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Redbox tests video game rentals for $2; Blockbuster searches for CEO

October 12, 2010

Redbox started this week to test video game rentals for $2 a night at 150 DVD kiosks in Austin, Texas; Wilmington, N.C.; and Reno, Nev., offering Xbox, Wii and PS3 titles, according to a news roundup by the convenience store trade pub CSP Daily News. Redbox offers Blu-ray DVDs for $1.50 a night and standard DVDs for $1 a night.

And competitor Blockbuster, which licenses the Express DVD rental kiosk to NCR Corp., is searching for a CEO to replace current leader Jim Keyes. The search has just begun and Keyes is in the running to remain in the post. Blockbuster declared bankruptcy in September.