and its stock dropped sharply in after-hours.Read more

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5. Blockbuster Unveils Summer Rental Promotions for the Budget-Minded

   7:21 am 7/6/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   Under new owner Dish Network, the video rental firm has been catering to deal seekers and is launching a summer pass for children and other summer offers.Read more

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   Blockbuster Canada Starts Closing Outlets

   7:55 am 5/27/2011

   • by Etan Vlessing

   Blockbuster Canada starts to sell DVDs and video games at cut-down prices at 146 bankrupt stores before shutting them down. Read more

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   Dish's Blockbuster Stores Lower Film Rental Prices

   7:37 am 5/27/2011

   • by Georg Szalai

   Thousands of rental movies will be available in stores for 99 cents per day, and the company is now promoting single-day rentals.Read more

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   Blockbuster Canada Assets On The Block

   8:48 am 5/24/2011

   • by Etan Vlessing

   After the Hollywood studios tipped Blockbuster Canada into receivership, around 400 stores nationwide have been put under the sales gavel. Read more

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9. Dish Wooing New Customers by Giving Away Subscriptions to Blockbuster

   7:15 pm 5/19/2011

   • by Paul Bond

   Incoming CEO Joe Clayton says acquisitions and other initiatives are in store as it steps up competition with Netflix.Read more

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    Hollywood Studios Tip Blockbuster Canada into Receivership

    7:32 am 5/6/2011

    • by Etan Vlessing

    An Ontario court has pushed Blockbuster Canada into receivership after the subsidiary was used as a collateral by U.S. parent Blockbuster to keep product from the major studios flowing onto its store shelves. Read more

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