Re:Blockbuster: Losing the plot
by ArkyBeagle on Monday November 03, 2014 @07:33PM
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It's taken years for Netflix to figure out how to stand in the wind. Even then, there are titles that are simply not available as streaming. Behind that is the First Sale issue, convoluted as it is - my understanding is that one effect of First Sale is that Netflix limits what it will stream.
I can't imagine Hollywood trying to emulate Blockbuster. Hollywood was actually a decent store. I could find something at Hollywood; I counted and the last 12 times I went to Blockbuster, after 30 minutes of scouring the store ... nothing.
Blockbuster had $1B in debt against estimated $500M in revenue in 2010. I can't help but think that like ClearChannel, Fender Musical Instrument Corp/Guitar Center all that debt is a big problem.
SFAIK, there are still a lot of Redbox out there, and the ones I see are always busy.
I can't imagine Hollywood trying to emulate Blockbuster. Hollywood was actually a decent store. I could find something at Hollywood; I counted and the last 12 times I went to Blockbuster, after 30 minutes of scouring the store ... nothing.
Blockbuster had $1B in debt against estimated $500M in revenue in 2010. I can't help but think that like ClearChannel, Fender Musical Instrument Corp/Guitar Center all that debt is a big problem.
SFAIK, there are still a lot of Redbox out there, and the ones I see are always busy.